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

The human cost of the Coronavirus crisis is growing and devastating, but behind that businesses are being badly hurt too. Many consider...

Two property portals insist they’re going to launch this spring despite the Coronavirus chaos effectively closing down much of the housing...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week...

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...

It’s time to draw a line in the sand and condemn our rival portals for their current charging structure. Little will...

The key figure behind the Say No To Rightmove campaign says the fight for more realistic fees goes on - and...

An international comparison of how major portals have discounted their charges to agents show Rightmove and Zoopla making “deeper and longer...

A PropTech start-up led by a prominent commentator has become the latest part of the industry to take a pop at...

A video interview released this morning features the experiences of eight agents who have quit Rightmove in the past two years,...

A senior figure in the industry has spoken out against the shock sackings and branch closures announced by Spicerhaart. Jon Cooke, chief...

The extraordinary past week of anger over portals’ fees plus early-warning statements like that from Foxtons indicate the anxiety in the...

The two major portals have unveiled their discounts and deals for agents facing a dramatic loss of business because of the...

Agent disenchantment with the major portals has continued as a torrid week nears its end. The spotlight has now shifted to Zoopla...

A free-to-list property portal is warning the estate agency industry that it’s facing “dark days” thanks to the Coronavirus crisis and...

One of Britain’s most outspoken and high profile agents has quit Rightmove in spectacular fashion, using an open letter to the...

OnTheMarket this morning announced what it calls “a payment support initiative” for those agents paying full-price membership. It’s for three months and...

There’s been widespread outrage amongst agents at Rightmove’s offer to allow some agents a deferred payment scheme operating for just three...

OnTheMarket has signed auto another new homes builder, Miller Homes. "Miller Homes is the latest large homebuilder to join OnTheMarket and we look forward to introducing the...

Rightmove’s latest market snapshot, released this morning, appears starkly at odds with the situation described by some agents in recent days. “The...

The three leading portals have rejected an appeal to give the industry a payment holiday to help firms through the Coronavirus...

Almost all quoted agencies and portals have suffered as a result of stock market investors being spooked by Coronavirus, with some...

The Guild of Property Professionals is to give guidance to agents on how to run their businesses remotely.  Chief executive Iain McKenzie...

Sellers in the past 12 months accepted an average of 96 per cent of their asking price according to new research. Comparison...

A property portal is making the controversial claim that the Coronavirus has led to an increase in online interest in UK...

Rightmove’s growth rate is at an all-time low, despite what some consider to be an unbeatable lead amongst portals in the...

Prominent agency industry analyst Anthony Codling is asking agents whether the board of OnTheMarket did the right thing by firing Ian...

OnTheMarket is not responding to requests to reveal details of any pay-off for its chief executive Ian Springett, who was sacked...

OnTheMarket has announced this morning that it has given notice to its chief executive, Ian Springett, with immediate effect. The troubled portal's...

Rightmove has seen one of the best returns on investment of any company in the FTSE indices according to an investment...

Any bid by Zoopla and OnTheMarket to displace Rightmove as the number one portal in the UK is at best expensive...

There’s been a surge in UK enquiries to global free-to-list portal Residential People, and a comparable rise in interest from Chinese...

Trading Standards says agents must include more “material information” in property details even if this may not be a wholly positive...

Hello and another Monday means PJT Day, your regular update on movers in the industry - and it’s March already. If there...

More than 18 months on from the acquisition of ZPG for £2.2 billion by Silver Lake Partners, a US private equity...

In the last few Natters I’ve focused on the slow death of local newspaper advertising, and how many agents are now...

Rightmove has released another stonking set of results - but there are signs that some agents are defecting from the ever-more-expensive...

Rupert Sebag-Montefiore has this morning been named as a non-executive director of OnTheMarket. He will also serve as chairman of the portal’s...

The share price of challenger portal OnTheMarket has fallen to its equal lowest-ever level after a drop of over five per cent...

Boydens, a seven branch family-owned business that dates back to 1852, has become the latest agency to join Zoopla. It will list...

A free-to-list portal says the costs of listing on the established sites - especially Rightmove - are contributing to estate agencies...

New research shows that 77 per cent of consumers use portals to conduct property searches - meaning, surprisingly, that almost a...

