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![One year on, my perspective on running my own partnership](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Begins-400x310.png)
In this piece, Leanna Donkin from house. partnership reflects on what the last year has brought for her after a leap...
29 January 2022
From: Features
![Corporate agents miss out on their kids growing up, says hybrid rival](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/FamilyPhoto-400x310.jpg)
The head of a small hybrid firm that describes traditional agencies with offices as “antiquated” says property professionals working for corporates...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Hybrid franchise agency opens ‘Not On The High Street’ office](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/OpeningHours400x310.jpg)
A family franchise agency that prides itself on saving costs associated with traditional High Street premises has nonetheless opened a new office...
22 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agent insight - why I moved from traditional agency to the hybrid model](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Hybrid-Property-400x310.jpg)
Guy Leaning, a former high street agent who has now moved into working in the hybrid model of agency, outlines why...
20 November 2021
From: Features
![Property Natter – has Purplebricks dealt a fatal blow to the self-employed model?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
One of the biggest trends since Covid, in the property world and elsewhere, has been a shift towards more hybrid, flexible...
14 August 2021
From: Features
![Self-employed agency concept likely to fail, warns leading agent](/upload/images/library/MillennialAgent-400x310.jpg)
The self-employed agency model will not be successful in the UK because the commission in this country is so low. That’s the...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Dramatic slump in instructions for Purplebricks, according to data](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineAgents-1-400x310.jpg)
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
![Sell Purplebricks! Stock market advisers tell investors to quit agency](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Sellers want traditional agency services more than WhatsApp - survey](/img/default/eat.png)
A new survey of some 700 estate agency customers show that they want to get traditional services like High Street branches,...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![German company pours £5m into UK online estate agency](/img/default/eat.png)
A company in the German Axel Springer publishing empire - which also invested in Purplebricks in the past - has put...
31 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency launches huge recruitment drive with jibe at Countrywide](/img/default/eat.png)
Connells Group has announced a major recruitment drive as it looks to create 250 new agents' positions - and it’s launched...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Homes can sell two months quicker, claims 'intermediary' platform](/img/default/eat.png)
A platform which signs up vendors and allocates their sale to a high-performing local agent says it sells property two months...
13 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Self-employed agency model booming claims high end brand](/img/default/eat.png)
The frenzied housing market and the uncertain wider economic outlook during the pandemic have combined to lead to a surge in...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove and OnTheMarket extend cut-price fees deals](/img/default/eat.png)
Rightmove and OnTheMarket have announced that they are extending their cut-price fees deals, introduced because of Coronavirus. This morning Rightmove says: "We have...
23 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![High Street agency veteran speaks up for hybrid business model](/img/default/eat.png)
The new chief executive of The Property Franchise Group says he anticipates his company’s hybrid arm - EweMove - will go...
23 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![New owners for agency that shut branches and created ‘hub’ structure](/img/default/eat.png)
Midlands regional chain Andrew Grant, which last year closed some branches as it moved to a ‘hub’ structure, appears to have...
22 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Hybrid agency launches share offer for investors after rapid growth](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Self-employed agents - the way forward for the industry?](/img/default/eat.png)
Many of the leading advocates of the self-employed estate agent business model have talked about why many want new recruits with...
26 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![It’s 2024: what will the industry look like, post-Coronavirus?](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s a sense that we really are on the verge of a huge change in the industry. It’s too early to be...
04 April 2020
From: Features
![PropTech Today: industry chiefs helping agents through tough times](/img/default/eat.png)
For complete transparency, I write this column first thing on a Tuesday morning and have done for a couple of years...
25 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Embracing the self-employed model – an agent’s view](/img/default/eat.png)
The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...
19 February 2020
From: Features
![Self-employed agent option launched by high end estate agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Fine & Country has introduced a self-employed agency business model to be run by well-known former Property Academy chief Nicky Stevenson. The...
14 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Could you cut months off your deal time?](/img/default/eat.png)
Quite a few years ago, I spoke at a conference for auctioneers. It was a traditional affair. Rural location. Nice hotel....
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - how to prepare for Generation Z and Alpha](/img/default/eat.png)
They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...
24 August 2019
From: Features
![High street agency to offer fixed fee hybrid service through online network](/img/default/eat.png)
love2move, the online network which allows high street agents to offer a white-labelled hybrid service, has announced its latest partner. Peter David...
03 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Want to sell more homes more quickly? Then close the office early...](/img/default/eat.png)
A survey suggests there’s no firm correlation between a traditional agency’s opening hours and its performance in selling property - and...
17 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: has Purplebricks' bubble now officially burst?](/img/default/eat.png)
Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...
