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As you probably know, I have been no fan of OnTheMarket (OTM) over the years. You may see this admission as...

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

I loved my Foxtons office. I started in the Battersea branch. It was the old-style office; traditional carpets, actual properties in...

A hybrid estate agency has launched in Bury, one of the first of its kind to operate in the UK on...

Another update from OnTheMarket this morning claims the portal is now listing over 550,000 UK residential property listings, in excess of...

A decade ago we were still years away from Purplebricks, Countrywide was a colossus in the industry, no one had thought...

Cast your mind back to July 2008 – Gordon Brown was Prime Minister, the Euros were in full swing in Austria/Switzerland...

Estate Agent Today is 10 years old this weekend. We hope you’ll agree that’s a cause for celebration and a great...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that Keller Williams, the US-led firm that has 170,000 agents worldwide, is to open its fourth...

The Advertising Standards Authority has intervened after receiving a complaint about a website and online advertisement for the Howard Cundey agency. The...

Letting agents are being advised to think seriously about how they can recoup costs to help compensate for the introduction of...

Last time out I looked at the growing importance of content, social media and design – but these should only form...

A leading agent has urged major portals Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket to feature virtual viewings content more prominently on their platforms. Writing...

Firstly, my sincere apologies - it has now been over a month since my last PropTech blog, doesn’t time fly!  In the...

Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) has confirmed that it expects its sale to Silver Lake to complete in Q3 2018. As part of...

Research by Zoopla suggests that homeowners' confidence in the property market is on the rise.  The property website's latest Housing Market Sentiment...

Two high street estate agents have used the medium of the local press to come out fighting against the threat of...

A study of estate agencies and portals floated on the London Stock Exchange suggests that digital companies have shown much better...

Gone are the days of having to rush back to your office every time you win an instruction to market the...

The prospect of technology transforming the selling and buying process, including more power for portals and especially online agents, dominated parts...

ZPG shares have rocketed up in value by 30 per cent this morning on the back of a £2.2 billion bid...

There's been a shock announcement that ZPG - operator of Zoopla, PrimeLocation and Hometrack, as well as uSwitch - has accepted a £2.2...

An online question-and-answer article with OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has suggested that its focus of criticism may be shifting from...

The final winners’ list for this year’s ESTAS Awards has just been published with the  ‘Best In County’ agents named -...

Manning Stainton, one of the major estate agency chains operating across North Yorkshire, is to return to listing on ZPG. It will...

Franchise giant Hunters says independent agencies which joined the firm in recent years have typically beaten the performance of the housing market. Chief...

Just like that, the Easter Bank Holiday has come and gone and I find myself now looking ahead to the Summer.  The...

Foxtons says its long-term branch expansion programme is now “largely complete” and it is shifting its attention to using technology to...

As noted in Estate Agent Today’s news pages, OnTheMarket’s (OTM) recent dire share performance (at time of writing the price is...

ZPG has announced that it has signed a listings agreement with Chestertons, one of the estate agencies involved in the founding...

Three weeks has flown by (I missed an early deadline last week - apologies) and I find myself writing the next...

For many estate agents seeking to become entrepreneurs, the idea of starting their own business is undoubtedly daunting, especially when going...

One of the leading PropTech analysts says Rightmove’s huge success means that it has two difficult choices ahead if it is...

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

A mergers and acquisitions specialist says traditional agencies have been pushed into becoming more innovative by the rise of portals and...

New figures released by ZPG suggest increasing numbers of agents are listing on three portals. Amongst the latest agencies to renew long...

London agency Portico has been warned that if there is a repeat of issues concerning its listings on portals, it may...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today. If you haven’t caught this feature before, it’s a regular Monday opportunity...

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

The managing director of property data consultancy Hometrack, Charlie Bryant, is to lead a reorganised property marketing, software and data division...

OnTheMarket has told the City this morning that it has already signed up 81 new listing agreements by 5pm yesterday, completing...

OnTheMarket remains defiant despite the decision of Douglas & Gordon, one of its founder agencies, to list once again on Zoopla...

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

One of the founding agencies behind OnTheMarket has returned to listing on Zoopla. A statement from ZPG, parent company of Zoopla and PrimeLocation,...

The bank Morgan Stanley says OnTheMarket’s listings have fallen 19 per cent in the past year. In a note to investors issued...

ZPG has revealed that it had 58m visits to its property websites, Zoopla and Primelocation, last month. This is 10 per cent up...

OnTheMarket has finally completed its stock market float, with less capital raised, at a lower than planned valuation and, as I write,...

