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This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...

One of the industry’s leading consultants has calculated staff turnover rates at the country’s leading estate agencies. Christopher Watkin, the consultant who...

Yopa has instructed two companies to help with its brand building as it battles with other major online players. It’s appointed M.i. Media...

Online agency Yopa says it will change a claim on its website that appears to suggest no fee will be charged...

Transaction totals took a tumble last month for the first time since last summer as HMRC figures suggest the stamp duty...

An online agency has apologised to a single mother who felt pressured into allowing viewings of a property she was renting. Local media in...

Purplebricks has been rated as only the 10th best online agency in the country in a controversial new league table. The list...

A £17.8m pre-tax loss has been reported by Yopa in its latest financial statement filed at Companies House. Figures lodged just before...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

A new survey of the market share split between High Street and online agencies shows that Purplebricks remains the digital market...

Record house prices recorded this week by the Nationwide index are set to go higher still according to a leading agent. Nationwide...

Agents have almost unanimously been reporting a big surge in business since the reopening of the housing market, but new figures...

An estate agency is warning that the likely rush of transactions when the new stamp duty holiday ends next spring will...

It’s a tough time for agents and our stories show a disturbingly high number of  branches closing - but there are...

A former chief executive of Countrywide has issued a string of extravagant claims about the lockdown success of the online agency...

The housing market is set for long-term recovery, despite dips in the road on the way.  That's the message from the latest house...

The market share for all online agents fell sharply in the period up to the start of the pandemic according to new...

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...

A woman claims she had no idea that her husband stole almost £1.5m from two high-profile employers - one of them...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week, which always means a round-up of our industry’s good work for charity....

An analysis of the market share of online agents shows they are on 4.8 per cent - virtually unchanged from the...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

The number of residential sales rose 1.9 per cent to 102,050  in November compared to the same month last year, the...

An unknown website called EA League Tables has issued a list of agencies and agency-groups which it claims shows their order by...

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...

The relaunched easyProperty hybrid agency is to rely exclusively on local marketing to drive awareness and customers, and not follow the...

An online agent claims to have the answer to why fewer people are buying and selling these days. It’s not Brexit, stamp...

The former chief of an online estate agency says the top three surviving firms in the sector must merge if they...

Troubled online agency Yopa has launched an in-house subsidiary to sell mortgages and other financial services - and not just to Yopa...

Yopa – launched in 2015 as part of the new breed of hybrid operators seeking to shake up the industry –...

A new national agency concept - eXp UK - has told Estate Agent Today that its recruitment schedule is running “well...

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

It never rains but it pours. And that’s certainly been the case for the online estate agency sector in the last...

Hybrid agency Yopa has announced that its chief executive, Ben Poynter, will be standing down at the end of October to...

The tech publication WIRED has conducted an in-depth analysis of Purplebricks’ reviews on the Trustpilot site and suggests the agency may...

The annual rate of growth of UK house prices has slowed to its lowest level since September 2012. Official government data from...

The head of online agency Housesimple has made another strident attack on the integrity of High Street agents by saying some...

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

The former Countrywide chief executive Grenville Turner says it is an option for online estate agency Yopa to go to an...

Speculation is growing about the future of online agency Yopa. This follows a key resignation from Yopa’s board and one expert’s analysis...

Online estate agency Housesimple has appointed a company to handle its public relations and social media as it rolls it its...

LSL Property Services, parent firm of Your Move and Reeds Rains, says the company’s branch closure programme was a success with profits...

Data from UK Finance, which represents most of the country’s lenders, shows that gross mortgage lending across the residential market in...

Online estate agency Yopa is warning of price falls ahead in London and south east England - although price rises elsewhere...

The new owners of Emoov have confirmed that 70 previous customers have opted to re-list their homes with the firm since it...

New figures released show High Street estate agents taking an increasingly large market share as online operators continue to crumble. According to the...