18 May 2019
From: Features
![“Gaping holes” in Purplebricks business model, says ex-online investor](/img/default/eat.png)
An expert who has invested in an online agency in the past has slammed Purplebricks’ business model. James Max, who presents the...
16 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Industry veteran launches hybrid and offers to sell 50 homes for free](/img/default/eat.png)
An industry veteran is launching a new hub-based hybrid agency and is offering to sell 50 homes for free to raise the...
09 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Major agency launches lifestyle service to bolster sales and lettings income](/img/default/eat.png)
Humberts, the agency which was one of the first to ditch High Street offices in favour of fewer larger hubs, has...
25 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks price reductions: anonymous blog makes new allegations](/img/default/eat.png)
An anonymous estate agent has renewed his attack on Purplebricks after an article in The Times at the weekend. Estate Agent Today...
01 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Jobs Today - the industry’s movers and shakers…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello, welcome to a new week and to PJT, your regular Monday round-up of jobs news in the industry. Do please let...
01 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![Savills claims online firm Yopa ‘is UK’s sixth biggest estate agency’](/img/default/eat.png)
Savills has this morning talked up its investment in onliner Yopa, which it claims is the sixth largest estate agency in...
14 March 2019
From: Breaking News
13 March 2019
From: Features
![Huge branch closures announced for YourMove and Reeds Rains](/img/default/eat.png)
A major restructuring of LSL Property Services has just been announced to shareholders, with substantial numbers of branch closures. The statement says...
05 February 2019
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
![Are online agencies in trouble? Investors will decide](/img/default/eat.png)
However mild the weather may have been for most of us, it’s a cold autumn for the online estate agency market...
10 November 2018
From: Features
![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 chief calls for radical 'blend' of online and traditional agency models](/img/default/eat.png)
The chief executive of Emoov, Russell Quirk, has suggested that the unexpectedly low take up of online agents may mean that...
11 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Online firms ‘have forced other agents to be more competitive on fees’](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agency comparison website claims the rise of online and hybrid estate agencies has obliged traditional agents to be more...
24 September 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
11 August 2018
From: Features
![Purplebricks says traditional agents sell only 50% of homes they market](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks co-founder Michael Bruce says traditional agents sell only around 50 per cent of the homes that they list, so spend...
07 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
![Play the 'luxury' game! Startling advice to traditional estate agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Traditional estate agencies should make their work appear more of a luxury and even showcase the prices of individual elements that...
26 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Online chief’s outburst against living in the past High Street agents](/img/default/eat.png)
The former head of Rightmove’s lettings division has blasted High Street estate agencies for “living in the past, charging exorbitant fees...
23 July 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
![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
![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
![Branding - game, set and match to the onliners?](/img/default/eat.png)
According to The Branding Journal, a brand is “a name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's...
20 January 2018
From: Features
![Purplebricks could have 15% market share by 2022 according to bank](/img/default/eat.png)
US bank J P Morgan has predicted that Purplebricks, which it says now has around six per cent of advertised homes...
19 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![Will Purplebricks ruling end agents’ purple mist?](/img/default/eat.png)
So at last someone has woken up to the fact that Purplebricks needs to be clearer about how it charges for...
21 October 2017
From: Features
![New analysis shows Purplebricks' massive domination of online sector](/img/default/eat.png)
A long-standing traditional agent says the real success of online agencies is not their share of the market but that they...
18 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![London agency Douglas & Gordon embraces hybrid part-online model](/img/default/eat.png)
London’s long-standing chain Douglas & Gordon is the latest company to embrace the concept of the Purplebricks-style hybrid estate agency. The company’s...
04 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: estate agency then, now and in the future](/img/default/eat.png)
How has the world of estate agency changed in the last few decades? That’s the question this week’s Natter is going...
16 September 2017
From: Features
![Was this the week the agency industry changed for good?](/img/default/eat.png)
I’ve been in France for the past few days and depending on your viewpoint, I made a spectacularly good or singularly...
09 September 2017
From: Features
![Some customers feel like 'prey' in traditional agency offices](/img/default/eat.png)
Some customers dislike entering traditional estate agency branches, occasionally feeling 'like prey' for sales staff when they enter. This is one of...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News
![Founder of Connells-owned online agency switches to easyProperty](/img/default/eat.png)
Adam Day, the founder of Connells-owned online estate agency Hatched, has been announced as head of operations at easyProperty. In a statement...
31 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks faces new hybrid rival as it attempts to break into Australia](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks’ well-publicised attempt to break into the Australian market with a similar model to the one being used here has come...
