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Just this month, the Government Property Agency kicked off its search for a digital chief to lead its 10-year technology journey,...
14 May 2022
From: Features

OnTheMarket is seeking shareholder approval for a proposed cancellation of capital. The portal said in a stockmarket update this morning that this...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News

April looks set to go down as the busiest month for house sales of the year. And with record numbers of properties predicted...
30 April 2022
From: Features

Agency franchisees with brands such as Hunters, Martin & Co, Belvoir and EasyProperty are being given the chance to sign up...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News

One of estate agency’s biggest groups yesterday announced the start of a share buyback programme for a tranche of up to...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Yesterday afternoon, Helena Marston was finally confirmed as Purplebricks new CEO after all the due diligence checks that are required for...
21 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Following a series of unexplained delays, Helena Marston has now finally been confirmed as the new chief executive of beleaguered agency...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Boomin has unveiled its latest round of paying agents. The challenger portal, launched by former Purplebricks founder Michael Bruce, has revealed 10...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Foxtons, Chancellors and Douglas & Gordon have been named among the first paid-up agency brands on Boomin. The challenger portal, launched by...
08 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Sky News is reporting that Boomin, the portal founded by Purplebricks creator Michael Bruce, is close to finalising a new round...
31 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has announced that chief financial officer Stephen Long has been given a shares bonus as part of the company’s performance plan...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Zoopla’s cloud based software service Alto has launched a video series giving a behind the scenes look at estate agencies around...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A new service launched in the UK this week selling one-eight to one-half ownership of luxury holiday homes insists it is...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News

A Canadian investment fund with a roughly two per cent share in Foxtons is arguing for the agency to be put...
17 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of Boomin says agents have asked him to do something about rival portals “pocketing income from mortgage referral...
11 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Moments of major international uncertainty such as the Ukraine crisis lead to property being regarded as a safe investment. That’s according to...
10 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has this morning launched a £3m share buy back programme, representing a major windfall for its investors. A statement from the...
08 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has told shareholders that it has enjoyed "a good year of progress with revenues, profits and cash flow significantly ahead of...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Share prices of estate agencies and property companies plummeted yesterday as tensions continued to rise following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Purplebricks...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Seven years after it launched on the London Stock Market, speculation continues that Purplebricks may be about to de-list and return...
15 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A former chief executive of OnTheMarket is now able to cash in shares worth some £92,000 in the latest part of...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News

From first-time buyers to serial investors, no two days are ever the same for a Sales and Investment Consultant at Walton...
15 January 2022
From: Features

One of the country’s leading estate agents has shared his top tips for using PropTech. Simon Bradbury is managing director at Thomas...
14 December 2021
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has announced that it’s reducing the amount it’s paying for PropTech supplier Glanty. Glanty is best known for its lettings platform teclet,...
01 November 2021
From: Breaking News

PropTech and CRMs should be about far more than merely gathering data - they should be telling agents which prospects are...
19 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Shareholders in Purplebricks have given overwhelming backing to the company’s remuneration policy - including substantial bonuses for senior executives which had...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has hinted for the second time that he is looking towards property to help fund his...
27 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Following speculation overnight, Foxtons - one of London's leading and most high-profile agencies - has this morning announced the appointment of Nigel Rich CBE...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News

Since the announcement of the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA), an increasing amount of Principle, Partners and Directors (PPD) from the...
04 September 2021
From: Features

360 tour technology company Made Snappy has grown rapidly over the past 18 months and whilst many agents have grasped the...
28 August 2021
From: Features

A date has been set for Purplebricks’ shareholders to give their verdict on a controversial remuneration package given to the agency’s...
25 August 2021
From: Breaking News

A company says it’s gathering £500m in funding to purchase properties for a “gradual home ownership” scheme - a variation on...
19 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Last month it was reported that up to 500,000 people had been ‘pinged’ by the NHS in a week. While the...
18 August 2021
From: Features

A bank which a year ago told investors to sell Rightmove shares has now changed its tune - radically. In August 2020...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks’ annual report has revealed that a short term bonus scheme to provide incentives for executive directors to meet financial and...
28 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Almost a million shares in Purplebricks have been ‘awarded’ to the two most senior men in the organisation. The golden handcuff deal...
21 July 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s been a dramatic slump in instructions for online agencies, particularly Purplebricks, according to data produced by one online firm itself. 99Home...
24 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Swiss investment bank UBS has advised investors to sell their Purplebricks shares as the market share for the controversial agency appears...
16 June 2021
From: Breaking News