A number of estate agents have recently received phishing emails, fraudulently claiming to be from the main portals and trying to...

Rightmove has hit back at critics saying it’s no longer the force it used to be by reporting record traffic for...

The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...

A challenger portal says agents should reduce their reliance on the likes of Rightmove and Zoopla by using smaller rival portals...

Zoopla has published a startling set of statistics to demonstrate what it calls “a record January with significant growth in delivery...

The head of SEO at Rightmove has defected to a rival portal, Residential People. Farhaad Saleh was responsible for all of Rightmove's...

A new homes portal says that in the past year it’s seen a rise of 82 per cent in website visitors and...

Now we’re well into the second month of the year, we have reached a crucial point in the ongoing plans to...

OnTheMarket claims its visitor total last month exceeded 30m, a new monthly record and an increase of some 28 per cent...

Rightmove may continue to be a target for criticism from some agents and rival portals but it has just enjoyed it...

OnTheMarket will tomorrow issue over 400,000 shares to agents who have signed new long-term listing agreements with the portal. No details have...

For a very long time, it was one of the best ways – if not the best way – of generating...

The Law Society has announced that there will be a new TA6 Property Information Form launching next week, on Friday February...

Rightmove and Zoopla have been working with key figures from government and the agency and conveyancing industries on how to reform...

'It's a recipe, not a menu' is a mantra championed by a host of Keller Williams' millionaire estate agents. But what are...

Property portals generate revenue from estate agents regardless of the outcome of the transaction. This relationship has resulted in a fundamental...

In the field of conveyancing, there’s a new dynamic at play. And that dynamic is customer-driven and customer-focused, using digital technology...

An agent is defying attempts by a property portal to get him to pay subscriptions for two branches - because he...

When is a property really off-market? There may be many answers to that question but it’s likely that few would consider...

A leasehold reform campaigner claims estate agents face “growing calls to be held accountable for mis-selling leasehold properties.” Louie Burns, managing director...

Zoopla has revealed large growth in agency membership and visitor figures for 2019. Since being bought by US equity firm Silver Lake,...

A leading analyst says Purplebricks has clearly plateaued and will not reach its own target of a 10 per cent market...

A property portal says that it’s going to remain free to list for estate and letting agents - and that pledge...

OnTheMarket has started 2020 as it ended 2019 - with an attack on Rightmove via an agency which urges others to...

The scores are in….and it looks like house prices are going to rise gently in 2020 according to forecasts from almost...

Bristol is the location outside London most searched for on Rightmove this year, by both buyers and renters. The average asking price...

A website has slammed the idea that there is a surge of interest in buying homes on Boxing Day, describing the...

We’re nearing the end of another year in which many agents have faced challenging times and a frustrating market hit by...

An estate agent in London claims he did £53m of property deals within hours of the Conservative victory in the General...

Hello and welcome to the final Property Jobs Today before Christmas - and yes, there are still plenty of people moving...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

Zoopla has this afternoon announced a massive growth programme for 2020 with 120 new staff and expansion in most of its...

Here’s the final part of our questioning of the three portals based on comments and queries from our readers - thanks...

A new tie-up between Coadjute, a network for decentralised workflow and data sharing within the property industry, and banks including NatWest...

OnTheMarket has this morning announced that as of December 2, over 3,000 more offices had been signed under new paying contracts...

The portals say they are ready and willing to play their part in changes approaching the industry, ranging from new agency...

We recently asked readers for their questions to the portals - the questions they couldn’t really ask their local reps, but...

A new portal claims it will do what OnTheMarket failed to do, and offer an agent-led operation charging every agency branch...

Zoopla is advising agents to prepare for a festive rush of leads. The portal says it expects a 60  per cent month-on-month increase...

Property voyeurism and the festive season have long been bedfellows for many Brits. The heady combination of over-indulgence and regret, close proximity...

Problems with relationships are usually helped, if not always resolved, by people asking straight questions and getting straight answers. That’s what we...

Here at sales progression and communication tool mio, we recently caught up with Sarah Edmundson, co-director of The AllStars Group, the...

A new portal has been launched aiming to take on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket in the retirement property sector - and...

