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18 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

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick - currently at the centre of a planning controversy - could be sacked in a September Cabinet reshuffle. The...
22 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...
04 April 2020
From: Features

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...
14 December 2019
From: Features

Countrywide’s ever-patient investors appear to have been unfazed by the company’s latest compliance issue, which has led to a £100,000 fine...
31 October 2019
From: Breaking News

It never rains but it pours. And that’s certainly been the case for the online estate agency sector in the last...
03 October 2019
From: Features

A survey claims that millions of potential sellers would use online estate agents - and bizarrely, this includes an online agency...
06 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A survey undertaken by the respected Economist Intelligence Unit and a risk solutions company suggests that estate agency may be one...
17 May 2019
From: Breaking News

When you think of the best ad campaigns – from moustachioed opera singers and talking meerkats to millions of bouncing balls...
06 April 2019
From: Features

A controversial online estate agency has gone into liquidation two years after describing High Street agents as “smug, suited slime-balls.” BetterMove, registered...
03 April 2019
From: Breaking News

GetAgent, the comparison estate agency business, has secured £2.2m in investment from a consortium of investors including Channel 4. The backers are...
14 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The huge £215,000 fine levied on Countrywide for failing to abide by anti-money laundering procedures is a demonstration that estate agents...
06 March 2019
From: Breaking News

HM Revenue & Customs has issued more details of its bid to encourage estate agents to combat money laundering in the...
05 March 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s been revealed that Countrywide has been hit with a £215,000 fine as part of a swoop by HMRC cracking down...
04 March 2019
From: Breaking News

House Network, one of the first ever online estate agencies, is alleged to be considering calling in administrators. Two reliable sources close...
01 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Welcome to this week’s PJT, your chance to catch up with the latest key job moves. Keep in touch with us on...
25 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Online estate agent Emoov failed to tell crowdfunding investors it was losing £3m a month before its collapse, a Sunday paper claims. The...
24 February 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s been a theatrical week in Westminster with talk of defections and duplicity worthy of Shakespeare. Yet the estate agency world has...
23 February 2019
From: Features

The share of the market taken by online agencies in the final quarter of 2018 slipped from last summer’s high of...
18 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The auction firm that purchased the property listings left stranded by the collapse of Emoov is now offering partnership opportunities to...
17 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The new management at Emoov says that following its acquisition out of administration it will relaunch as an online estate agency later...
16 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Customers are still trying to get hold of Emoov, Tepilo and Hatched months after they closed down. Estate Agent Today has seen...
10 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today understands from a respected source that the remains of the Emoov and Tepilo online agencies have been acquired...
09 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has tightened its vice-like grip on the online market according to a new analysis - but the race is on...
07 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...
22 December 2018
From: Features

New figures show that online agencies’ share of listings of homes for sale has plummeted to 4.6 per cent. This is well...
20 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A new analysis of the online estate agency business model claims that it ‘could be described as a Ponzi scheme’. The accusation...
18 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The auction company that has acquired some 5,000 vendor listings from the failed Emoov and Tepilo agencies says it wants more agents...
14 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A Newcastle-based property company says it has acquired the listings of Emoov and Tepilo. It has emailed and texted vendors to say...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News

It is now known that at least 32 formal complaints have been received by the crowdfunding platform that helped Emoov raise...
12 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has launched an emergency hotline for customers of Emoov and Tepilo that are stranded by the agencies’ collapse. A statement this...
11 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today has been given details of responses made by administrators to an enquiry about the possible acquisition of some...
11 December 2018
From: Breaking News

There’s been a four per cent rise in the number of estate agencies becoming insolvent according to a new report. In the...
11 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The Times reports that crowdfunding investors are considering legal action following the collapse of Emoov. The investors in question appear to be some of...
10 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Whatever one thinks about online estate agencies, it’s a cause of genuine sadness when people lose their jobs - close proximity...
08 December 2018
From: Features

Purplebricks is understood to be pondering the best way to assist victims of the collapse of Emoov without committing money for...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A tweet from Purplebricks’ chief executive Michael Bruce suggests that the agency may be about to play a role in the Emoov...
05 December 2018
From: Breaking News

Investment platform Crowdcube has told Estate Agent Today that defunct online estate agency Emoov revised down its company valuation from £104m...
05 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A statement by the administrators appointed by Emoov says there are prospective buyers for the listings on the online agency and...
05 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The demise of Emoov, Tepilo and lettings platform Urban raises question marks over the long-term viability of online agencies according to...
04 December 2018
From: Breaking News

At least some calls from potential customers to Emoov are being cut off and rival estate agents are now plundering the...
03 December 2018
From: Breaking News

