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04 November 2023
From: Features
A new self-employed estate agency says it’s signed-up 30 new recruits in four months. iad - which had 20 recruits until recently...
24 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The EA Directors Club dinner, hosted by the Baldock Brothers returns on September 21st after its summer break. The event, which is...
06 September 2023
From: Breaking News
A new self employed agency business that launched into the UK market last month claims its success elsewhere in the world...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Self-employed agency brand eXp has unveiled a new approach to attract recruits. Speaking at the end of the eXp UK roadshow last...
29 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents have questioned whether the shift to self-employed agency models could reduce the level of experience in the sector. Speaking on the...
26 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks say it’s going to complete its transformation from an agency using self-employed local operatives in the field, to having fully...
31 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Franchise giant Belvoir has snapped up one of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A 20 year old estate agent who admitted being four times over the drink driving limit has been fined and banned...
07 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A national newspaper has lifted the lid on what it alleges to be the backgrounds of high-end self-employed agents who feature...
28 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The chief executive of Belvoir says his agency has had 25 years of significant financial and business success - and much...
10 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks is claiming that literally thousands of High Street agents from conventional bricks-and-mortar firms are applying to the agency. It says this...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Hunters has tweaked its earlier version of hybrid franchising in a bid to attract self-employed agents. Hunters Personal was launched with a...
26 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The head of a hybrid agency has made a blistering attack on the corporate agent business model, accusing it of being...
23 December 2021
From: Breaking News
With the business model for self-employed agents hotly debated within the industry, new data has suggested that most freelance professionals are...
21 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A London agency has undergone what it calls a ‘genteel’ rebrand with a subtle change of name - but a major...
26 November 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the first companies to promote the self-employed ‘broker’ business model has announced its first franchise agreement - and says...
25 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A family franchise agency that prides itself on saving costs associated with traditional High Street premises has nonetheless opened a new office...
22 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The Nested online agency, which recently revamped its business model to attract more self-employed agents, is expanding outside London for the...
29 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The class action taken by former self-employed workers against two online agencies should be a warning to other firms breaking the...
21 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A claims firm wants to commence proceedings against online estate agency companies such as Purplebricks and Yopa. It's on behalf of thousands...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News
An analysis of estate agencies in 21 major cities suggests a big rise in competing companies, prompting risks of fee wars between...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News
An estate agent who has now gone self-employed after working on the staff of Connells and Spicerhaart says her move is...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News
An estate agent claims he may be the highest paid in the industry this year - and he puts it down to...
08 October 2021
From: Breaking News
An agency says individual agents operating as self-employed can earn up to £64,000 more per year than fully-employed counterparts. Nested says the average UK...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News
An online operator called Nested is to spend £5m to promote the self-employed estate agency concept in 100 parts of the...
30 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The self-employed partnership known as The Agency UK - founded by three refugees from Purplebricks - has announced a major expansion. The...
28 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks says it’s beginning interviewing this week for roles at three key levels where there were not enough ‘switchers’ willing to...
09 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A survey conducted by a bank suggests that over half of the self-employed sector of the economy believes its financial position...
08 September 2021
From: Breaking News
An agent promoting self-employed business models has launched a course showing how estate agents can earn £100,000 per year. The set of...
31 August 2021
From: Breaking News
An agent has gone on record saying how he has progressed from being a photocopier boy at a Connells branch to...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Self-employed agents working for Purplebricks who want to resist the instruction to become fully employed are being wooed by a Midlands...
11 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks’ chief executive says a £4m marketing blitz scheduled for the autumn will go ahead despite the upheaval caused by the...
11 August 2021
From: Breaking News
The chief executive of Purplebricks says he wants to move his agency’s 600 Local Property Experts from self-employed to employed status...
10 August 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the best known faces in estate agency has launched his own podcast - and is giving Estate Agent Today...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Keller Williams - which says it’s the UK’s leading business-owner or ‘self-employed’ firm with twice the agents of any direct rival -...
23 July 2021
From: Breaking News
A leading industry personnel expert says agencies must do more to attract new staff, including adapting how they work to compete...
21 July 2021
From: Breaking News
A bank’s latest study suggests that self employed people are increasingly pessimistic about the chance of them being able to get on...
20 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The self-employed agency model will not be successful in the UK because the commission in this country is so low. That’s the...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News
A self employed franchise estate agent business model has been launched by one of the brands in The Property Franchise Group. Hunters...
23 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Fine & Country has a new prime London licensee covering Notting Hill and Chelsea - but there will be no High...
18 June 2021
From: Breaking News
eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US - says it now has 200 self-employed agents operating under its...
01 June 2021
From: Breaking News
eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US and led by Adam Day, a veteran of three online firms -...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the earliest London agencies to adopt a hub-style operation with self-employed agents working on a high commission basis, has...
29 April 2021
From: Breaking News
A hybrid agency which until now has been active only in London is launching new hubs in Manchester and Brighton. Agent &...
20 April 2021
From: Breaking News
Estate agents quitting companies and setting up on their own will prosper only by tapping into the most appropriate level of...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News
The rise and rise of portal listings and changing consumer habits during the pandemic may mean the death of the High...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News
One of the early operators of the self-employed agency model has launched a scheme under which its agents receive shares in the...
10 February 2021
From: Breaking News
A hybrid agency is appealing to corporate estate agents to jump ship and try its self employed business model. Mr & Mrs...
22 January 2021
From: Breaking News
MPs want the government to publish the names of estate agencies and other companies claiming furlough funding. The all-party Public Accounts Committee of...
21 December 2020
From: Breaking News
One of the biggest supporters of the self employed estate agent business model admits there are risks and it’s not for...
01 December 2020
From: Breaking News
A regional wing of Fine & Country has reported a record month - and puts it down to the self-employed ‘associate’ business model...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News
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
A former healthcare executive is the latest convert to become an online agent with easyProperty, the company has announced. Richard Ayres has...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News
The frenzied housing market and the uncertain wider economic outlook during the pandemic have combined to lead to a surge in...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News
The battle between rival self-employed agent business models continues apace with eXp UK - set up last autumn - announcing it...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News
A survey of agents’ attitudes which two weeks ago showed a big majority of agents wanting to work as self employed...
20 May 2020
From: Breaking News
The announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he was extending the furlough scheme until the end of October appears...
13 May 2020
From: Breaking News
Industry operators who receive dividends as part of their monthly income are pressing the government to include this in its financial...
06 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to the latest Conquering Corona - our guide for agents to get through these challenging times. Please let us...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced new measures to help the self-employed - likely to be welcomed by self-employed estate agents. The Chancellor...
26 March 2020
From: Breaking News
The former director of customer experience at Purplebricks has been announced as a new partner in a Keller Williams franchise. Sarah Downes,...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Keller Williams has announced another new market centre, and this time its operating principal is a former Purplebricks territory owner. JP Downes...
05 March 2020
From: Breaking News
There’s a growing trend for estate agents to quit big-name corporates and either go independent or join US-style brokerages, a top...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Fine & Country has introduced a self-employed agency business model to be run by well-known former Property Academy chief Nicky Stevenson. The...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Mark Bentley, the immediate past president of the National Association of Estate Agents, has become the highest profile agent yet to...
11 November 2019
From: Breaking News
One of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or freelance agents operating under the same...