A new app is being launched which allows agents to gauge possible interest in a property before it is formally put...

There’s bad news peak-time TV shows this evening like DIY SOS and Coronation Street - it looks likely that viewers will...

A prominent regional agent says the industry owes it to vendors to try competing marketing outlets for property, and not to...

The head of a new property portal is urging agents to forget about spending money on For Sale and To Let...

Zoopla has revealed the most searched-for property terms on its portal in the past 12 months with ‘garage’, ‘parking’ and ‘garden’...

The Great Debate over the charges levied on agents by portals and the huge profits that Rightmove and Zoopla make has...

A survey conducted by Estate Agent Today suggests there is huge anger from agencies against Rightmove in particular for its fees. On...

As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....

The big question for the industry at the moment is the cost and future of portals.  This is especially key for agents...

“Multiple”members of the new trade body, the Federation of Independent Agents, are considering cancelling their subscriptions to Rightmove. FIA founder Graham Lock...

Rightmove has announced that Robyn Perris is to step down as finance director next year after 12 years at the company. During...

OnTheMarket’s share price slumped to an all-time low just before the end of trading last week. The price fell to 69.0p during trading on...

Zoopla says it now offers the fastest listings search of all three leading UK property portals on mobile devices. In turn, it...

Reapit has launched a platform, cloud infrastructure and marketplace called Foundations which aims to provide “all the PropTech solutions” for agencies’...

OnTheMarket will on Wednesday of this week issue over a million shares to agents who have signed new long-term listing agreements...

Zoopla is continuing its aggressive expansion of listings and services to agents with news this morning that it has added a...

I was shocked, not so long ago, by an out of office reply I received upon sending an email to a...

OnTheMarket is being accused by an agent of charging a monthly fee for a branch it knows to be shut. Ian King...

One of the industry’s leading consultants says Rightmove is in a form of abusive relationship with agents, who should consider legal...

Data from an agency comparison website reveals that in the current market it takes well over a year for a home...

Upad, the national online letting agent set up by entrepreneur James Davis has announced that it is “closed to new business”...

OnTheMarket is delivering agents “a higher marketing yield than Rightmove” according to an investment consultancy which works with OTM. Investors appear to...

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...

A new online auction service has launched this week, pledging a fairer service for agent partners, as well as buyers and...

Property portal OnTheMarket has thrown down the challenge to Rightmove by launching two new features for its listing agents. The first, Market...

A growing free-to-list property portal says there's never been a better time for estate agents to target foreign investors. Residential People, which,...

The German-based Alex Springer publishing company, which is already the largest single investor in Purplebricks, has acquired a prominent online estate...

A trading statement from OnTheMarket reveals that fewer agents than anticipated have so far converted from free or discounted deals to...

New research shows that three bedroom homes are the quickest selling property type this autumn. After a series of sluggish house price...

A banking company used by OnTheMarket has issued a note to its investor clients claiming the portal “arguably beats its peers...

I remember the day well; the day we all fell foul of addiction, the day our website was launched. Until then, at...

A free-to-list portal says it’s an ideal way to capture potential leads so as to augment agents’ client databases that have...

Barratt Developments’ three consumer brands - Barratt Homes, David Wilson Homes and Barratt London - are the first developers to list...

One of the country’s largest regional estate and lettings agencies has now fully rejoined Zoopla. Yorkshire-based Dacre, Son & Hartley brings its...

A portal which describes itself as a social network and which has been operating on a soft launch basis for many...

Whinge. Moan. Lead quality. Crap market. Decision procrastination. Fee pressure. Bloody competitors. Especially Purplebricks. Brexit, of course, Brexit... These are just some...

OnTheMarket’s selective fee freeze for agents has been challenged by a new portal which asks agents: ‘Why pay at all?’ OTM revealed...

OnTheMarket says it will not increase listing charges in 2020 for any agents currently paying full fees, while agencies which list on only...

OnTheMarket TV adverts return on Monday with what the portal calls “a refreshed version” giving more prominence to its ‘new and...

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...

A new digital platform has been set up in a bid to provide a one-stop-shop for self-build enthusiasts - and it...

Speculation is growing about the future of online agency Yopa. This follows a key resignation from Yopa’s board and one expert’s analysis...

