Online agent turned property PR guru Russell Quirk has set out his solution to solving the housing crisis. Speaking on the latest...
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![Industry Views - Do Online Estate Agencies Exist Any More?](/upload/images/1%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Industry%20View%20Do%20online%20estate%20agencies%20exist%20any%20more%20IV.png)
Is there such a thing as an online estate agency any more? A decade ago, about the time I started editing Estate...
18 May 2024
From: Features
![Reader poll: Are house prices falling?](/upload/images/shutterstock_1341542321.jpg)
A fifth of Estate Agent Today readers have claimed house prices are falling either nationally or regionally, a survey has revealed. It...
17 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Russell Quirk and Charlie Lamdin clash over house prices – who's right?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_balancing-400x310.png)
Property market commentators Russell Quirk and Charlie Lamdin have gone head-to—head in a long-awaited podcast to tackle their ongoing debate about...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Angels Media boss among guests in new industry podcast](/upload/images/shutterstock_1118756132.jpg)
Nat Daniels, chief executive of Estate Agent Today publisher Angels Media is among guests to appear on a new industry podcast...
27 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Charity campaign launched to see Simon Whale as ‘servant for a day’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Kerfuffle founder Simon Whale may have thought becoming a servant for the day as part of a charity auction would have...
02 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Could OnTheMarket takeover finally challenge Rightmove?](/upload/images/shutterstock_1929459086.jpg)
The potential takeover of OnTheMarket (OTM) by US property giant CoStar Group could finally provide a viable challenger for Rightmove, it...
20 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Russell Quirk set to launch agency licensing debate](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/LandlordLicensing-4-400x310.jpg)
Russell Quirk may have already irked plenty of estate agents in his time as boss of collapsed online brand Emoov and...
23 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Propertymark unveils heavyweight panel for industry conference](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_192595709.jpg)
Propertymark has released details of a panel featuring several industry heavyweights at its much anticipated conference in June. Founder of emoov-turned-property-pundit and...
11 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - Damned if you do and damned if you don't](/upload/images/Property%20Natter.jpg)
It's not often that I have sympathy for our glorious leaders – those who set the rules by which we all...
25 March 2023
From: Features
!['We won't see a crash': Quirk addresses house prices in new TV show](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/House-pounds_400x310.png)
Online agency boss-turned-media-pundit Russell Quirk has been given his own money-focused TalkTV programme, with the first focusing on the hot topic...
10 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Countrywide director claims over £1m in fees at new agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/HappyLandlord-400x310.png)
A former Countrywide director says that since becoming a Keller Williams agent he’s racked up over £1m in fees. Dominic Marcel -...
14 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Foxtons board member: 'Most agents aren’t very good'](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Foxtons non-executive director and former boss Peter Rollings has suggested the “vast majority” of agents aren’t good at selling properties. Discussing opportunities...
03 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Reader poll: Will ROPA rules improve agency standards?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousingMarket_400x310.png)
Half of Estate Agent Today readers agree that industry regulations and minimum qualifications will improve standards in the sector but a...
30 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Should agents door-knock to win business?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RightToRent1-400x310.png)
Industry leaders have hit back at a suggestion that agents should do more door-knocking to win business. Speaking in the latest video...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents must prove they are worth higher fees - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents2-400x310.png)
A lack of training and a laissez-faire attitude to leads and listings is preventing agents charging higher fees, industry leaders have...
24 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Media blamed for ‘stifling market sentiment’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Buy-to-let-400x310.png)
Industry leaders have hit out at the media for “stifling sentiment” as they urge agents to help vendors make an informed...
23 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Online Estate Agents - the new dinosaurs of house selling](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/WiFiMobile-400x310.png)
I’ve just read an article saying that this is the time of the online estate agency. The time in question is, of...
26 November 2022
From: Features
![Property market aims to define a housing crash](/upload/images/library/HousePricesFall-400x310.jpg)
Property professionals and commentators have begun pondering an official definition of a house price crash. It comes amid forecasts that house prices...
01 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Blame game starts as local Keller Williams UK Market Centre shuts](/upload/images/library/KellerWilliamsUK-400x310.jpg)
Keller Williams’ (KW) Warwick Market Centre has closed, prompting a blame game between its former owners and the franchise brand. KW Warwick has...
01 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property commentator turned TV host slams talk of house price crash](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-400x310.png)
Russell Quirk has gone from online estate agency founder to PR guru and property commentator, but has now added national talk show...
30 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![The Conveyancing Crisis - how can we fix it?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EvictionNotice-400x310-min.jpeg)
There has been so much coverage recently over how painfully slow conveyancing is at the moment - 18-20 weeks is now...