The number of residential property transactions in May was a thumping 11.3 per cent lower than the same month last year,...

Hello and here’s another PJT to start the week: we hope it’s your first port of call when you want to...

Average UK house prices rose 0.5 per cent in May according to the latest Halifax house price index as the long...

The number of mortgages approved by High Street banks increased 5.4 per cent to 44,000 in April. Data from trade body UK...

New data from property consultancy The Advisory shows that the top 10 online estate agents now have a combined market share...

Agents have reacted gloomily to the release of figures showing that the number of new mortgages offered to both movers and...

“I’m Russell Quirk, and I’ve failed” - with those words, the former chief executive of Emoov has begun to explain how...

The scores have been counted and the results are in for the 2019 ESTAS Awards, sponsored by Zoopla. On Friday, over 1,000...

99home is the latest online agency to launch a no sale, no fee option for its vendors. The firm, which was launched...

There’s a silver lining to another set of stodgy housing market figures - at least one sector, for those buying their...

Residential property transactions rose 1.4 per cent in March, making them a healthy 6.8 per cent higher than in March 2018. Data...

The failure of online agencies to significantly disrupt the industry is down to their being too cheap and creating a perception...

There’s more bad news for Purplebricks: after a shock 80 per cent downgrading of its stock value by a bank on...

Savills has this morning talked up its investment in onliner Yopa, which it claims is the sixth largest estate agency in...

The easyProperty online agency has abandoned an across-the-board fee structure, allowing its licensee agents to charge what they like. “Each local market is unique...

The latest analysis of new listings in the two weeks to last Friday show that online estate agencies continue to have...

Savills has declined to comment on whether it will follow in the footsteps of LSL Property Services and write down its...

LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move and Reeds Rains, has substantially 'written down' its investment in online estate...

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

Latest figures show that the top 10 online estate agencies have once again failed to exceed five per cent market share,...

The UK’s second-largest online estate agency, Yopa, is this month launching a new advertising campaign under the title ‘Smooth Move’. The agency...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your regular catch-up on key appointments news in our industry. It’s been a difficult seven...

The latest analysis of the performance of the top 10 online estate agencies shows that their market share of new listings...

Formal consultations have started concerning the job losses and branch closures for Your Move and Reeds Rains, revealed yesterday by their...

Purplebricks has tightened its vice-like grip on the online market according to a new analysis - but the race is on...

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

New figures show that online agencies’ share of listings of homes for sale has plummeted to 4.6 per cent. This is well...

Has the bell finally tolled for online agencies? Emoov’s collapse and an investor revolt over crowdfunding have left a large question...

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

The demise of Emoov, Tepilo and lettings platform Urban raises question marks over the long-term viability of online agencies according to...

At least some calls from potential customers to Emoov are being cut off and rival estate agents are now plundering the...

The circus surrounding the fate of online agency Emoov has taken an unexpected turn. Yesterday Sky News revealed that the company was...

Mainstream bank lending for house purchases grew by 3.6 per cent in October compared to the same month last year. However the...

An estate agency analyst has shared with Estate Agent Today his findings on the current and recent conversion rates of online...

Mortgage approvals fell again in September - this means that every month of 2018 so far has seen a drop against...

Data from HM Revenue & Customs shows some 98,400 homes were sold across the UK in September - that’s slightly lower...

Bored with Brexit? Baffled by the backstop? Troubled by the transition period?  Well here’s a promise - there’s no mention of the...

The chief executive of Emoov, Russell Quirk, has suggested that the unexpectedly low take up of online agents may mean that...

House prices grew two per cent year on year for September according to new figures - and a senior agency chief...

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

Hello and welcome to our weekly catch-up on the major moves within our industry. Remember, you can let the rest of the...

Yopa - the online agency with huge financial backing from Savills - has attracted a Knight Frank agent to become its...

The shock immediate closure of Hatched, the online agency heavily invested in by Connells, has raised question marks over the online...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your chance to catch up on the major moves in the agency industry over...