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...
15 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The annual report of a major estate agency has revealed that its chief executive took two large cuts to bonus payments...
08 April 2021
From: Breaking News

As you’ll know by now, I like to use the Natter to shine a light on independent agents doing things a...
27 March 2021
From: Features

OnTheMarket has completed its purchase of PropTech firm Glanty - a deal which began 15 months ago. OTM took an initial 20...
22 March 2021
From: Breaking News

There is growing speculation that a raft of tax proposals to be unveiled next week will include reform of Capital Gains...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The extraordinary consolidation in the estate agency industry continues apace today with two of the biggest deals reaching critical points. Firstly Hunters’...
08 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The Countrywide name is set to disappear from the stock market in a week’s time - and may soon be gone...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News

In a video interview for Letting Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Mike Dawson, Group Head of Sales at...
27 February 2021
From: Features

The deadline to complete the purchase of a home under the current Help to Buy scheme in England has been extended...
16 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

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...
30 January 2021
From: Features

Connells, which already has the explicit support of a majority of Countrywide shareholders for its takeover of the company, has now...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Another group of independent estate agents have launched a portal - a rival to a similar project launched by other agencies...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Connells has cemented its takeover of Countrywide - it now has backing from over 52 per cent of shareholders. In a statement...
08 January 2021
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket is to undergo a revamp under its new chief executive, former Foxtons agent Jason Tebb - who has been given...
15 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The saga over the future of Countrywide continues with the company urging its shareholders to take “no action” over the latest...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The private equity company which wants to take control of Countrywide has issued a statement saying it now has the support...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Belvoir has become the latest major agency group to sign up to Boomin as a founder agent. The properties of all four...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has this morning rejected an £80m offer made for it by Connells Group. On November 23 Connells announced that its due...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Countrywide shares soared yesterday, rising 47 per cent on the previous close at one point as investors relished the prospect of...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has handed out more shares to agencies signing long-term agreements with the portal. It was almost three years ago that OTM, then...
30 October 2020
From: Breaking News

One of Countrywide’s largest shareholders has come out against a £90m investment package in the company proposed by a private equity...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket’s acting chief executive says the portal will embrace more social media and innovative marketing strategies in the coming period. Yesterday the...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

In July, here at Environet UK, we transferred 100% ownership of the company to our employees, in the form of an...
07 October 2020
From: Features

OnTheMarket says it’s going to issue its next trading statement one week today on October 13. This will cover the first six...
06 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Hindsight is 20-20 vision, of course, and we can all see things we did ‘then’ that we would not do ‘now’....
22 August 2020
From: Features

Countrywide has rejected a claim by one of its biggest shareholders that it does not engage with investors over future strategy...
20 August 2020
From: Breaking News

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News

If anyone thought the days of Purplebricks bosses making millions were in the past, think again. The chief executive and chief finance...
18 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Swiss bank UBS has upgraded its investment rating on Purplebricks, raising its price target and urging investors to buy. In a note...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
04 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A statement by OnTheMarket this morning reveals that as of the end of last month it had a record 14,000 advertisers...
30 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has revealed that its new board member is one of the world’s leading digital executives. Dr Stephanie Caspar is the new...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News

The hunt is on for a new boss of Countrywide according to news reports. Sky News says the company has recruited professional...
22 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks’ sale of its Canadian operation for some £35m begs the question - where can it now recoup some of its losses...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News

An investment manager who has a 7.8 per cent stake in Countrywide, is warning that the agency group may not survive...
12 July 2020
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket says almost 500 branches have signed up in recent months, entitling their business owners to ‘welcome shares’. Of those branches signing...
02 July 2020
From: Breaking News

There appears to have been a small shareholder rebellion at Countrywide’s annual general meeting over the company’s remuneration of senior management. No...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the key members of the Purplebricks board has stood down after two years. Andreas Wiele joined the Purplebricks board in...
30 June 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the highest profile and most widely respected figures in the British property industry has died suddenly. He was 72. Tony...
29 June 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the leading ‘new breed’ of hybrids relying on self-employed agents is opening a share offer to investors in a...
18 June 2020
From: Breaking News

A new thought-provoking five-part video series is launching to the industry today. ‘Simon says…’ is being hosted by Property Tribes with...
08 June 2020
From: Features

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...
23 May 2020
From: Features