23 July 2022
From: Features
![Property Natter – the who’s who of the industry](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features
![Markets shrug as Purplebricks awaits confirmation of new chief executive](/upload/images/Logos/PurplebricksLogo2020-400x310.jpg)
Purplebricks ended the trading day yesterday without being able to formally welcome its new chief executive but the markets appeared to...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Pressure builds for agents to be licensed with mandatory training](/upload/images/library/training-image400x310.png)
Pressure appears to be building for the recommendations of the Regulation of Property Agents working party finally to be implemented. It’s now...
26 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![What future for Propertymark? Chief to be quizzed by critic of NAEA](/upload/images/library/NAEA-ARLA-Propertymark-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark’s chief executive - officially still in post on just an interim basis - is to face questions from a past...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Five top portals to face Question Time with legendary agent Quirk](/upload/images/library/HousesQuestions-400x310.jpg)
Representatives of Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket, Boomin and OneDome portals are to be quizzed in an industry Question Time session next month. Russell...
13 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Paying For Viewings - will charging buyers really work?](/img/default/eat.png)
A new service launched over the weekend, proposing to charge buyers £30 for a “guaranteed” viewing, has split opinions amongst estate...
26 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Emoov Controversy: senior figure returns with Facebook initiative](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the men behind the defunct Emoov online estate agency has re-emerged as the head of a marketing service. The service...
18 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Boomin - What’s the verdict?](/img/default/eat.png)
The launch of Boomin has been and gone with, perhaps, something less than its expected fanfare of publicity. Of course there are...
03 April 2021
From: Features
![Game Over for Propertymark? What future after shock resignations?](/img/default/eat.png)
Members of Propertymark are left wondering today what if any future there is for the industry’s trade body. The shock resignation yesterday...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Sarah Beeny – Will she be returning to estate agency after Tepilo?](/img/default/eat.png)
This week’s In Conversation Today interviewee needs no introduction. One of the property industry’s most recognisable names, she has been a...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: exclusive Q&A with Tim Balcon, Propertymark’s new CEO](/img/default/eat.png)
Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...
16 January 2021
From: Features
![Agents accused of “feigning hysterics” over stamp duty cliff-edge](/img/default/eat.png)
Two of the most outspoken agents in the industry have criticised those calling for an extension to the stamp duty holiday...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![What next for UK side of US agency as chief exec quits?](/img/default/eat.png)
Gary Keller is stepping down from his post as chief executive of the global Keller Williams estate agency empire. Although operating chiefly...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![No experience needed? Agency defends recruiting from outside industry](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the UK’s market centres set up by US-led agency Keller Williams has strongly defended its policy of recruiting newcomers...
25 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks and Emoov founders call for radical stamp duty reform](/img/default/eat.png)
Online sector veterans Russell Quirk and Kenny Bruce have used social media to call for a temporary scrapping of all stamp...
16 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Cleaners can enter homes now - so why can't estate agents?](/img/default/eat.png)
Domestic cleaners can now re-enter private homes under new Coronavirus return-to-work guidelines - the very guidelines which appear to stop estate...
12 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![It’s 2024: what will the industry look like, post-Coronavirus?](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s a sense that we really are on the verge of a huge change in the industry. It’s too early to be...
04 April 2020
From: Features
![Spicerhaart under fire for “inhumane” and “disgraceful” sackings](/img/default/eat.png)
There has been scepticism across the industry as to the motives behind an unspecified number of lay-offs and permanent branch closures...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Uncle Sam vs Blighty - Two countries separated by a common language](/img/default/eat.png)
The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....
29 February 2020
From: Features
![Blood and branches will be shed in Countrywide merger, experts predict](/img/default/eat.png)
Some of the biggest figures in the industry have given Estate Agent Today their reaction to the news - broken yesterday...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents vent anger at ‘Boris Corbyn’ shock Mansion Tax proposals](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents have reacted angrily to the government contemplating introducing a Mansion Tax, and to the Housing Secretary not ruling out the...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Is this why Countywide, Purplebricks and Foxtons are struggling?](/img/default/eat.png)
An outspoken industry commentator says some of the country’s leading agencies are failing because they’re not actually run by experienced agents. Russell...
03 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agency boss has near-death experience and warns about work-stress](/img/default/eat.png)
The founder of an online agency has spoken publicly for the first time about how his near-death experience led him to...
23 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![20 agents recruited by Hub-style agency even before official launch](/img/default/eat.png)
A new branch of Keller Williams UK - operating from a so-called market centre office rather than a traditional shopfront branch...
13 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove ‘vulnerable’ because of its bad relationship with agents - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s a warning today that Rightmove could be vulnerable to losing its number one portal status because it has such a...
09 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Fraud! Agents who over-value to win instructions 'act illegally'- claim](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agents who deliberately over-value properties in order to win instructions are effectively committing fraud according to a prominent industry figure. Russell...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: what has the last decade meant for the property industry?](/img/default/eat.png)
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...