Global free-to-list property portal Residential People has announced it’s almost at its next milestone of 800,000 listings within its first six...

It’s that time again. Each year I take a look at newspaper readership - not from the angle of journalists, but...

A free-to-list property portal says that contrary to opinion within parts of the agency industry, the more portals there are the...

As the founder of Jupix, I worked in the property industry between 2008 - 2014. I had the privilege to lead...

Savills says it’s not commenting on whether it will list on Zoopla in the future. Last week Knight Frank - which in...

One of the agencies most active in the creation of OnTheMarket is trialling a return to listing on Zoopla after an...

Traditionally speaking, users who are looking to buy, rent, or sell their property to customers on an international basis have been...

A note sent out by OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has suggested that the way estate agents work may directly lead...

British homes have increased in value by an average of £11 per day since the beginning of the year, but with...

Rightmove’s half year figures this morning continue to show strong growth in profits and revenue - but there are the first...

One of the earliest property websites, nethouseprices.com, has been acquired by fledgling property portal OneDome.  Nethouseprices was set up in 2004 and...

Seven in 10 agents fail to use video or YouTube to assist in their marketing according to an analysis by free-to-list...

‘Property ghosting’ is a problem that nearly all estate and letting agencies will face at one time or another. Ghosting, which is...

The industry press has given substantial space to recommendations from the Regulation of Property Agents, the government’s working party which has...

The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...

The introduction of technology to an industry can be daunting, due to changes in executing daily tasks, and also a fear...

Shareholders at today’s annual general meeting of OnTheMarket will hear the latest conversion figures showing how many agents on free or...

A new global free-to-list property portal says it has secured 800 new property enquiries for estate agents in the last four...

If agents ran their databases more efficiently, the property portals might find themselves redundant. Controversial opening statement aside, the reality is that...

An estate agency has removed a claim that it uploads its properties to Zoopla and PrimeLocation after a complaint to the...

Stories of a slow property market due to an ongoing lack of supply and Brexit woes have been well-documented in recent...

The average British homeowner stays in their property for 20.8 years, according to new research by Zoopla. The property portal analysed the...

love2move, the online network which allows high street agents to offer a white-labelled hybrid service, has announced its latest partner. Peter David...

Zoopla has announced an improved app which “enhances the house-hunting journey with a fresh design, improved navigation and an intuitive interface” -...

I want to take the time this week to look at an area of PropTech and real estate which is seeing...

The free-to-list property portal Residential People says it now has over 740 independent agents in the UK on board - and...

An interesting analysis of Rightmove’s performance on the stock market has led to questions about the long-term profitability and viability of...

Facebook is set to enter the cryptocurrency business with the big reveal of its formal plans scheduled for some point this...

OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett says rival portals may want to “interfere” with his aim of converting agency members from free...

The latest asking prices data from Rightmove suggests that the national housing market is being dragged down by poor performance in...

All the most successful startups of recent years – from Airbnb and Uber to Just Eat and Deliveroo – have melded...

The founder of Zoopla has explained how the portal got its name and branding, and the philosophy behind it when it...

Figures released from OnTheMarket this morning suggest that its conversion programme for agents shifting from free deals to paid membership is...

A buying agent has revealed how she advises potential clients to use portals when looking for a property to buy -...

Zoopla has taken a swipe at OnTheMarket by conducting a poll of sellers’ views about having properties listed exclusively on just...

Over 80 per cent of home owners say they expect house prices to rise in their area before the end of...

OnTheMarket claims monthly visits to its website hit a record 25.4m in May - but the portal’s latest update gives no...

A recent survey conducted by comparison website GetAgent found that traditional high street agents have been given a firm thumbs up...

A portal specialising in prime and super-prime London property has turned perceptions of the capital’s housing market on their head -...

Properties sold off market by a London agency found buyers more quickly, and for nearer the asking price, than those on the...

In recent years, estate and letting agents have been faced with a series of tough challenges to absorb and react to. There...

A London independent agency has joined the franchise network of Hunters. Regent 2000 Properties, which operates in Camden Town, is seeing its...

A recently-launched free-to-list portal says it’s uniquely positioned to attract overseas buyers and investors interested in purchasing in major UK cities. Residential...