Yopa - the online agency enjoying large-scale financial backing from Savills and LSL Property Services, the owner of Your Move -...

Yopa, which says it is the second largest hybrid agency when measured by listings, has received a major new £20m investment. Savills -...

The number of property transactions in July fell 3.2 per cent on the same month last year according to seasonally adjusted...

The parent company of Your Move, Reeds Rains and other agency brands has succeeded where Foxtons yesterday did not - in...

The big story to break this week in the property world was the announcement by the new owner of Humberts that...

The latest transaction figures from HM Revenue and Customs make depressing reading - a three per cent drop between May and...

Emoov’s latest crowdfunding campaign has now gone well over £1.5m, making it already 50 per cent over-funded already from its original...

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

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

A leading digital analyst says online agency Yopa has doubled its listings this year and is fighting the merged Emoov-Tepilo operation...

Hello - if it’s Monday, it must be Property Jobs Today, your chance to see a snapshot of the key moves...

The young entrepreneur behind Doorsteps, the estate agency that deliberately avoids the huge marketing razzamatazz of other online companies, says his...

Major online agencies appear to be unaffected by yesterday’s Supreme Court decision over workers' rights in the so-called 'gig economy'.  Yesterday’s case concerned...

Prices grew at a faster than expected rate last month according to the Halifax House Price Index, which has reported a...

The online agency shake-out and consolidation continues apace. Former YOPA director Russell Humphrey has been named as the managing director of estate...

The rise and fall - and perhaps rise again - of Countrywide has been of enduring interest to the agency industry...

Countrywide’s Group Operations Director Paul Creffield - one of three figures now at the top of the organisation - says he...

One of the world’s leading agency and PropTech analysts says the race is on for who comes second in the UK’s...

Fewer mortgages were approved for home buyers last month than in the same month a year ago according to figures from...

Average house prices in the UK have increased 4.4 per cent in the year to February according to the latest official...

Market analysts at Swiss bank UBS are warning that Purplebricks’ meteoric growth in the UK may be slowing. The bank has cut...

High-end international estate agency company Savills claims Yopa, in which it has invested substantial sums, is now the UK’s 10th largest...

So here’s another week’s great work being done by colleagues in our industry - and we’re very pleased to salute them. Everybody...

New research appears to show that Purplebricks, HouseSimple, Yopa and other prominent online agencies are most popular with vendors selling in...

One of the world’s leading property technology analysts has compiled a major report on estate agents’ business models - an exercise...

LSL Property Services - parent company to 12 brands including Your Move, Reeds Rains and London’s Marsh & Parsons - has...

The death of traditional TV – where viewers sit down together to watch shows at defined times – has been much...

A lengthy analysis of the online agency sector, based on material supplied by an online agent, suggests that its market share...

Yopa, the online agency with financial backing from Savills and LSL Property Services, is the latest online firm to launch a...

Pressure continues to mount on Purplebricks to reveal its sales data after a weekend during which claims about its effectiveness continued...

ZPG says it anticipates a strong 2018 according to a trading statement ahead of the company’s annual general meeting today. The firm...

ZPG, which operates Zoopla and PrimeLocation as well as owning the Property Software Group, has signed more long-term marketing deals with a...

According to The Branding Journal, a brand is “a name, term, design, symbol, or any other feature that identifies one seller's...

Two UK online estate agencies have been named in a list of the world’s top 50 real estate start-ups to watch...

Outspoken estate agent Chris Wood has criticised the Advertising Standards Authority for its succession of ‘informally resolved’ judgements on complaints against...

The Advertising Standards Authority has intervened following a complaint about a mailshot from the high profile online agency Yopa. The ASA says...

As we hurtle towards the end of 2017, it’s time to reflect on the year that’s just been.   Even better, this property-based...

The online agency Yopa has removed an ad comparing its performance against other estate agents after complaints to the Advertising Standards...

