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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...

Controversy and Purplebricks have gone hand in hand since the agency was first launched in 2012, through its float on the...

There has been a real wind of change in estate agency and over the last 18 months we have seen the...

The US-based real estate firm Keller Williams says it is aiming to be this country’s leading agency training organisation. Ben Taylor, who...

Estate agents are being encouraged to consider providing increased flexible working options for their staff, including increased opportunities to work from...

One of the first so-called ‘hub’ hybrid estate agencies using self-employed freelances instead of staff says it’s moving to bigger premises...

‘Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains’. So is written on the tombstone of the father...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on key moves within the industry. Everyone mentioned here...

As the self-employed estate agency market continues to grow in the UK, one of Australia's most succesful proponents of the model...

It’s been two weeks since our last PJT, thanks to the Bank Holiday, so there’s plenty of news in today’s edition. If...

A former Local Property Expert and manager at Purplebricks has gone on record to reveal what it was really like to work...

One of the most experienced and high profile figures in the industry says individual agents working for online companies are typically...

A former Territory Owner at Purplebricks, who at one time managed 11 Local Property Experts, has spoken out in support of...

So far in our contribution to the campaign to replace leasehold with commonhold we have outlined the stories of some of...

Here’s an unusual story, describing the work of one of Purplebricks’ Local Property Experts who was with the company for around...

The two men behind a low-profile hybrid estate agency say their company is flourishing after two years in business, during which they...

An agent has started an online petition demanding negotiators and others in the agency industry be paid the legal minimum wage...

A hybrid estate agency which uses freelance agents operating from a central hub is now expanding from London into the Home...

Belvoir has this morning announced that it has acquired MAB Glos, part of the Mortgage Advice Bureau.  The £3.6m deal, done through...

A new prime London hybrid agency wants what it calls “disillusioned property professionals” to join the firm and take advantage of...

After gaining my MBA qualification from Edinburgh Business School in 2005, I took careful consideration over my career moves and prospective...

The UK arm of the US-based estate agency Keller Williams says it is making a specific bid to recruit more women...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that Keller Williams, the US-led firm that has 170,000 agents worldwide, is to open its fourth...

Major online agencies appear to be unaffected by yesterday’s Supreme Court decision over workers' rights in the so-called 'gig economy'.  Yesterday’s case concerned...

A former Hamptons International and Savills agent is the first to join a ‘freelance agency’ set up in prime central London. In...

A company launching later this month, set up by an ex-Chestertons agent, wants to employ over 20 freelance associates who can...

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

Giving clients reliable advice when they are buying, selling or letting a home lies at the core of every successful estate...

In recent years the mortgage industry has gone through some testing times. Recession and regulation have led to more stringent lending...

Mortgage brokers say they are encountering fewer difficulties sourcing products now than at any time for three years.  Research from the Intermediary...

Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his first Budget this week pledging extra funding for the NHS, transport in the Midlands and the...

Chancellor Phillip Hammond has introduced no new property taxes in his Spring Budget - but a clampdown on those setting up...

The Purplebricks stock market bull run took yet another huge leap forwards yesterday with its share price up 20 per cent...

A fantastic exclusive this week as I carry out a question and answer session with one of the leading names in...

Cashing in on the publicity surrounding the share price of Purplebricks and recent entries into hybrid estate agency by Countrywide and...

Surely people will start moving again soon. The employment rate for the last quarter of 2015 is likely to be the...

The prospect of quarterly tax returns being imposed on some businesses - including small estate agencies and other small firms servicing...

There are fears that a little-publicised proposal could mean some of the country's smallest estate agencies would have to file tax returns...

The Financial Conduct Authority is remaining tight-lipped as to whether its newly-announced assessment of MMR will lead to easier access to...