All eyes are on Agents’ Mutual’s first day of trading on the London stock exchange - just over five years after...

The printing industry is in the midst of a decline as digital products and services displace printed materials, which is why...

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

Whatever else you say about OnTheMarket, you can’t say it’s not consistent, consistent in treating its core membership shabbily.  We already know...

Analysts have given a frosty reception to the announcement by Agents’ Mutual that it is going to float shares priced at...

Agents’ Mutual has released more details of its float on the stock market, which begins on February 9 with a placing priced...

The story of this week - the ousting of Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt - prompts two key questions. Firstly, who takes...

The ESTAS Group has announced record entries for its 2018 estate and letting agents awards.  The national award scheme - which recognises...

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

Connells says it is still unable to comment on whether it will appeal against the Competition Appeals Tribunal verdict of last...

Online estate agency Tepilo has denied industry speculation that it is to change its fee structure now that it is under...

A website called Roofoveryourhead has launched which threatens to bypass estate agents and allow vendors to sell for free. The site uses language similar...

Well, I don’t know about you but after the holidays I've got an imprint just below my navel where my belt...

One of the world’s leading property technology analysts says Purplebricks-style disruptive agencies will be a trend to look out for in...

The Court of Appeal Civil Division has today given Connells’ agency Gascoigne Halman the right to appeal against the verdict of...

Asking prices are being cut more heavily than at any time in the past six years says Zoopla.  It says just over...

It’s traditional before Christmas to either review the year past or anticipate the one ahead - but I’m intrigued about what...

Keller Williams UK is launching its third office in the UK. It’s in Glasgow and the new market centre - the term...

Yesterday morning OnTheMarket confirmed its IPO plans but with no firm date. The question remains on whether the float will be...

The man behind a PropTech company has blasted Rightmove and Zoopla for failing to emphasise 360-degree virtual tours - the feature recently...

The average home in England and Wales now sells for very nearly four per cent under its original asking price - a...

ZPG has revealed its 2017 annual report this morning with a stream of records - 648 million visits to portals, revenue...

LSL Property Services - which has high street brands including Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons - has signed...

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...

Global investment bank RBC Capital Markets says OnTheMarket has the potential to undermine the pricing power of Rightmove and ZPG -...

An online agency which claims to be the first in the world to be dedicated to sealed bid property sales, is...

News agency Reuters says a top five shareholder in price comparison service GoCompare says the firm should respond “positively” if ZPG...

OnTheMarket is reported to be threatening an estate agency with legal action. Earlier this week Estate Agent Today reported that Henry Adams, a...

The 15-branch Henry Adams agency has signed up to ZPG, just the day after the portal group said it had seen...

ZPG says that the number of estate agency branches that left to join OnTheMarket but have now returned has reached over...

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

A new website which completely by-passes all kinds of estate agents and allows vendors to upload details of their own properties...

The ZPG app for mobile users of the Zoopla and Primelocation websites has now been downloaded more than 10m times. ZPG launched...

International property analyst Mike DelPrete has queried the suggestion that Countrywide's online sales option is drawing in additional business to those...

The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...

ZPG has announced that Connells is the latest major agency chain to sign a long-term deal with its portals Zoopla and...

What is your experience in the property industry? I worked in estate agency for 12 years before joining Moneypenny and really enjoyed...

One of the industry’s longest-serving individuals, Connells Group chairman Stephen Shipperley, this month celebrates 40 years with the business.   He joined...

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

The vast majority of sellers surveyed by a consumer group say rapport with branch staff in a locally-based office is important...

One of the most thorough analyses of property portals ever undertaken shows that Rightmove is the world’s most profitable portal company...

It used to be so easy. Around 20 years ago there were what we now call full-service estate and letting agencies, and...

Three more complaints about agents made to the Advertising Standards Authority have been settled informally - including one concerning an agency's...

Zoopla is launching a new advert as part of its ongoing TV and radio campaign - and it stars those hermit...

One of the world’s leading property technology experts, who at one time was head of strategy at a property portal, says investing...

The Guild of Property Professionals has launched a partnership with the ESTAS Group, which runs the customer feedback platform and customer...

Let’s be honest - few people saw this coming. The 89 to 11 per cent majority amongst Agents’ Mutual members for...

ZPG - which already owns and operates Zoopla, PrimeLocation, Hometrack and the price comparison website uSwitch - has acquired the financial...

Iain White, the ex-Romans managing director and former Countrywide director, has come out strongly against the demutualisation proposal from Agents’ Mutual...