New free-to-list portals Residential People and Commercial People are aiming to secure one million property listings by Q4 2019. The portals -...

Fresh analysis by Zoopla has revealed Britain's fastest moving property markets with the lowest number of average days for a seller...

OnTheMarket has revealed several agents have signed up to the portal on long-term contracts and stopped listing properties on Rightmove. The agencies...

An estate agency has contacted the police after 26 of its boards disappeared since September 2018.  Manor Estate Agents, an all-female agency...

Landmark Information’s online valuation tool SmartVal is being retired by the company, with agents who use it being advised to switch to...

Trading in OnTheMarket’s shares was subject to two so-called Price Monitoring Extensions - temporary freezing of transactions because of erratic movements. The...

OnTheMarket has applied to the London Stock Exchange for the release of over 528,000 new shares to agents who have signed...

A top London estate agent says the humble For Sale board remains the cheapest and most effective marketing tool - even...

A PropTech analyst insists that the tumbling share price of Purplebricks on the London Stock Exchange does not indicate that the...

With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...

Zoopla has been spelling out more details of prospective buyers’ and renters’ patterns of portal-watching and how they relate to leads...

Two of the PropTech sector's highest profile digital marketing suppliers are integrating in a bid to help agents nurture the leads...

The first hour of a property’s listing on a portal is the most crucial for sellers or landlords according to research...

A ‘property potential’ portal which claims to be highly successful across the south east of England is now going to launch...

UK estate agents charge the lowest commission out of any nation in the European Union, according to a recent study by...

OnTheMarket says high take up for its alert service demonstrates that it’s closing the gap on Rightmove. The challenger portal says that...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that the new Federation of Independent Agents has recruited an expert from the two leading portals...

When you think of the best ad campaigns – from moustachioed opera singers and talking meerkats to millions of bouncing balls...

Analysts at Berenberg Bank have sharply reduced their price target for Purplebricks by over 80 per cent from 470p to 80p, accusing...

The chairman of franchise giant Hunters says his company’s purchasing power is such that it secures 60 per cent discounts from...

Some branches of one of London’s largest agencies, Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward, have returned to Zoopla after dropping it just over four...

Two new free-to-list portals say they have now attracted 100,000 listings from 1,600 agents. The portals - Residential People and Commercial People...

OnTheMarket has applied to the London Stock Exchange for the release of shares to agents signing long term deals with the...

More than 800 property transactions fall through daily, which can have repercussions both practically and financially, as agents fail to get...

The new portal OneDome is offering what it calls a “consumer-facing digital mortgage product” in a bid to cut fall-throughs. OneDome already...

Many estate and letting agents are receiving more leads through OnTheMarket than through Rightmove, the challenger portal claims - and it...

Four high-profile industry figures have sent an open letter urging agents to think about what they call “smarter marketing” in a...

Three portals are to reveal their thoughts on how their platforms and others are likely to develop at this spring’s annual...

Zoopla says the number of its leads delivered to member agents in the period March 2018 to February 2019 was 36...

To get the absolute most from your estate or letting agency business, it’s vital that you partner with the right software...

In another bid to take on Rightmove, OnTheMarket is introducing a new range of advertising products which will enable agents to...

Two 'challenger portals' have revealed major new services this morning as they fight to take on Rightmove and Zoopla. OneDome, the new...

Two free-to-list portals launched last month in the UK say they have 1,200 agents and 50,000 listed properties on board in...

Rightmove is undertaking an investigation into a PropTech app that has tried to list private sales on the portal. The perhaps-ironically named...

Who are you? Mikus Opelts, CEO of Giraffe360 What is Giraffe360 and what does it do? Giraffe360 is a unique digital photography subscription service...

OnTheMarket has stepped up its attack on Rightmove with a stridently-worded email to agents explaining how a drop in leads from...

OnTheMarket will be “blanketing the commercial radio landscape” as well as engaging in sports and agency industry sponsorship programmes over the...

Rightmove has this morning given its 2018 report to shareholders, laying bare the huge financial wealth of the company which dominates...

A new sales portal has launched with a radically different business model, aiming to pay agents to list on it. It’s the brainchild of...