There's widespread expectation that Foxtons’ senior management will face sharp criticism at the company’s Annual General Meeting today. The hottest issue at...
12 May 2020
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket’s share price dropped again yesterday, ending down 2.4 per cent. This was despite the portal announcing a share giveaway to encourage new agents...
28 April 2020
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket says it has another 32 million shares to give away to agents signing full fee contracts with the challenger portal...
27 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The Say No To Rightmove campaign, which expects to have some 3,000 offices signed up by the end of the month,...
24 April 2020
From: Breaking News

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Christopher May, director of free-to-list portal Residential...
11 April 2020
From: Features

You wouldn’t expect anything other than very upscale home offices from an esteemed agency with a wonderful history - and that’s...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News

The human cost of the Coronavirus crisis is growing and devastating, but behind that businesses are being badly hurt too. Many consider...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News

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...
18 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks faces an imminent takeover bid following the collapse of its share price, predicts a leading industry analyst. Andrew Stanton has already...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket is not responding to requests to reveal details of any pay-off for its chief executive Ian Springett, who was sacked...
10 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...
07 March 2020
From: Features

The share price of challenger portal OnTheMarket has fallen to its equal lowest-ever level after a drop of over five per cent...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Estate agency Chestertons has named the new chief operating officer for the roll out of its UK and Europe franchising operation. Some...
20 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The mystery of why Countrywide’s crucial sale of its commercial arm has failed to go through as scheduled deepened over the...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket will tomorrow issue over 400,000 shares to agents who have signed new long-term listing agreements with the portal. No details have...
04 February 2020
From: Breaking News

In six years of editing Estate Agent Today, some of my most dramatic moments have been covering the troubles - some...
11 January 2020
From: Features

Rightmove has announced the start of a two-month share repurchase programme - a way of buying its own stock back from...
03 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s share price yesterday went from little over 7p to 360p in one fell swoop. Is it the end of uncertainty about...
31 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Countrywide's senior management has won overwhelming backing from shareholders for its strategy of selling its commercial arm and consoliating its shares. Today's...
27 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Countrywide's senior management has won overwhelming backing from shareholders for its strategy of selling its commercial arm and consoliating its shares. Earlier...
27 December 2019
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has this morning announced it has raised £3.4m through a placing of shares. It has placed 4,857,143 new ordinary shares at a...
23 December 2019
From: Breaking News

An estate agent in London claims he did £53m of property deals within hours of the Conservative victory in the General...
16 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A high-profile investment advice service says as OnTheMarket nears two years listed on the stock market it “has yet to deliver...
13 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A new portal claims it will do what OnTheMarket failed to do, and offer an agent-led operation charging every agency branch...
04 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Here at sales progression and communication tool mio, we recently caught up with Sarah Edmundson, co-director of The AllStars Group, the...
30 November 2019
From: Features

28th NOVEMBER 2019: Christopher Watkin’s recent thought-provoking interview with Dan Marsden sheds light on the property industry today and offers an...
27 November 2019
From: Sponsored Content

Ashleigh Thwaites, Branch Manager at Emersons Green, Taylors shares how mio has transformed her approach to sales progression by making it...
04 November 2019
From: Sponsored Content

OnTheMarket will on Wednesday of this week issue over a million shares to agents who have signed new long-term listing agreements...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News

One month on from introducing sales progression and communication tool, mio, to her branch in Chippenham (Wiltshire), Michelle Hallas, Residential Sales...
21 October 2019
From: Sponsored Content

The chief executive of Purplebricks UK says the struggling hybrid agency is definitely not for sale, despite recent sales of stakes...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Controversy and Purplebricks have gone hand in hand since the agency was first launched in 2012, through its float on the...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket is delivering agents “a higher marketing yield than Rightmove” according to an investment consultancy which works with OTM. Investors appear to...
14 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Case study: Connells reaping the time-saving benefits of new sales and communication tool Since adopting mio in September 2018, Josh Lally, Senior...
07 October 2019
From: Sponsored Content

Purplebricks is reported to be facing a shareholder revolt this coming week at its annual general meeting because of bonuses paid...
29 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Stamp duty won’t take centre stage at the Conservative Party conference - that’ll be Brexit, quelle surprise. But if the government...
27 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Robert Anderson, Branch Manager at William H Brown in Leicester shares how sales progression and communication tool, mio, has created a...
23 September 2019
From: Sponsored Content

All eyes will be on Purplebricks today to see if there is further development in what some believe is a long-term...
20 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Troubled star fund manager Neil Woodford has sold another slice of his share in Purplebricks, prompting further speculation about the future...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks’ recent strong share price rise is not a good sign for the agency but an indication that it may be...
10 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Fox and Sons goes digital and improves their sales progression with mio Lucy Luxton, Branch Manager at Fox and Sons, Tiverton (Devon)...
09 September 2019
From: Sponsored Content

