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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...

Independent review website allAgents says its ultimate ambition is to be a serious rival to existing portals like OnTheMarket. Unveiling a new...

In the past decade or so there has been a movement towards the use of digital signage screens within a number...

Running an effective property business in today’s market relies on the clever use of technology.  The right technology will make your agency...

OnTheMarket has signed up 12-office regional agency Robert Oulsnam and Company.  The firm, which handles sales and lettings, has 12 offices in...

It was interesting to see the recent story on Estate Agent Today about OnTheMarket (OTM) raising its fees after signing up...

The newly-appointed Group Managing Director of Countrywide says rumours of Hamptons International or other ‘crown jewels’ being put up for sale...

Another OnTheMarket founding estate agency - Strutt & Parker - has rejoined the Zoopla and PrimeLocation portals. Some months ago the London...

As if to prove there are two ways to interpret every figure, a new analysis of Rightmove’s recent trading statement suggests...

‘Up’ is the key word in Rightmove’s figures for the first half of 2018, released to the City and to shareholders...

OnTheMarket has now signed listing agreements with UK estate and letting agents with a total of over 10,000 offices - but...

As you probably know, I have been no fan of OnTheMarket (OTM) over the years. You may see this admission as...

Before I get into the nitty gritty of the government (well, one of its startup accelerator schemes) giving away £20,000, let...

An article in Investors’ Chronicle says the dominance of Rightmove and ZPG in the portal market could be under threat from...

A property software guru says he wants PropTech firms to join with him in an ‘open platform’ which would allow smaller...

A new free-to-list portal is to be launched - and it is to be ‘voice led’.  The PropTech firm Triplerr says it...

Another update from OnTheMarket this morning claims the portal is now listing over 550,000 UK residential property listings, in excess of...

A decade ago we were still years away from Purplebricks, Countrywide was a colossus in the industry, no one had thought...

So here’s the thing. It’s summer - not much going on, school holidays about to start, industry publications filling out space...

OnTheMarket now has listing agreements with over 9,000 estate agency branches - that's another 500 or so since its previous release...

A leading property industry analysts says Rightmove may be amongst the top portals in the industry worldwide, but it is facing...

OnTheMarket’s first formal annual figures released since its flotation reveal losses in what it describes as its “transformational year” but also...

The entrepreneur behind a free-to-list property portal claiming support from 17 estate agencies has defended the description of them as ‘partners’ -...

A property portal that describes itself as free-to-list has launched today, taking the industry by surprise - however, at least one...

OnTheMarket has announced to the City and its shareholders that it’s to reveal its annual results tomorrow - the first such...

A recent holiday in the US gave me an opportunity to catch up with property news over there - and surprisingly,...

ZPG’s sell-off of the Australian arm of housing data company Hometrack to REA Group, a multinational digital firm specialising in portals and...

A leading agent has urged major portals Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket to feature virtual viewings content more prominently on their platforms. Writing...

Firstly, my sincere apologies - it has now been over a month since my last PropTech blog, doesn’t time fly!  In the...

Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) has confirmed that it expects its sale to Silver Lake to complete in Q3 2018. As part of...

Property sellers in Scotland are profiting from buyers' willingness to pay above asking price for a home.  This is according to portal...

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...