Both major portals have this morning revealed more evidence of a gently slowing housing market. The average time to sell a property...

The controversial property portal Propertyheads has compiled a blacklist of tradesmen who have a criminal record. The website says this is the...

Cast your minds back to the summer of 2014. It’s 9.55 am somewhere in east London ‘Sorry I’m late’ offers the...

A portal powered by Artificial Intelligence claims it is offering investors a much-needed and superior alternative to Rightmove and Zoopla. One &...

A survey of 3,000 people by Zoopla suggests that 47 per cent of vendors believe the success of their sale was...

In these tougher times, we recognise that helping agents win new inventory is the key to their businesses.  There were more than...

One of the world’s leading digital analysts has given his latest verdict on the UK portal market and offers a major...

A new free-to-list property portal is launching in the UK, and has a pledge to serve over 20 counties by the...

OnTheMarket says one of its key aims for 2019 is to match Rightmove’s product offer to agents. “We’re looking to match Rightmove’s...

As an estate agent, you need to be ready to cater for the specific requirements of buyers and sellers, tailoring your...

New figures released this morning from OnTheMarket claim its listing inventory bis now over 80 per cent of the size of...

At the end of January the Asian PropTech company PropertyGuru announced the imminent launch of beta-phase testing of its cutting-edge new product, PropertyGuru Lens. This...

OnTheMarket says it now has listings agreements with more than 12,500 estate and lettings agency branches. In a statement to shareholders and...

OnTheMarket is to continue its TV advertising campaign throughout February - and this time it’s ad is also going to be...

There’s no end to the PropTech and photography solutions available to estate agents these days to help them sell good, old-fashioned...

Property industry commentator and former online agency chief executive Russell Quirk has defended Rightmove’s charges to agents, saying that compared to...

If you want an engaging page-turner novel for cold winter evenings, my recommendation is Our House by Louise Candlish, a bestseller...

Connells’ brand Gascoigne Halman has lost its appeal against OnTheMarket. Gascoigne Halman challenged OTM’s old ‘one other portal’ rule at the Competition...

Every day thousands of estate agency boards are erected across the UK. Even in the digital age the board remains one...

Shares in OnTheMarket hit another new low of 75.7p yesterday, dropping over nine per cent on the day and falling well...

If Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is as sophisticated as they say, Porter Pioneers’ launch could leave agents kicking their feet.  Those of...

There were 102,330 residential property transactions in December - that’s up 3.6 per cent on the same month last year on...

Former City analyst Anthony Codling - who is now the front-man for a new property portal - has set out why...

Gloomy statements from some industry organisations have suggested the market is in trouble thanks to Brexit uncertainty but Rightmove says visits...

I don’t think I can add anything more to the excellent 2019 pieces we’ve seen on EAT in recent weeks –...

A survey of 6,000 members of the public and 660 estate and letting agents has revealed some striking findings about how...

Zoopla is radically changing its strategy by exploiting the freedom it has under its new private equity ownership. That’s the conclusion of...

It’s been an interesting week of contrasts when it comes to online replacing ‘the old school’. Data from that clever consultancy The...

One of the world’s leading PropTech analysts says Purplebricks has turned the UK online/hybrid estate agency business into “a one horse...

A new portal which had branded itself as “the UK’s first decentralised property listing database” appears to have had a setback...

Zoopla is claiming a big surge in leads provided to agents and a new high in the number of visits to...

A new portal called YourMoov and describing itself as “the UK’s first decentralised property listing database” is to launch shortly. In an...

Rightmove has revealed which day was its busiest in 2018 in terms of page views. It says February 19 was the date,...

Early figures suggest record numbers of people visited Rightmove just after Christmas, giving renewed hope that the market may step up...

Hello and welcome to 2019. These are less predictions and more expectations - developments following on from what’s happened in the past...

There’s nothing new about identifying 10 figures who have helped shape an industry over the past year, but that doesn’t mean...

An analysis of property branding by more than 200 companies suggests that Purplebricks and OnTheMarket are two of the big winners with...

Zoopla is launching its latest advertising campaign from Boxing Day with ideas from the creative minds behind Wallace & Gromit.  From Wednesday...

A specialist property portal says it’s offering estate agents “a captive audience for the ski properties on their books.” SnowOnly says that...