The circus surrounding the fate of online agency Emoov has taken an unexpected turn. Yesterday Sky News revealed that the company was...
30 November 2018
From: Breaking News

The future of online agency Emoov remains in the balance this weekend with talks continuing between the management and possible buyers. On...
23 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Time appears to be running short for the sale of troubled online agency Emoov. An Emoov insider has told Estate Agent Today...
19 November 2018
From: Breaking News

An estate agency analyst has shared with Estate Agent Today his findings on the current and recent conversion rates of online...
14 November 2018
From: Breaking News

An online agency launched by a traditional high street agent to ward off competition says the online business model might have...
13 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to our latest edition of Property Jobs Today, a weekly run-through of the key job moves within our...
12 November 2018
From: Breaking News

One of Emoov’s agents in the field has contacted Estate Agent Today to give an insight into how the agency has...
05 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Fresh details have emerged about the financial difficulties suffered by Emoov, its search for a buyer and its possible sale price. A...
01 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Sky News says Emoov is to be sold, just months after the controversial online agency merged with Sarah Beeny's Tepilo and the...
31 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Traditional estate agencies could be in for a stormy autumn and face being the next casualty of the high street shake-out...
20 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The chief executive of the newly-expanded Emoov group has been giving details of the merger with Tepilo and the possibility of...
17 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The former deputy chief executive at online agency Tepilo is launching a new training, recruitment and consultancy business for estate agents. Catherine...
01 August 2018
From: Breaking News

The big story to break this week in the property world was the announcement by the new owner of Humberts that...
28 July 2018
From: Features

Emoov’s latest crowdfunding campaign has now gone well over £1.5m, making it already 50 per cent over-funded already from its original...
18 July 2018
From: Breaking News

First things first, I have to mention the World Cup. The dream is over, football’s not quite coming home (not until...
14 July 2018
From: Features

Emoov has launched a crowdfunding campaign giving investors, it says, “a final chance” to put their money into the hybrid agency...
03 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today is 10 years old this weekend. We hope you’ll agree that’s a cause for celebration and a great...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A leading digital analyst says online agency Yopa has doubled its listings this year and is fighting the merged Emoov-Tepilo operation...
28 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A major hybrid agency says there is a huge ‘reality gap’ between the typical asking price of homes on sale and the...
21 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Hello - if it’s Monday, it must be Property Jobs Today, your chance to see a snapshot of the key moves...
18 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The young entrepreneur behind Doorsteps, the estate agency that deliberately avoids the huge marketing razzamatazz of other online companies, says his...
14 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Russell Quirk, chief executive of Emoov, says his agency is now one of the top seven in the UK following its...
08 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The head of eProp Services, parent company of easyProperty, says growth in the online sector is slower than expected - but that...
06 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The online agency shake-out and consolidation continues apace. Former YOPA director Russell Humphrey has been named as the managing director of estate...
05 June 2018
From: Breaking News

TV property expert Sarah Beeny says she expects online agencies to take 70 per cent market share in the future -...
05 June 2018
From: Breaking News

A recent holiday in the US gave me an opportunity to catch up with property news over there - and surprisingly,...
02 June 2018
From: Features

The so-called ‘merger’ of Emoov, Tepilo and a lettings firm is actually an acquisition by Emoov of the other two companies. That's...
31 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The long-awaited merger of Tepilo and Emoov is reported to have been confirmed this afternoon and in with them goes online lettings...
30 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Two high street estate agents have used the medium of the local press to come out fighting against the threat of...
21 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Online estate agencies are the centre of attention right now - but one of them seems to be seeking publicity in...
15 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The prospect of technology transforming the selling and buying process, including more power for portals and especially online agents, dominated parts...
14 May 2018
From: Breaking News

GetAgent, an estate agent comparison website, has won investment from a growth fund that also provides a 10 month advertising campaign on...
11 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Humberts says it has settled on a buyer after receiving several offers for the troubled agency - although it has delayed identifying...
11 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Sky News says online estate agents Emoov and Tepilo are in talks about a merger - and if it happens the...
10 May 2018
From: Breaking News

One of the world’s leading agency and PropTech analysts says the race is on for who comes second in the UK’s...
08 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Online estate agency Tepilo and over-60s ‘life plan’ property sales service Homewise have been rapped over the knuckles following complaints made...
18 April 2018
From: Breaking News

New research appears to show that Purplebricks, HouseSimple, Yopa and other prominent online agencies are most popular with vendors selling in...
09 March 2018
From: Breaking News

One of the world’s leading property technology analysts has compiled a major report on estate agents’ business models - an exercise...
07 March 2018
From: Breaking News

The operation of ‘online estate agencies’ has changed substantially in the relatively short few years of their existence: I have spotted...
03 March 2018
From: Features