14 December 2019
From: Features
![New portal led by agents will do what OnTheMarket failed to do](/img/default/eat.png)
A new portal claims it will do what OnTheMarket failed to do, and offer an agent-led operation charging every agency branch...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Emoov unmoved: row with Advertising Standards Authority rumbles on](/img/default/eat.png)
The dispute between controversial online estate agency Emoov and the Advertising Standards Authority is rumbling on. In the first half of November...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online agency removes Trustpilot and Google reviews after complaint](/img/default/eat.png)
Fledgling online estate agency Emoov - now owned by PropTech firm Mashroom - has removed reviews and endorsements from its website...
13 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks, Housesimple and Yopa must merge to survive - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
The former chief of an online estate agency says the top three surviving firms in the sector must merge if they...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Start touting! Agents told to knock on doors and steal their rivals' vendors](/img/default/eat.png)
A controversial estate agent and former head of an online agency is urging agents to knock on the doors of vendors...
24 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![‘I want to be a founder’ - Be careful what you wish for](/img/default/eat.png)
News broke last weekend of a further online estate agency casualty as letting agent Upad announced on its website that it...
17 October 2019
From: Features
![Legend of property journalism quits as editor of The Times’ Bricks & Mortar](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the legends of property journalism, Anne Ashworth, has left her position as editor of The Times’ highly regarded Bricks...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online estate agents and digital malfunction](/img/default/eat.png)
It never rains but it pours. And that’s certainly been the case for the online estate agency sector in the last...
03 October 2019
From: Features
![Power to the People](/img/default/eat.png)
‘Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains’. So is written on the tombstone of the father...
19 September 2019
From: Features
![Three top online chiefs abandon sector and buy into full-fee agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Three former online estate agency founders - including the controversial Russell Quirk - are going into mainstream full fee agency. They are...
09 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![The problem with estate agents is...](/img/default/eat.png)
Whinge. Moan. Lead quality. Crap market. Decision procrastination. Fee pressure. Bloody competitors. Especially Purplebricks. Brexit, of course, Brexit... These are just some...
05 September 2019
From: Features
![Your new shop window is not a shop window](/img/default/eat.png)
In the old days an agent would procure clients based upon their position in the high street, the size of the...
04 September 2019
From: Features
![Speculation grows about Yopa’s future as LSL chief quits board](/img/default/eat.png)
Speculation is growing about the future of online agency Yopa. This follows a key resignation from Yopa’s board and one expert’s analysis...
22 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![It Might Not Be A Popular Opinion But…](/img/default/eat.png)
Innovate or Die. But What is Innovation? It Isn’t just PropTech A certain Mr Dick Whittington Esquire was once convinced that the...
22 August 2019
From: Features
![Purplebricks: an insider’s story of what it was REALLY like](/img/default/eat.png)
A former Local Property Expert and manager at Purplebricks has gone on record to reveal what it was really like to work...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![It Might Not Be A Popular Opinion But…Licensing – Just For Dogs And Pigs?](/img/default/eat.png)
How many of you are in favour of estate agents being licenced? Would most agents rather not be overseen by a regulator...
25 July 2019
From: Features
![Theresa May’s legacy - how has housing fared under her government?](/img/default/eat.png)
Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...
06 July 2019
From: Features
![70 former customers have relisted with Emoov since relaunch](/img/default/eat.png)
The new owners of Emoov have confirmed that 70 previous customers have opted to re-list their homes with the firm since it...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Give All Your £ to Google](/img/default/eat.png)
In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...
03 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Emoov collapse: angry sellers threaten legal action](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate Agent Today has been contacted by an individual who says he is one of three former Emoov customers intending to...
02 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Russell Quirk,Co-Founder and Advisor/Non-Exec Director of Properganda](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That depends on which business card. One says ‘Properganda PR,...
01 July 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
![Emoov and Countrywide merge: it could have happened…](/img/default/eat.png)
Emoov and Countrywide: what a pair, observers might say. They present a tale of two failures - although, in the case of...
08 June 2019
From: Features
05 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide’s biggest critic says: “Here’s my plan to save the firm”](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide’s shares took another battering yesterday as they plummeted below the psychologically-painful 5p mark - reflecting a 95 per cent loss of...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: has Purplebricks' bubble now officially burst?](/img/default/eat.png)
Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...
18 May 2019
From: Features
![Online agents will never get above 10% market share admits agency founder](/img/default/eat.png)
“I’m Russell Quirk, and I’ve failed” - with those words, the former chief executive of Emoov has begun to explain how...
15 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![New prime London property portal recruits big industry names](/img/default/eat.png)
A new portal for the prime London property market has launched this week, recruiting a string of big-name agents. Vyomm, founded by...
