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Purplebricks say it’s going to complete its transformation from an agency using self-employed local operatives in the field, to having fully...

Franchise giant Belvoir has snapped up one of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or...

A 20 year old estate agent who admitted being four times over the drink driving limit has been fined and banned...

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

The chief executive of Belvoir says his agency has had 25 years of significant financial and business success - and much...

Purplebricks is claiming that literally thousands of High Street agents from conventional bricks-and-mortar firms are applying to the agency. It says this...

Hunters has tweaked its earlier version of hybrid franchising in a bid to attract self-employed agents. Hunters Personal was launched with a...

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

With the business model for self-employed agents hotly debated within the industry, new data has suggested that most freelance professionals are...

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

One of the first companies to promote the self-employed ‘broker’ business model has announced its first franchise agreement - and says...

A family franchise agency that prides itself on saving costs associated with traditional High Street premises has nonetheless opened a new office...

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

The class action taken by former self-employed workers against two online agencies should be a warning to other firms breaking the...

A claims firm wants to commence proceedings against online estate agency companies such as Purplebricks and Yopa. It's on behalf of thousands...

An analysis of estate agencies in 21 major cities suggests a big rise in competing companies, prompting risks of fee wars between...

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...

Purplebricks says it’s beginning interviewing this week for roles at three key levels where there were not enough ‘switchers’ willing to...

A survey conducted by a bank suggests that over half of the self-employed sector of the economy believes its financial position...

An agent promoting self-employed business models has launched a course showing how estate agents can earn £100,000 per year. The set of...

An agent has gone on record saying how he has progressed from being a photocopier boy at a Connells branch to...

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

Purplebricks’ chief executive says a £4m marketing blitz scheduled for the autumn will go ahead despite the upheaval caused by the...

The chief executive of Purplebricks says he wants to move his agency’s 600 Local Property Experts from self-employed to employed status...

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

Keller Williams - which says it’s the UK’s leading business-owner or ‘self-employed’ firm with twice the agents of any direct rival -...

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

A bank’s latest study suggests that self employed people are increasingly pessimistic about the chance of them being able to get on...

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

A self employed franchise estate agent business model has been launched by one of the brands in The Property Franchise Group. Hunters...

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

eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US - says it now has 200 self-employed agents operating under its...

eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US and led by Adam Day, a veteran of three online firms -...

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...

The rise and rise of portal listings and changing consumer habits during the pandemic may mean the death of the High...

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...

MPs want the government to publish the names of estate agencies and other companies claiming furlough funding. The all-party Public Accounts Committee of...

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...

A survey of agents’ attitudes which two weeks ago showed a big majority of agents wanting to work as self employed...

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

Industry operators who receive dividends as part of their monthly income are pressing the government to include this in its financial...

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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...

The former director of customer experience at Purplebricks has been announced as a new partner in a Keller Williams franchise. Sarah Downes,...

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...

Fine & Country has introduced a self-employed agency business model to be run by well-known former Property Academy chief Nicky Stevenson. The...

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...

eMoov, the online agency which last month secured an additional £9m funding from investors, has launched a recruitment drive for what...