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A national newspaper has lifted the lid on what it alleges to be the backgrounds of high-end self-employed agents who feature...

The head of a hybrid agency has made a blistering attack on the corporate agent business model, accusing it of being...

A London agency has undergone what it calls a ‘genteel’ rebrand with a subtle change of name - but a major...

The Nested online agency, which recently revamped its business model to attract more self-employed agents, is expanding outside London for the...

An estate agent who has now gone self-employed after working on the staff of Connells and Spicerhaart says her move is...

An estate agent claims he may be the highest paid in the industry this year - and he puts it down to...

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...

An online operator called Nested is to spend £5m to promote the self-employed estate agency concept in 100 parts of the...

The self-employed partnership known as The Agency UK - founded by three refugees from Purplebricks - has announced a major expansion. The...

Self-employed agents working for Purplebricks who want to resist the instruction to become fully employed are being wooed by a Midlands...

One of the best known faces in estate agency has launched his own podcast - and is giving Estate Agent Today...

A leading industry personnel expert says agencies must do more to attract new staff, including adapting how they work to compete...

The self-employed agency model will not be successful in the UK because the commission in this country is so low. That’s the...

Fine & Country has a new prime London licensee covering Notting Hill and Chelsea - but there will be no High...

One of the earliest London agencies to adopt a hub-style operation with self-employed agents working on a high commission basis, has...

A hybrid agency which until now has been active only in London is launching new hubs in Manchester and Brighton. Agent &...

Estate agents quitting companies and setting up on their own will prosper only by tapping into the most appropriate level of...

One of the early operators of the self-employed agency model has launched a scheme under which its agents receive shares in the...

A hybrid agency is appealing to corporate estate agents to jump ship and try its self employed business model. Mr & Mrs...

One of the biggest supporters of the self employed estate agent business model admits there are risks and it’s not for...

A regional wing of Fine & Country has reported a record month - and puts it down to the self-employed ‘associate’ business model...

Gary Keller is stepping down from his post as chief executive of the global Keller Williams estate agency empire. Although operating chiefly...

A former healthcare executive is the latest convert to become an online agent with easyProperty, the company has announced. Richard Ayres has...

The frenzied housing market and the uncertain wider economic outlook during the pandemic have combined to lead to a surge in...

The battle between rival self-employed agent business models continues apace with eXp UK - set up last autumn - announcing it...

The announcement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer that he was extending the furlough scheme until the end of October appears...

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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced new measures to help the self-employed - likely to be welcomed by self-employed estate agents. The Chancellor...

Keller Williams has announced another new market centre, and this time its operating principal is a former Purplebricks territory owner.  JP Downes...

There’s a growing trend for estate agents to quit big-name corporates and either go independent or join US-style brokerages, a top...

Mark Bentley, the immediate past president of the National Association of Estate Agents, has become the highest profile agent yet to...

One of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or freelance agents operating under the same...