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Some 713 estate agency branches have failed to reopen following the spring lockdown according to a business consultancy. TwentyCi says that is the...

Sales of £1m-plus homes have surged since lockdown as affluent buyers seek more space and lifestyle changes.  An average of 868 £1m-plus...

Savills has boosted its forecast for housing transactions this year because the stamp duty holiday has been such a success at...

Independent agents are busier than they have ever been thanks to the post-lockdown surge but larger corporates are actually losing market...

A survey of estate agents’ market share post-lockdown indicates significant advances for independent agencies and online operators. TwentyCi, a data consultancy, says...

The combined market share of agencies in the Guild of Property Professionals is now higher even than it was at the...

It’s back to work today for England’s estate agents and the housing market - but it’s the start of a new...

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......

Business consultancy TwentyCi is the latest to try to put a value on the potential losses to the property industry and...

Purplebricks banked more than £18m in fees for thousands of homes it did not sell last year according to this morning’s...

A leading analyst says Purplebricks has clearly plateaued and will not reach its own target of a 10 per cent market...

Upad, the national online letting agent set up by entrepreneur James Davis has announced that it is “closed to new business”...

There has been a surprise, but small, increase in the market share of online estate agents according to the latest survey. Business...

The London market has “plummeted” because almost a third of vendors have cut their asking prices in anticipation of Brexit. Using data...

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...

When an industry disruptor enters a marketplace the impact on existing operators can be significant. It has been seen most notably...

There’s more bad news for online estate agencies this morning as a survey reveals that they have only a seven per cent...

Purplebricks has released figures which appear to show it is one of the most successful agencies - or perhaps THE most...

Mark Witherspoon, well known in the agency industry as the former data services director of Zoopla, has joined the TwentyCi company.  TwentyCi...

A new snapshot of market share claims that online agents accounted for 7.0 per cent of all exchanges in the first...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that the new Federation of Independent Agents has recruited an expert from the two leading portals...

A report claims that the hybrid agency EweMove performs above average across a number of measurements. The study comes from TwentyCi, a...

The end of 2018 was a bit of a rocky time for online estate agents. Yet only a few years ago...

House Network, one of the first ever online estate agencies, is alleged to be considering calling in administrators. Two reliable sources close...

Fine & Country has revealed that it is the fastest-growing premium agency in the UK. Quoting research from TwentyCi - the business...

The share of the market taken by online agencies in the final quarter of 2018 slipped from last summer’s high of...

A statement this morning by franchise agency Winkworth says lettings and property management now accounts for 50 per cent of its turnover. The...

The chief executive of Emoov and the founder of the new portal Rummage4Property had a dramatic spat on Twitter just hours...

A competitive pricing analysis undertaken for hybrid estate agency Emoov claims that it sells for an average £6,000 more than rival...

Fine & Country is claiming to be the fastest growing premium estate agency brand in England and Wales over the last...

A new market snapshot shows how there’s now a two-tier market with homes in London taking substantially longer to sell than...

Over 15,000 households have exchanged after listing with an online agent in the second quarter of 2018 - that’s eight per...

Representatives from estate and lettings agencies as well as professional organisations have formed The Home Buying And Selling Group with a...

The housing market has returned to stability with exchanges up one per cent year on year and the average house price...

Some 12 per cent of transactions in England and Wales so far this year have been subject to gazumping, being sold...