14 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online agents “too cheap” and look too good to be true - Quirk](/img/default/eat.png)
The failure of online agencies to significantly disrupt the industry is down to their being too cheap and creating a perception...
16 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Ex-Emoov chief's new online business makes headlines before it launches](/img/default/eat.png)
The founder and former chief executive of Emoov, Russell Quirk, is back in the headlines with a new but until now...
18 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Emoov’s losses: agency founder Quirk complains to Mail on Sunday](/img/default/eat.png)
The former chief executive of online agency Emoov has complained to the Mail on Sunday about an article concerning the firm’s...
25 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Emoov former boss disputes Mail on Sunday claim about agency's debts](/img/default/eat.png)
Online estate agent Emoov failed to tell crowdfunding investors it was losing £3m a month before its collapse, a Sunday paper claims. The...
24 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Exclusive - the final three Quirk interviews](/img/default/eat.png)
“You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over,” is an oft-quoted saying of Richard...
09 February 2019
From: Features
![Foxtons could blossom 'by moving beyond London and going online' - Quirk](/img/default/eat.png)
The former chief executive of Emoov says he has the answer to Foxtons’ current downbeat performance - it should exploit its...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove's charges 'are good value for agents' insists ex-agency boss](/img/default/eat.png)
Property industry commentator and former online agency chief executive Russell Quirk has defended Rightmove’s charges to agents, saying that compared to...
28 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online agents charge too little and risk looking 'cheap' - Russell Quirk](/img/default/eat.png)
The former chief executive of Emoov says online estate agencies charge too little, so risk appearing cheap and ineffective to potential...
23 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Fatigue - should estate agents bother with technology?](/img/default/eat.png)
“Estate Agents must be suffering from supplier fatigue. Where do you even begin? Most agents haven’t got the time.” So started the...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Online love-in: Purplebricks founder heaps praise on Emoov boss Quirk](/img/default/eat.png)
Kenny Bruce, one of the founders of sector-leading online agency Purplebricks, has sent his good wishes to Russell Quirk, who founded...
15 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Emoov spent £800,000 a month towards the end says Russell Quirk](/img/default/eat.png)
Former Emoov chief executive Russell Quirk has made his first on-the-record comments about the factors behind the dramatic collapse of his...
14 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Emoov/Tepilo customers still trying to contact firms despite collapse](/img/default/eat.png)
Customers are still trying to get hold of Emoov, Tepilo and Hatched months after they closed down. Estate Agent Today has seen...
10 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![He’s back: Emoov’s Russell Quirk is now PR man and pro-Brexit pundit](/img/default/eat.png)
The former boss of Emoov, the controversial Russell Quirk, has resuscitated his career as a public relations man and pro-Brexit commentator. Just...
09 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![The top 10 property personalities of 2018](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s nothing new about identifying 10 figures who have helped shape an industry over the past year, but that doesn’t mean...
28 December 2018
From: Features
![Property Natter: Emoov, Brexit, Agents Got Talent and a partridge in a pear tree](/img/default/eat.png)
Hard not to mention two major breaking news stories of recent days; one directly affecting the property market and one which...
15 December 2018
From: Features
![Emoov and Tepilo listings 'bought by north of England high street agency'](/img/default/eat.png)
A Newcastle-based property company says it has acquired the listings of Emoov and Tepilo. It has emailed and texted vendors to say...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Emoov staff hardship appeal flops - only £30 raised in 36 hours](/img/default/eat.png)
A crowdfunding bid to Emoov’s staff to win financial help over the Christmas period has flopped badly with a paltry £30...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Emoov administrators ‘want £100,000 for remaining vendor listings’](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate Agent Today has been given details of responses made by administrators to an enquiry about the possible acquisition of some...
11 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Emoov: Legal action considered over crowdfunding, claims paper](/img/default/eat.png)
The Times reports that crowdfunding investors are considering legal action following the collapse of Emoov. The investors in question appear to be some of...
10 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Emoov’s humiliation - the fallout for the industry](/img/default/eat.png)
Whatever one thinks about online estate agencies, it’s a cause of genuine sadness when people lose their jobs - close proximity...
08 December 2018
From: Features
![Emoov boss named one of UK's '500 top tech influencers'](/img/default/eat.png)
The chief executive of failed online agency Emoov has been named this week as one of the 500 top “tech influencers”...
07 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Emoov debacle ‘could mean the end of upfront fees’ says online agent](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks is understood to be pondering the best way to assist victims of the collapse of Emoov without committing money for...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Emoov boss and portal head in vicious Twitter spat before firm folds](/img/default/eat.png)
The chief executive of Emoov and the founder of the new portal Rummage4Property had a dramatic spat on Twitter just hours...