The death of traditional TV – where viewers sit down together to watch shows at defined times – has been much...
24 February 2018
From: Features

A lengthy analysis of the online agency sector, based on material supplied by an online agent, suggests that its market share...
16 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Tepilo has told Estate Agent Today that it will be unaffected by the sale of Northern & Shell Ventures’ publishing activities...
13 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Online estate agency Tepilo has denied industry speculation that it is to change its fee structure now that it is under...
04 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Winter seems to be firmly with us now, if the plunging temperatures are anything to go by. After a ridiculously mild...
11 November 2017
From: Features

It’s been quite a week, much of it concerning the technology that increasingly underpins our industry. A glut of fund-raising and relaunching...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News

“When an industry is new, still finding its feet, finding its purpose, the tendency is for those few people within it...
30 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A tech magazine has raised speculation, circulating in the industry for some months, that some online agencies have considered joining forces...
29 August 2017
From: Breaking News

Property has been changing hands for centuries, but when did estate agents as we know them today – with their branches,...
04 August 2017
From: Features

TV property expert and online agency owner Sarah Beeny says there will always be some sellers who prefer to use traditional...
20 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A consumer group which has consistently promoted online agencies says they achieve closer to sellers’ original asking price than the national...
01 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today understands that the fledgling trade group CIELA - the Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents - has...
24 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The comparison service Get Agent has released the full details of its analysis of the performance of four different online estate...
19 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks' share price moved up over two per cent yesterday on the strength of its latest trading statement - but its...
05 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The industry has broadly welcomed the shock announcement of a June 8 General Election as a chance to end long term...
18 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Senior members of the fledgling Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents group are meeting today to discuss how independents can...
12 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Organisers of the Future:PropTech2017 conference on May 4 have revealed new sponsors involved with the event - including Angels Media, publisher...
23 February 2017
From: Breaking News

Tepilo, Sarah Beeny’s online estate agency, has opened a new headquarters in central London after doubling its turnover in the past...
18 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The Guild of Professional Estate Agents has followed in the steps on the ESTAS awards by linking up with a reviews and...
09 November 2016
From: Breaking News
The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...
13 September 2016
From: Sponsored Content

I can’t remember a time when there were so many changes in the property industry. Forget Brexit and interest rates, the...
09 September 2016
From: Features

It’s easy to forget, but there was a time when the internet didn’t exist. When the idea behind the world wide...
19 August 2016
From: Features

Sarah Beeny’s Tepilo agency says it intends to more than double its size in the next six months and cites Purplebricks...
17 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Forgive the footballing headline – perhaps inevitable now that Euro 2016 has started – but several decisions and statements across the...
10 June 2016
From: Features

The only way Purplebricks' dominance of the online agency sector can be challenged is via a merger between competitors or another stock...
27 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Tepilo, the online agency set up by Sarah Beeny, has come out fighting after The Times newspaper accused it of ‘hiding’...
12 May 2016
From: Breaking News

On Tuesday we managed hail, snow, rain, sun and a chilly wind all in one day. Whatever you want to say...
29 April 2016
From: Features

Savills is the latest estate agency to consider a TV advertising campaign. The agency’s marketing director Alison Dean has told Estate Agent...
07 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The amount of column inches taken up by ‘property’ is at an all-time high. In my mind there are two major contributing...
20 February 2016
From: Features

Forget eMoov, easyProperty, Tepilo or Purplebricks. It appears the less well-known My Online Estate Agent has taken the honours for having the...
20 January 2016
From: Breaking News

Do you remember Martha Lane-Fox? She was the poster girl for lastminute.com and an icon of the dot.com bubble that ended...
15 January 2016
From: Features

Tepilo is the latest online estate agency to introduce an option for sellers to pay after a sale is completed, instead...
05 January 2016
From: Breaking News

It’s time to take a pause, to reflect and put into context—and what a year it has been for our industry...
24 December 2015
From: Features

Purplebricks is very easily the most recognisable online estate agency, according to a survey of 1,300 home owners by respected polling...
23 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Sarah Beeny says Tepilo has seen a 400 per cent increase in turnover and aims to exceed £10m in turnover next...
11 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The big online estate agencies appear to have come of age. No, no - I'm not saying they're good, bad, better or...
02 October 2015
From: Features

Tepilo has launched a new TV advertisement and is offering new clients the chance of a personal visit to their home...
02 September 2015
From: Breaking News

Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on another agency...
15 June 2015
From: Video Articles

Watch the latest weekly video roundup of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on another agency...
12 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Celebrity property expert Sarah Beeny has firmly dismissed speculation that there was any uncertainty over the future of her online estate agency...