Online estate agent eMoov recently set itself apart by directly addressing the issues of openness and transparency that have long dogged the online business...

Winter seems to be firmly with us now, if the plunging temperatures are anything to go by. After a ridiculously mild...

The Savills-backed online estate agency YOPA has found itself in glittering company amongst 25 firms listed by business media site LinkedIn...

As those of us in the industry know, there is a fine balance to strike between disruptive technology – and the...

I’ve been in France for the past few days and depending on your viewpoint, I made a spectacularly good or singularly...

Online estate agency YOPA - well known recently for advertisements featuring the Village People - is this evening launching a new...

easyProperty has unveiled details of its relaunch, declaring itself to be the UK’s second largest hybrid estate agency - second only...

LSL Property Services has announced that it has invested £20 million into hybrid agency YOPA. News of the investment broke on Friday...

eMoov, the online agency which last month secured an additional £9m funding from investors, has launched a recruitment drive for what...

“When an industry is new, still finding its feet, finding its purpose, the tendency is for those few people within it...

Property has been changing hands for centuries, but when did estate agents as we know them today – with their branches,...

We’re already more than halfway through 2017 and, against all the odds, it’s pushing 2016 close in terms of eventfulness and...

A consumer group which has consistently promoted online agencies says they achieve closer to sellers’ original asking price than the national...

Hybrid estate agency YOPA has launched a recruitment campaign suggesting that agents have “the chance to make between £6k and £12k per...

Since we last spoke, the ESTAS – the biggest and best property awards ceremony in the UK – has been and...

Hybrid estate agency YOPA has announced a successful Series B round of funding in which it raised a total of £15...

Think ‘fake agents’ are no threat to your business? Think again. The rise of online agents - dubbed by some as...

The new chief marketing officer of online estate agency YOPA is a figure with over 20 years experience with brands such as...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

An online estate agency which says it could be the next Purplebricks says prejudice against internet property transactions is waning  “With Neil...

The man behind YOPA - the online agency that last year secured investment from high end traditional company Savills - says...

An analysis of estate agents quoted on the London Stock Exchange suggests that almost all the traditional firms have suffered since...

So, Property Week has announced its Property Awards shortlist for 2017. Looking at the entries for PropTech Company of the Year, I'm surprised...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

The head of a new ‘disruptive’ online mortgage service says 2017 will see more major estate agency and other property businesses...

YOPA, the online agency that recently had an extensive TV campaign, has amended the content of its website following a complaint to...

Hybrid estate agency YOPA is today launching a nationwide TV advertising campaign starring The Village People, the band best-known for the...

Viewers of ITV’s prime-time drama Victoria will have noticed last evening that another estate agency has started to advertise on TV...

EweMove, which describes itself as the UK’s first hybrid estate agency, claims it has seen completions over the past two months...

YOPA, the online agency which now has financial investment from Savills, says its instructions have risen five-fold since February. It also says...

Online agency YOPA has launched a recruitment campaign via social media. Tweets began appearing over the weekend and the latest, posted yesterday,...

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

What is Properstar? Properstar helps UK estate agents cross the chasm from local to global in respect of advertising their properties. Using...

YOPA, the online agency which recently won financial backing from high end consultancy Savills, is on the look out for an...

Swiss bank UBS has given an upbeat assessment of online estate agencies in the changing housing market - but it warns...

The chief executive of Savills says “the sale of homes will move more and more online” - justifying the recent investment...

The influential consumer property body HomeOwners Alliance says Purplebricks-style hybrid estate agencies may be “the future”. In a blog on the HOA website,...

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

There has been a muted response from the City to the announcement just before the weekend that high-end estate agency Savills...

Hybrid estate agency YOPA - standing for YOur Property Agent - says it is going to launch across England and Wales...

Another week, another online estate agency launches - but the latest, called YOPA, claims not to charge any upfront fee to...