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
31 August 2019
From: Features

Since first meeting the mio team at The Negotiator Awards back in November 2018 – and being presented with no less...
26 August 2019
From: Sponsored Content

Hello and welcome to the final PJT before September - yes that means summer is almost over. Yet even during the holiday season...
19 August 2019
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has applied to the London Stock Exchange for the release of over a million new shares to agents who have...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A trade association of agents selling properties overseas has launched a new feature which it claims will give buyers greater security...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Shareholders at today’s annual general meeting of OnTheMarket will hear the latest conversion figures showing how many agents on free or...
16 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Now could be the time to buy shares in Purplebricks and Foxtons if one stock market pundit turns out to be...
12 July 2019
From: Breaking News

In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...
03 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content

An analyst on shares website Motley Fool says Purplebricks is not only in surprisingly strong financial health, but is actually outperforming...
17 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Figures released from OnTheMarket this morning suggest that its conversion programme for agents shifting from free deals to paid membership is...
13 June 2019
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket claims monthly visits to its website hit a record 25.4m in May - but the portal’s latest update gives no...
07 June 2019
From: Breaking News

It's been another busy 24 hours for publicly-quoted estate agencies. Swiss investment bank UBS has increased its stake in the troubled London...
07 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Beleaguered fund manager Neil Woodford, one of the first champions of Purplebricks, has reduced his stake in the troubled agency for...
06 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Beleaguered fund manager Neil Woodford, one of the early champions of Purplebricks, has slashed his stake in the company from 28.9...
06 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has announced that it is to give a trading update and the result of its review of its US activities on...
05 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Two of Britain’s largest and best known estate agencies have endured a day of turmoil at the hands of investors -...
04 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Talks are reported to have been held between Purplebricks leading shareholder, Neil Woodford, and the German publishing group Axel Springer about...
03 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks share price has risen over 10 per cent - at least temporarily - on news of a major expansion of...
03 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks’ most influential investor says there is “opportunity aplenty” for the company but says it would back the closure of the US...
03 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s shares took another battering yesterday as they plummeted below the psychologically-painful 5p mark - reflecting a 95 per cent loss of...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks’ share price yesterday plunged to 90.5p at one point - well below the 100p level at which the company originally...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Following yesterday's surprise news that founder Michael Bruce is leaving the business and its Australian operation is closing down, Purplebricks encountered...
08 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Trading in OnTheMarket’s shares was subject to two so-called Price Monitoring Extensions - temporary freezing of transactions because of erratic movements. The...
03 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Another bank has slashed its forecast for Purplebricks, citing concerns over its the long-term viability of its international activities in particular. As...
03 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has named a senior businesswoman as chair of its controversial remuneration committee which was at the centre of a row...
01 May 2019
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has applied to the London Stock Exchange for the release of over 528,000 new shares to agents who have signed...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News

For the second day in a row Countrywide was subject to two so-called Price Monitoring Extensions - temporary freezing of trading...
25 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The London Stock Exchange twice froze trading in Countrywide’s shares yesterday after volatile movements - and a new record low price. The...
24 April 2019
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket has applied to the London Stock Exchange for the release of shares to agents signing long term deals with the...
02 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
23 March 2019
From: Features

Purplebricks’ and Foxtons’ apparent success on Trustpilot have come under scrutiny in a Times newspaper analysis of the review platform. The Times’...
22 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The topic of introducing rent controls in London crops up time and time again in our industry. But it’s been hitting...
16 March 2019
From: Features

An interesting debate has been sparked in PropTech this week. It started with an interview, published on YouTube, in which Kristjan Byfield...
13 March 2019
From: Breaking News

No doubt we’ve all seen the recent Purplebricks news - shares have, according to the BBC, ‘plunged after it slashed its...
27 February 2019
From: Breaking News

New figures released this morning from OnTheMarket claim its listing inventory bis now over 80 per cent of the size of...
06 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Shares in OnTheMarket hit another new low of 75.7p yesterday, dropping over nine per cent on the day and falling well...
23 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has revealed that it’s given its new global chief operating officer 700,000 shares - valued at around £165p each that...
09 January 2019
From: Breaking News

UBS, a Swiss multinational investment bank and financial services company based in Zurich and Basel, now owns approaching 10 per cent...
04 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Rightmove has launched a share buy-back programme to run until late next month, February. Companies buy back their own shares to keep up...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....
22 December 2018
From: Features