27 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![Why agents need to do more to promote value for money](/img/default/eat.png)
The fees charged by estate agents receive a lot of coverage in the press - and rarely for positive reasons. Negative...
06 July 2017
From: Sponsored Content
![Purplebricks: nothing divides estate agency more than this](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Hybrid agencies won't hit 10% market share in next two years - ZPG](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla has been reported as saying hybrid estate agencies will not reach their professed targets of achieving 10 per cent of...
30 May 2017
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks sharply criticised at industry technology conference](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![New marketing chief for Savills-backed online agency YOPA](/img/default/eat.png)
The new chief marketing officer of online estate agency YOPA is a figure with over 20 years experience with brands such as...
19 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Technology v Traditional agency debate at Future : PropTech](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s been revealed that next month’s Future: PropTech conference will feature a debate between ‘technologists’ and ‘traditionalists’ over the future of...
06 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![Future:PropTech2017 unveils sponsors - including Angels Media](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![US firm plans to take UK by storm with 5,000 agents in five years](/img/default/eat.png)
The Keller Williams franchise agency, one of the largest in the world, is relaunching in the UK on Wednesday with the...
30 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Independent agents' group founder warns against online agencies](/img/default/eat.png)
A founder of the new organisation seeking to be a trade body for independent estate and letting agents is warning that...
27 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks recruits TV property star for 'Commisery' campaign](/img/default/eat.png)
The average fee paid by sellers to high street estate agents in the past year is £4,055 claims Purplebricks - an...
17 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide claims excellent results from hybrid agency pilot](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide’s controversial hybrid estate agency business has produced “fantastic results” according to Sam Tyrer, the group’s Managing Director, Retail & London. In...
13 January 2017
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide: Platt's revolution goes on despite latest share price slump](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt has told Estate Agent Today the transformation she wishes to see within the group may take...
25 November 2016
From: Breaking News
![Is a fear of online agents justified?](/img/default/eat.png)
Barely a week goes by without an announcement relating to the latest player entering the online agency world and when they...
23 September 2016
From: Features
![Property Natter: online agents – where are they now?](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Countrywide reveals first details of online sales service roll-out](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide has given Estate Agent Today some early details of how its mix of online and traditional agency services will roll-out...
01 August 2016
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide: 9% revenue growth and online roll-out despite Brexit concerns](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide has confounded its critics with an upbeat performance in the first six months of the year, growing revenues by nine...
28 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Consumer group says hybrid estate agency is the future](/img/default/eat.png)
The influential consumer property body HomeOwners Alliance says Purplebricks-style hybrid estate agencies may be “the future”. In a blog on the HOA website,...
14 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Business survey shows strong backing for traditional agents over online rivals](/img/default/eat.png)
A survey of 1,000 members of the public suggests that 60 per cent of people would prefer to buy or sell a...
06 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Praise for agency diversification to cut damage from housing downturn](/img/default/eat.png)
Investors’ Chronicle, the weekly investment magazine published by the Financial Times Group, has lavishly praised high-end agency Savills for diversifying its...
14 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Connells Group beats Countrywide with 'defining' online deal](/img/default/eat.png)
Connells Group says it is still on the prowl for traditional estate agencies to acquire after its announcement that it has...
17 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![One in nine people believe estate agents charge 10% or more](/img/default/eat.png)
Only four per cent of people in the UK who have sold a home have used an online agent claims bricks...
17 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![A latte and a new home? Agency expands with a cafe branch](/img/default/eat.png)
An agency that offers both traditional and online sales and lettings services to clients has opened a new office - in...
03 November 2015
From: Breaking News
![Keller Williams UK agency franchise to expand to 30+ 'market centres'](/img/default/eat.png)
Keller Williams, the US-originated franchise agency with three ‘market centre’ offices in the UK says it aims to expand that number...
28 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![The Big Debate: Online versus Traditional Agency - we want your questions](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the industry debates of the year will be held next week when the inaugural FUTURE : Property Tech conference...
05 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Video round up 11.09.15 - Watch the weekly news from Estate Agent Today](/img/default/eat.png)
Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on the fortunes...
11 September 2015
From: Video Articles
![Video round up 11.09.15 - Watch the weekly news from Estate Agent Today](/img/default/eat.png)
Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on the fortunes...
11 September 2015
From: Breaking News
![We’re all disrupters now](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s become almost obligatory for start-ups in many industries – frequently online agents in the selling and letting business – to...
04 September 2015
From: Features
![Money laundering scandal wouldn't happen with online agents - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
The chief executive of online agency easyProperty says the money laundering scandal exposed in Channel 4’s ‘From Russia With Cash’ would...