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Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

A long running dispute between reviews website allAgents and Purplebricks has come back to life - with a new twist. In 2017...

Will he stay or will he go? You don’t need me to say who ‘he’ is - it’s the only story...

EAT readers may have seen a piece in Friday’s property section of The Times about the long-running Simplify saga, which has...

One of the biggest campaign groups calling for leasehold reform has welcomed the action taken by the Competition and Markets Authority...

The long running saga of insurance firms failing to honour agents’ Business Interruption claims appears to be making progress at last. A...

The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...

New guidance has been issued in a bid to allow agents to get the insurance payouts they expect from the Business...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

The saga over the future of Countrywide continues with the company urging its shareholders to take “no action” over the latest...

The Business Interruption Insurance saga, involving hundreds of agencies awaiting pay-outs on policies, enters its next and final stage later this month. An...

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

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

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

It may be that by the time you read this it’s all over for Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick - currently at the centre of a planning controversy - could be sacked in a September Cabinet reshuffle. The...

The advantage given to overseas buyers when Sterling weakened during the long-running Brexit saga has returned with the arrival of the...

Countrywide shares fell by just over 30 per cent yesterday as the stock market blood-letting continued for property stocks. The value fell 30.86...

This week’s Natter is dedicated to three contrasting agencies doing things differently, from a recently established hybrid to a design-led, Insta-friendly...

The latest housing market snapshot from the listings website Home suggests more regional markets are heading for price corrections. Home says that...

Agents have expressed quiet optimism that the market may be over the worst as it continues to show resilience in the...

Stories with good news about the prime central London market seem few and far between but the latest figures from B2B...

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

Beleaguered fund manager Neil Woodford, one of the early champions of Purplebricks, has slashed his stake in the company from 28.9...

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...

A tweet from Purplebricks’ chief executive Michael Bruce suggests that the agency may be about to play a role in the Emoov...

At least some calls from potential customers to Emoov are being cut off and rival estate agents are now plundering the...

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

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

Another new year is nearly upon us and, once we’ve got the season of mince pies, mulled wine, pigs in blankets,...

allAgents, the review website in dispute with Purplebricks, says a “major announcement” is expected about its next step in the saga...

The long-running saga of whether independent agents’ group CIELA is ever going to launch appears to be nearing its end game...

The on-off-on saga of the fledgling trade group for independent agents has taken another twist. The founder of the organisation suggests that...

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

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...

The agent who last year wrote a controversial ‘open letter’ about OnTheMarket has now received a letter demanding she pay alleged...

Here’s a story with more than a little in common with Britain’s own property portal wars. A long-running legal saga between Danish...

The long running story of the south London pub which Foxtons wants to convert to a new office has taken another...

In the latest twist in the story of Foxtons’ attempt to turn a pub into an agency office, squatters have moved...

Seniors’ group Saga is to handle initial enquiries from buyers of new homes on a development in Wiltshire - thought to...