Before we go any further, assuming you are an Agents’ Mutual member, let me ask you a question. If you had...

The Property Ombudsman has expelled a London lettings and estate agency for a year and is warning that the firm may...

An estate agency that has just launched in south Devon says it is giving its customers the advantages of a 24-hour...

OneDome has launched a new online tool that allows users to scour Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket by setting up lifestyle criteria,...

The roadshow of presentations of Agents’ Mutual’s plans to float on the stock market have just passed the half-way mark. Remaining sessions...

Sources within Countrywide say the latest senior management figure to leave the company is Sam Tyrer, who under her title of...

Speculation is growing that one of the most senior executives in the Countrywide management team may be leaving the organisation. Countrywide and...

Humberts, a member of Agents’ Mutual, is today launching an online-only option and claims it can list online-only properties on OnTheMarket. Such...

There’s a distinct sense of déjà vu over the debacle of OnTheMarket. I avoided joining two years ago because I couldn’t see...

No one can say Agents’ Mutual has failed to provoke debate within the industry. The project was the centre of fierce argument...

ZPG has stepped into the escalating dispute between portals by revealing record figures on new leads - two hours before the first...

  The first two meetings in a roadshow which OnTheMarket has organised for local member agents take place today - another 18...

The head of a regional portal in the north of England has welcomed the likely demise of the controversial One Other...

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

I hate to be the guy to say ‘I told you so’…but I told you so! It seems that my predictions...

Agents’ Mutual has confirmed that it proposes to form a new company, OnTheMarket plc, to list on the AIM market of...

Agents’ Mutual (oops, that name might need to change…read on) has been touting its recent legal victory and is about to...

A data analytics firm that has studied over 2.7m visits to UK property company websites claims that once a visitor arrives...

More than a third of the homes in London currently on the market have had their asking prices reduced according to...

  A hybrid agency called 99Home Ltd, which made its debut back in April, appears to have relaunched with what it calls...

Being a leading world-class city comes at a price – they are the most expensive for occupiers and the most lucrative...

A traditional estate agency has launched a new online package to give vendors the opportunity “to save thousands.” FranKeys in Lincoln has...

Agents’ Mutual says it will be seeking to recover costs and compensation for losses incurred after what is widely seen as...

The Competition Appeal Tribunal has issued its judgement in the case between Agents’ Mutual and the Gascoigne Halman agency - and...

Supporting the adoption of technology does not mean we have to stop protecting the core values of the property industry. In...

Major westcountry agency Wilkinson Grant has told the Advertising Standards Authority it will not re-use wording following a complaint from a...

The managing director of ZPG Property Services says his firm will never ‘go around’ an agent in order to directly work...

The chief executive of Purplebricks, often criticised by detractors for failing to reveal completion rates as opposed to listings, says his...

Another senior industry analyst says the time is fast approaching for Rightmove to either shift its focus to take account of...

Mark Goddard was the founder and CEO of The Property Software Group (PSG), a property software solutions firm established in 2007,...

ZPG, owner of digital platforms including Zoopla, uSwitch, PrimeLocation, Hometrack and Property Software Group, has been cleared by the Competition and...

A new online estate agency is offering vendors a sales package for just £24.99. MoveSelf, which is based in Manchester, allows vendors to...

High profile estate agency Cluttons has returned to marketing with Zoopla Property Group (ZPG).  The firm rejoined the portal at the end...

To give you a nice distraction from the post-election madness, here’s an interview with Charlie Wright, founder of CIELA (or The...

The introduction of a 3% stamp duty surcharge on the purchase of additional properties has 'shattered' the property market, according to...

Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward let us range, Let the great world spin forever down the ringing grooves of...

Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) has announced it has become a 1% shareholder in international property portal business Propertyfinder Group (PFG). The organisation,...

A distinctive boutique estate agency that describes itself as a hybrid between traditional and online operators, and which set up a...

ZPG says the number of estate agency branches to have quit OnTheMarket and rejoined Zoopla over the past two years has...

Zoopla has been reported as saying hybrid estate agencies will not reach their professed targets of achieving 10 per cent of...

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

ZPG has published its half-year figures this morning showing a six per cent rise in the number of agents and a...

Estate Agent Today understands that the fledgling trade group CIELA - the Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents - has...

An internet monitoring service operated by international financial services giant Morgan Stanley says OnTheMarket is continuing to lose both its share...

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

Trinity Mirror is aiming to secure more of agents' marketing spend after launching what it is describing as a 'fightback' against...