A top PropTech analyst says Purplebricks is as much an advertising firm as an estate agency but is nonetheless a huge success...
18 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Has the bell finally tolled for online agencies? Emoov’s collapse and an investor revolt over crowdfunding have left a large question...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket had told its shareholders this morning that it now has over 12,000 branches listing and is offering share incentives to...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The head of the portal PropertyMutual has accused Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket of being “corporate dinosaurs” and has called on agents...
10 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide, which was hit by a row over executive pay during the summer, is now on the look out for a...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks says it has seen year-on-year revenue growth of about 20 per cent despite what its chairman calls “a challenging UK...
06 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The last couple of weeks’ articles were penned very much for a specific agent readership, something I am trying to be...
17 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Last week, I wrote about the speed of innovation in the Far East. This week I’d like to do the same...
05 September 2018
From: Breaking News

One of Countrywide's major investors has significantly reduced its holding in the troubled estate agency group. Oaktree Capital yesterday lowered its stake...
04 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Following the first day of trading its new shares yesterday, Countrywide's share price finished at 12.52, down almost 4%. The new shares were...
31 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide may have enjoyed the overwhelming support of its major institutional shareholders for its controversial rescue plan, but the wider financial...
29 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s embattled management leaders have been overwhelmingly backed by shareholders in their bid for additional funding. A General Meeting of shareholders was held...
28 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s share price defied the expectations of some analysts and rose over six per cent yesterday with the company moving from...
23 August 2018
From: Breaking News

In yet another statement to the London Stock Exchange and shareholders, Countrywide says its last-gasp £140m fund-raising is likely to be...
21 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide appears to have backtracked on a move which could have seen its three most senior executives receive some £20m in...
20 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Today sees the first of a series of important deadlines which will determine the success of otherwise of Countrywide’s controversial rescue...
17 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Sky News is reporting that Countrywide faces a new crisis - this time over senior management remuneration, particularly for its executive...
16 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Small print in the Countrywide rescue plan announced yesterday spells out in stark terms what could happen if the company’s bid...
03 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Foxtons share price hit a new low yesterday, dropping to only 46p early in the afternoon: it eventually closed narrowly up...
19 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
09 July 2018
From: Sponsored Content

The German publishing company Axel Springer has increased its stake in Purplebricks to 12.5 per cent - and says it may...
09 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The stock market and at least one City analyst have shrugged their shoulders at the claim by Purplebricks that it is...
06 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Potential first-time buyers in every area of the UK would have lower monthly outgoings if they bought a property rather than...
20 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The famed fund manager Neil Woodford has increased his stake in hybrid agency Purplebricks, which last week announced an expansion of...
18 June 2018
From: Breaking News

It’s been revealed that Countrywide has offered its staff a ‘share save’ scheme which allows them to purchase shares in the...
04 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) has confirmed that it expects its sale to Silver Lake to complete in Q3 2018. As part of...
24 May 2018
From: Breaking News

ZPG shares have rocketed up in value by 30 per cent this morning on the back of a £2.2 billion bid...
11 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks’ finance chief Matthew Farrow is reported to have left the company to join IT and cloud communications company Timico. Just over...
20 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has issued a statement saying that 99.98 per cent of its shareholders have backed the new investment to expand its...
18 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Has Countrywide finally convinced its investors that it is on the road to recovery? Back on March 8 the Countrywide share price...
04 April 2018
From: Breaking News

As always seems to be the case with Purplebricks, the hybrid agency has had a good week...and a bad one. Undeniably impressive...
31 March 2018
From: Features

As noted in Estate Agent Today’s news pages, OnTheMarket’s (OTM) recent dire share performance (at time of writing the price is...
27 March 2018
From: Features

Purplebricks has announced what it describes as “a strategic investment from Axel Springer, Europe’s leading digital publisher” - but this comes...
26 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s 132-page annual report, released today, has given details of the management and restructuring costs incurred by the company during its...
21 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Market analysts at Swiss bank UBS are warning that Purplebricks’ meteoric growth in the UK may be slowing. The bank has cut...
16 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The UK chief executive of Purplebricks, Lee Wainwright, has been granted an option to buy 100,000 shares in the firm. The purchase would...
13 March 2018
From: Breaking News

OnTheMarket’s share price starts the week at almost exactly the same level as it was floated after a significant bounce-back on...
19 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Why I won’t buy Purplebricks shares and why if I had any, I’d sell fast… In its latest adverts, Purplebricks attempts to...
13 February 2018
From: Features