OnTheMarket had told its shareholders this morning that it now has over 12,000 branches listing and is offering share incentives to...

The head of the portal PropertyMutual has accused Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket of being “corporate dinosaurs” and has called on agents...

With portal rivalry hotting up again, Zoopla has announced that with immediate effect it’s removing all non-property related adverts from all...

The chief executive of Emoov and the founder of the new portal Rummage4Property had a dramatic spat on Twitter just hours...

A new portal is launching next year with Countrywide and some 30 other estate agency groups signed up, as well as...

PropTech has been mainstream for a few years now, and as more agents are familiar with the range of products and...

A platform that allows individual private sellers and landlords to list their properties alongside those from professional agents says it’s not...

OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has told an agents’ conference of the strategy for his service - including a prediction that...

To say legendary ZPG founder and CEO Alex Chesterman left big boots to fill when he stepped back from day-to-day operations...

Rightmove is this morning reporting that the asking price of property coming to market has fallen 1.7 per cent in the...

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...

How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...

OnTheMarket has issued an upbeat statement about the Court of Appeal setting a date to hear Connells-owned Gascoigne Halman's challenge to a ruling...

London agency chain Portico has signed up to OnTheMarket.  The 17 branch firm, which handles both sales and lettings, has offices in...

The head of a controversial property portal says agents can by-pass some GDPR marketing restrictions by using his service’s social network. Ben Davis,...

Two local estate agencies are entering a strategic partnership to market properties together, allowing them to list the properties on the...

A recent 'red flag alert' report from an insolvency firm warned that the number of real estate businesses defined as being...

Fewer than 15 per cent of owners go on to sell their home with the same agency they bought it through,...

OnTheMarket has this morning announced that franchise giant Belvoir will list all of its 300-plus branches on the challenger portal.  This includes...

A new junior estate agent apprenticeship standard has been launched with skills being offered for residential, commercial and auction sectors. Created by...

Outspoken online estate agency chief Russell Quirk says the estate agency industry is “really p****d off” with Rightmove trying to ride...

No, I haven’t lost the plot. Such a thing exists – and if you’re familiar with North London, there is a...

One of the brokers working with OnTheMarket says the portal will not be profitable until 2021, but predicts that its target...

OnTheMarket’s trading figures for the six months to the end of July show, as predicted, losses while the company is building...

OnTheMarket plc, the company which operates the OTM portal, gives its first formal stock market figures tomorrow morning, for the six...

Google celebrated its 20th birthday last month. Yes, it might be hard to recall a time when it wasn’t integral in...

When Facebook first announced it would be entering the property listings market a few weeks ago it sent shockwaves across the...

Andrews, which has over 50 branches across the south of England, is the latest major chain to sign up to OnTheMarket. In...

Purplebricks has been the subject of another complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority - and the issue has again been categorised...

OnTheMarket has this morning announced that it now has signed listing agreements with more than 11,000 estate agency offices - over...

OnTheMarket has this morning announced that it’s signed up the north east of England regional agency Pattinson, which has 27 branches...

With the news that Hunters and Fisher German are the latest agencies to offer online auctions to sellers, is this something...

The raison d'être for estate agents everywhere is to get their properties noticed! It’s as simple as that. These days you’re likely...

Humberts - which when it was operating jointly with Chestertons was a prominent supporter of Agents’ Mutual and OnTheMarket - has...

OnTheMarket today launches a new TV advertising campaign which aims to highlight its 'New & Exclusive' marketing feature. Agents listing with the...

This week may have marked the landmark moment of Facebook entering the UK property market but as the industry prepares for...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld one of two complaints made against OnTheMarket's TV and print advertising. The complaints refer to...

Speculation is growing that Rightmove could drop out of the prestigious FTSE-100 within the next few days as the stock exchange...

OnTheMarket has signed up an estate and lettings agency firm run by a family and with 11 offices across west Devon...

A few stories caught my eye this week from China, all of which announce the arrival of cutting-edge technological innovation in...

OnTheMarket has seen another increase in listings to more than 10,500 offices, but it is repeating a warning that its free...

Purplebricks has been the subject of another complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority, this time over a claim on its website...