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![Online Estate Agents - the new dinosaurs of house selling](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/WiFiMobile-400x310.png)
I’ve just read an article saying that this is the time of the online estate agency. The time in question is, of...
26 November 2022
From: Features
![Property Natter – is this the end for fixed-fee online estate agency?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
Aside from all the news surrounding the Autumn Statement this week, which will have a significant bearing on the property market...
19 November 2022
From: Features
![Property Natter – the who’s who of the industry](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features
![Call My Agent! Celebrities find it’s not so easy to sell and buy homes…](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the biggest TV hits of lockdown has been the Netflix show Call My Agent! It’s a surprise success, perhaps, because...
06 March 2021
From: Features
![Sarah Beeny – Will she be returning to estate agency after Tepilo?](/img/default/eat.png)
This week’s In Conversation Today interviewee needs no introduction. One of the property industry’s most recognisable names, she has been a...
18 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – will 2021 be the year of the merger?](/img/default/eat.png)
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 Jenrick may be sacked shortly, says newspaper](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property TV ads – the winners and losers revealed](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property Natter: what has the last decade meant for the property industry?](/img/default/eat.png)
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 investors calm after second compliance crisis in a year](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Online estate agents and digital malfunction](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Dodgy survey boosts online agents - including one that doesn’t exist](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Estate agents 'no longer biggest money laundering risks', report suggests](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property Natter: great advertising campaigns for independent estate agents](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Controversial ‘Slime Balls’ online agency calls in liquidators](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Agent comparison website bags £2.2m funding to build on TV backing](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Countrywide fine 'shows agents not taking anti-money laundering seriously'](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![MPs want agents views on anti-money laundering after shock HMRC swoop](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Countrywide hit with £215,000 fine in HMRC swoop on agents](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Online agency alleged to have told staff they may not be paid](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property Jobs Today - your weekly round-up of key industry moves](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Emoov former boss disputes Mail on Sunday claim about agency's debts](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Online agencies: the final curtain call?](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Online agents’ weak spots: they don’t appeal to high value sellers in key regions](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![‘Emoov auction firm’ offers partnership deal to more agents](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Emoov urges past vendors to re-list as it relaunches this month](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Emoov/Tepilo customers still trying to contact firms despite collapse](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Emoov and Tepilo brands and technology 'have been bought'](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Yopa ‘may be online success story of the year’ - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property Natter – A to Z of the property market for 2018](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Online agents’ share of market collapses to well under 5%](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Online agencies ‘could be described as Ponzi schemes’ - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Emoov listings owner wants more agents to help sell them](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Emoov and Tepilo listings 'bought by north of England high street agency'](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Emoov investor row: Crowdcube pledges to update angry crowdfunders](/img/default/eat.png)
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 announces 'hotline' for stranded Emoov sellers](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Emoov administrators ‘want £100,000 for remaining vendor listings’](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Agencies bite the dust as property sector insolvencies rise](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Emoov: Legal action considered over crowdfunding, claims paper](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Emoov’s humiliation - the fallout for the industry](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Emoov debacle ‘could mean the end of upfront fees’ says online agent](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Purplebricks may be about to help out Emoov's stranded clients](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Exclusive: Emoov halved its £100m valuation during crowdfunding pitch](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Remaining listings on Emoov 'may be bought within days'](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Emoov was never going to find a buyer, says leading agency analyst](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Emoov: Rival agents try to poach vendors as public complaints mount](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Shock Emoov twist - Russell Quirk in talks to set up property PR firm](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Future of Emoov in the balance](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Emoov sale ‘must be done in days - time is of the essence'](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Online agencies’ sales conversion rates revealed by analyst](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Emoov sale may force a change to online model, claims agency](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property Jobs Today - key industry moves and a ‘Rock Star Agent’ invitation](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Emoov insider claims “insane” staff churn and “astounding” complaint levels](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Emoov sale price 'likely to be far below £100m merger cost'](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Emoov goes up for sale - just months after merger](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Buckle Up - High Street agencies in for a tough autumn says KPMG](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Emoov 'could be capitalised at £500m to £700m in next two years'](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Ex-Tepilo boss sets up Excellence In Estate Agency consultancy](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property Natter: a changing of the guard?](/img/default/eat.png)
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 'final' crowdfunding tops £1.5m with two weeks left to run](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property Natter: what has 2018 brought so far?](/img/default/eat.png)
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 hints at IPO in 2019 and raises £1m from crowdfunding](/img/default/eat.png)
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 agency as it used to be - EAT looks back at 2008](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Yopa and Emoov slugging it out to be second to Purplebricks - analyst](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Asking prices may have to be cut as hybrid agency reveals 'reality gap'](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property Jobs Today - all the latest industry moves ...](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![‘Unknown' online agency has 2,500 listings and best-ever month](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Expanded Emoov now one of the UK's top seven agencies, says Quirk](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![‘Online growth slow but agents should hedge their bets’ - ePropServices chief](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![easyProperty names new agency chief as online shake-out continues](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Sarah Beeny back in the boardroom, saying online agents will grab 70% share](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![It’s happening in the US too - a new portal and industry consolidation](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Online 'merger' is really an acquisition by Emoov says TV Dragon James Caan](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![New merged online agency said to be second only to Purplebricks](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![High street agents come out fighting against online threat](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Pssst! Derek! Now you can get your home marketed for free...](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![A revolution: 'Local agents may not survive much into next decade'](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Estate agency comparison site to advertise on TV](/img/default/eat.png)
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 sale ‘being agreed’ - but no name yet](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Channel 4 link to possible Emoov and Tepilo merger](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Online agencies grab more market share in past four months says analyst](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Tepilo and Homewise revise online adverts after watchdog intervenes](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Online agents most popular with sellers in strong markets, research shows](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Revealed: Purplebricks “stunning growth” explained by top industry analyst](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Online agents will have to employ sales progression teams](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property Natter – a property invasion on our tellies](/img/default/eat.png)
The death of traditional TV – where viewers sit down together to watch shows at defined times – has been much...
24 February 2018
From: Features
![Online agencies' market share has increased 58% in one year - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
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 unaffected by Trinity Mirror's swoop on Northern & Shell](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Tepilo dismisses industry rumours of fee structure overhaul](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property Natter – here’s how to drive traffic, convert and monetise](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Agents Do Charity - forget the tech, here's the fund-raising](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![PropTech Today: Why consolidation and collaboration are badly needed](/img/default/eat.png)
“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
![Will smaller online agencies combine to combat Purplebricks?](/img/default/eat.png)
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 Natter - a short history of estate agency](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Traditional agents won't disappear completely says Sarah Beeny](/img/default/eat.png)
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
!['Top High Street agents significantly out-perform onliners' says group](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Fledgling trade group CIELA splits from PR representatives](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Comparison service releases online agencies' performance data](/img/default/eat.png)
The comparison service Get Agent has released the full details of its analysis of the performance of four different online estate...