OnTheMarket has finally completed its stock market float, with less capital raised, at a lower than planned valuation and, as I write,...
09 February 2018
From: Features

All eyes are on Agents’ Mutual’s first day of trading on the London stock exchange - just over five years after...
09 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Whatever else you say about OnTheMarket, you can’t say it’s not consistent, consistent in treating its core membership shabbily. We already know...
29 January 2018
From: Features

Figures presented to the London Stock Exchange by Agents’ Mutual appear to show that it has 200 fewer branches now than...
29 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Analysts have given a frosty reception to the announcement by Agents’ Mutual that it is going to float shares priced at...
29 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Agents’ Mutual has released more details of its float on the stock market, which begins on February 9 with a placing priced...
26 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The story of this week - the ousting of Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt - prompts two key questions. Firstly, who takes...
26 January 2018
From: Breaking News

If Countrywide thought its fortunes would immediately improve following the departure of chief executive Alison Platt, it has to think again...
25 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Shares in troubled agency group Countrywide have fallen to their lowest-ever level of 106.40p in trading this morning. Yesterday shares fell a...
19 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Yesterday morning OnTheMarket confirmed its IPO plans but with no firm date. The question remains on whether the float will be...
11 December 2017
From: Features

OnTheMarket has announced some details of its IPO and the launch of its stock market flotation - but it has given nothing...
11 December 2017
From: Breaking News

British politics is extraordinarily volatile right now and the ongoing battle between austerity and anti-austerity, Leave and Remain, and Conservative and...
18 November 2017
From: Features

Purplebricks’ share price value yesterday dropped below the 300p, over 40 per cent less than its high point over the recent...
16 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Fine & Country is to offer auction sales options to vendors in its 200 offices from next year. “The modern method of...
13 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Agents’ Mutual is officially making no comment on the timetable for the company flotation but speculation within the industry is mounting...
12 October 2017
From: Breaking News

It appears that OnTheMarket member agents can, if they wish, opt out of the five year ‘lock in’ share agreement and...
11 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Investec Asset Management has bought a 5.6 per cent share in Countrywide, having had no previous involvement in the troubled estate...
05 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s share price hit another new low yesterday of around 115.5p - a fall of just over four per cent on...
26 September 2017
From: Breaking News

It now appears that OnTheMarket agents do not require to sign up to the portal for five years in order to...
22 September 2017
From: Breaking News

easyProperty has unveiled details of its relaunch, declaring itself to be the UK’s second largest hybrid estate agency - second only...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The growing anger of some OnTheMarket member agents about the portal’s parent company proposal to float on the London Stock Exchange...
29 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Before we go any further, assuming you are an Agents’ Mutual member, let me ask you a question. If you had...
24 August 2017
From: Features

OnTheMarket is declining to comment after suggestions were floated that some debts by its member agents could be deferred, or in some...
22 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The roadshow of presentations of Agents’ Mutual’s plans to float on the stock market have just passed the half-way mark. Remaining sessions...
18 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The Sunday Times made uncomfortable reading for Purplebricks yesterday as the newspaper raised more questions about the number of homes the...
14 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The stock exchange seems to be on everyone’s lips at the moment. There’s Agents’ Mutual seeking to float on the Alternative Investment...
12 August 2017
From: Features

There’s a distinct sense of déjà vu over the debacle of OnTheMarket. I avoided joining two years ago because I couldn’t see...
12 August 2017
From: Features

No one can say Agents’ Mutual has failed to provoke debate within the industry. The project was the centre of fierce argument...
11 August 2017
From: Breaking News

After my article last week predicting that Agents’ Mutual would likely seek to raise external capital, including possibly on the public markets,...
09 August 2017
From: Features

Purplebricks’ share price has now recovered all of the value it lost after being criticised on two BBC consumer programmes and...
09 August 2017
From: Breaking News

There has been a sceptical reception from City analysts to Agents’ Mutual’s decision to restructure and float on the stock market...
07 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Trustpilot, the review service quoted frequently by Purplebricks as evidence of its apparent popularity, is declining to comment on the adverse...
07 August 2017
From: Breaking News
04 August 2017
From: Features

Agents’ Mutual has confirmed that it proposes to form a new company, OnTheMarket plc, to list on the AIM market of...
04 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The share price of beleaguered hybrid agency Purplebricks has recovered some of the ground it lost earlier in the week after...
04 August 2017
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services - owners of Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons amongst estate agency brands - has enjoyed...
01 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The Competition and Markets Authority has released the full wording on its decision to give the go-ahead to ZPG’s acquisition of Expert...
25 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A hybrid agency called 99Home Ltd, which made its debut back in April, appears to have relaunched with what it calls...
18 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Few things provoke argument within the industry more than the online v traditional agency debate - and within that debate, nothing...
30 June 2017
From: Breaking News

There’s barely a week that goes by when you don’t read about an estate or letting agency business that’s been acquired...
10 June 2017
From: Features

First time buyers who were supposed to be helped by the high-profile Help To Buy ISA have in fact found it...
24 May 2017
From: Breaking News

On behalf of The University of Oxford, Professor Andrew Baum has overseen the compiling of an academic study of the PropTech...
17 May 2017
From: Breaking News

EweMove, the online brand owned by the Property Franchise Group, now has 108 franchisees - 97 are fully operational and 11...
10 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The aftermath of Easter and shock announcement of a snap General Election have done little to stop the industry making plenty...
21 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s share price, which just over three years ago was riding high at just above 685p, has hit a new low...
05 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Figures lodged at Companies House by online agency easyProperty suggest parent company EProp Services will seek additional funding this year. A strategic...
31 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Swiss bank UBS has downgraded Countrywide’s status to ‘sell’ in a move which has prompted the troubled estate agency’s share price...
16 March 2017
From: Breaking News

When we meet clients, we go out of our way to make a good impression. There’s no reason why we shouldn’t...
10 March 2017
From: Sponsored Content

Countrywide has successfully placed 21.6m shares to institutional investors at the competitive price of 175p per share - allowing it to...
10 March 2017
From: Breaking News

LSL Property Services - which owns high street agency brands Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons - is the...
08 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Connells Group has announced strong figures for 2016 with the total number of properties sold rising five per cent and lettings...
02 March 2017
From: Breaking News

An analysis of estate agents quoted on the London Stock Exchange suggests that almost all the traditional firms have suffered since...
28 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Over the past two decades, investing in buy-to-let has been a relatively easy way to make money, which is why so...
25 February 2017
From: Features

Harry Hill - former chief executive of Countrywide and the founder of Rightmove, and one of the most respected figures in the...
23 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has raised £50m through a share issue to fund expansion into the United States later this year. In an announcement to shareholders...
23 February 2017
From: Breaking News

What does it say on your business card? Christopher Merriman, Land and Planning Director at Intro Crowd Who are Intro Crowd? Intro...
10 February 2017
From: 60 Second Interview

The remarkable bull run on the London Stock Exchange continues for hybrid estate agency Purplebricks, which floated shares at 100p just...
09 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Zoopla has released details of the profit some of its agents have made from its 2014 offer to purchase shares at...
03 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has issued its second statement to the City on successive trading days - and its share price has risen by...
31 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The board of Purplebricks has issued a statement to the City saying it has no idea what lies behind the soaring...
30 January 2017
From: Breaking News

The stock market appears to be continuing its love affair with Purplebricks, as the hybrid agency share price rose once again...
27 January 2017
From: Breaking News

There’s been a bumper mailbag sent to press@estateagenttoday.co.uk this week to mark what must be the height of the fund-raising season...
09 December 2016
From: Breaking News

What a mad, bonkers year it’s been. We’ve had, in no particular order: Trump, Brexit, Leicester winning the Premier League, a...
03 December 2016
From: Features

Share prices for both Foxtons and Countrywide took a significant tumble yesterday as news of the ban on letting agents’ fees...
24 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Although Brexit, portal juggling and portal wars have stolen property industry headlines in recent months, there's been one story almost constantly...
05 November 2016
From: Features

LSL Property Services has sold its remaining stake in Zoopla Property Group according to a City report. LSL - which includes High...
02 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Investment group Shore Capital says the future expansion of digital property advertising means Zoopla shares - despite recent growth - are...
11 October 2016
From: Breaking News

It’s curious how gloom, gloom pre-Brexit Britain’s property market has gained a much brighter outlook now that the result of the...
07 October 2016
From: Features

An equity specialist has warned that shareholders may now choose this is the time to sell their stakes in Purplebricks because...
06 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The huge rush to acquire buy-to-let property in the first quarter of the year ahead of the stamp duty change deadline...
09 September 2016
From: Features

The Conveyancing Association says it is continuing to campaign to reform the leasehold transaction process, despite the government saying there is...
02 September 2016
From: Breaking News

Estate Agents may say they are different. They may even believe they are different. But, the perception of many vendors is that...
19 August 2016
From: Features

Another crowdfunding platform has launched, encouraging investors to buy a share in a property - in this case, a prime London...
29 July 2016
From: Breaking News

The chief marketing officer of Purplebricks, Joby Russell - who in the recent past has described the hybrid as “the UK’s...
26 July 2016
From: Breaking News

There has been a gloomy response to the latest Knight Frank measure of house price sentiment - the first of its...
25 July 2016
From: Breaking News

An equities analyst has suggested that some of the most extreme warnings of housing market chaos after a Brexit vote came...
08 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Agency and other property shares that have been buffetted in the past two trading days have now stabilised - in most...
29 June 2016
From: Breaking News

The Daily Mail is reporting that the finance chief at much-discussed hybrid agency Purplebricks has purchased shares that are now worth...
21 June 2016
From: Breaking News

An investment consultancy has issued a note to investors, advising them not to buy shares in Purplebricks. Jefferies – the firm which...
01 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Dear Sales Doctor, About 90% of my valuations end in the vendor saying to me “your fees are too expensive” and with...
23 April 2016
From: Features

We’re all talking about second home stamp duty, changes to tax relief and the Prudential Regulation Authority’s suggestion that banks should...
15 April 2016
From: Features

Purplebricks has appointed Grant Thornton as its ‘growth adviser’ as the hybrid agency continues to fly high on the London stock...
14 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The respected investment advice website Motley Fool has poured cold water on the stock market fortunes of Purplebricks, despite a huge...
11 April 2016
From: Breaking News

It’s all too easy to look sleazy in the eyes of a sceptical world, and there’s a danger right now that...
08 April 2016
From: Features

One of the leading financial advice websites in the country has said that Rightmove’s “significant market share” and “insanely high margins”...
05 April 2016
From: Breaking News

When, during his budget speech, George Osborne announced Capital Gains Tax (CGT) was going down to 20%, I experienced a mix...
25 March 2016
From: Features

Property has long been a safe investment. Before the downturn in 2008, sellers were able to gain a healthy capital return. Post-economic...
25 March 2016
From: Features

LSL, the UK’s second largest estate agency division, has received a glowing endorsement from two property market analysts. In a note issued...
14 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Birthdays aren’t just something for family and friends to celebrate. Businesses too can justifiably use these milestones to remember their roots and...
27 February 2016
From: Features

With a little over two months to go until changes to Stamp Duty are introduced that will impact purchasers of second...
22 January 2016
From: Features

The UK’s largest estate agency group has upgraded its profits forecast to the City - just over 10 weeks after issuing...
21 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Online estate agent Purplebricks has now completed its pre-Christmas IPO with shares initially valued at £240m. It’s the latest news that...
08 January 2016
From: Features

The founder and co-owner of hybrid estate agency EweMove has written to the chief executive of the OnTheMarket portal, lavishly praising...
06 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Star fund manager Neil Woodford - whose investment judgements have made him something of a celebrity in the world of high...
24 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Foxtons has started a buy-back of shares from its investors - a way of rewarding shareholders after what has been a...
17 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The Town and Country Planning Association has plunged itself into the debate over Britain’s housing, saying that younger people unable to...
05 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given an exclusive opportunity to pose questions to Zoopla Property Group...
16 September 2015
From: Features

A sales director of a branch of Humberts has resigned after being found guilty of stealing £2,500 from a charity. Jane Hale...
01 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Zoopla is back in business with its trading update to the City this morning revealing that it has a net growth...
12 August 2015
From: Breaking News

At first sight the decision by the Bank of England not to raise base rate appears good news for the industry...
07 August 2015
From: Breaking News

A crowdfunding website has been set up with the aim of raising money to assist first time buyers purchase their homes. It...
06 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Shares in Foxtons start the week at 244 after staging a dramatic stock market recovery following a poor set of figures. The...
03 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Some 87 per cent of Zoopla members who bought discounted shares in the firm last year have made additional purchases this summer...
22 July 2015
From: Breaking News

Given that I wrote my last article on the day of the General Election but well before the result was known,...
19 June 2015
From: Features

Hunters, the franchise chain with over 150 branches and now established as the UK's sixth largest estate agent, could be valued...
18 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Members of Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) who purchased discounted shares ahead of the firm’s Initial Public Offering last June will have...
03 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Zoopla remains unbowed by its loss of 23 per cent of its UK agents and says it has new statistics proving...
21 May 2015
From: Breaking News

The agency industry has been acting with delight over the likelihood that there will be a slim overall majority for the...
08 May 2015
From: Breaking News

Investors’ Chronicle, the Financial Times group magazine for private investors, says Zoopla’s acquisition of price comparison site uSwitch is ‘a creative...