Over 1,000 guests celebrated the success of the industry at the 14th annual ESTAS awards on Friday. The event, which is sponsored...

Given that around 95% of property searches now start online, it is more important than ever that an agent has an...

Badger Holdings, owner of 26 agency branches operating under the Townends and Regents Estate Agent brands, has signed a multi-year deal...

A record number of over 300 agents have so far signed up for next week’s FUTURE: PropTech conference, the largest event...

Zoopla has launched a new advertising campaign to promote its usefulness to house movers as told through the eyes of hermit...

Senior members of the fledgling Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents group are meeting today to discuss how independents can...

Purplebricks’ advertising is very negative and critical of the competition. They talk about 'commisery', trying to make potential sellers feel ripped...

It’s easy to be dismissive of the value of local newspapers for advertising residential property but things are never as straightforward...

The Competitions and Markets Authority has released more details of its ‘calling-in’ of the acquisition of Expert Agent by Zoopla Property...

For my latest Property Natter I have sought the opinions of two well-known property consultants - Michael Day, managing director of...

The Competitions and Markets Authority is reviewing the acquisition of Expert Agent by ZPG, parent company of Zoopla and PrimeLocation. A statement...

As Trussle and Placester add to 2017s bonkers tally of PropTech investment, isn’t it time we end the conflict between Tech...

ZPG chief executive Alex Chesterman has been named in a list of 100 British businessmen regarded as the key disruptors of...

New research conducted for ZPG claims that Zoopla’s ‘national spontaneous brand awareness’ is at an all-time high - with the gap...

It has been a busy week for investment in PropTech businesses and no doubt you have already got reading fatigue about...

OnTheMarket has swatted away the latest criticism from a long-term critic, online estate agency head Russell Quirk - although it has...

Over 60% of UK consumers think that Estate Agents’ Photos Are Very Poor To Average A recent survey* by dedicated property photo...

One thing that can be guaranteed in the property world each year is a range of conferences and awards dinners. Very...

Zoopla has acquired Expert Agent - the latest of a string of acquisitons by the portal. This follows the portal company's...

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

A new regional property portal aiming to sign up 80 per cent of agencies in Yorkshire says it is unconcerned about...

Rightmove has reminded agents of its new 14-week re-listing timescale, first announced just before Christmas as part of its crackdown on...

Excuse the puntastic (or not) title, but as you’ve no doubt already deciphered I took a trip northwards a couple of...

The first week of February has seen some extraordinary goings on in the property sector, from which two stories particularly stand out...

Estate Agent Today has been told that a deal between the Property Franchise Group and ZPG - the new name for...

It’s over. Done. The only ones interested are those with too much time on their hands. For God’s sake - behind...

Zoopla has released details of the profit some of its agents have made from its 2014 offer to purchase shares at...

Zoopla and OnTheMarket have issued their figures for last month’s visits, each claiming their busiest ever January. Zoopla Property Group says it...

A City consultancy has issued a note to investors backing Zoopla Property Group’s acquisition of data company Hometrack, suggested there is...

Zoopla Property Group’s £120m purchase of Hometrack, announced yesterday evening, is part of its aim to create “the UK’s most valuable...

Zoopla Property Group is buying Hometrack, one of the country’s leading property market business consultancies. Established in 1999, Hometrack is one of...

Reapit, the provider of CRM software to much of the estate agency industry, has become one of the partners for the...

Zoopla Property Group says that in the last three months alone over 100 estate agency branches have returned to its portal...

The story of the week has been the first steps of a trade body to represent independent estate agents - as...

When I read about the possible formation of yet another ‘mutual’ with the aim of furthering and protecting the interests of...

Property Service Holdings - parent company of the 150 branches trading under the Romans and Leaders names - has signed up...

An American investment analyst has used the Motley Fool online city column to give a glowing endorsement to one of the...

One of the founders of hybrid agency Purplebricks says sellers in the UK may never accept the sale of their property...

Zoopla says it delivered a record number of unique appraisal leads to its agent members in December, up 112 per cent...

Agency telephone answering service Moneypenny says Christmas 2016 is set to be busy if it follows the pattern of the previous festive...

Technology has been continuing to shape the way estate agents manage their customer service offering for years. It’s now a completely...

Zoopla and OnTheMarket have given their first reactions to Rightmove's portal juggling extension of its property re-listing deadline from two weeks to...

The ESTAS awards have a new main category sponsor - PropTech company OneDome. The OneDome service, launched last month, provides free-to-use information...

Carpe diem, seize the day – whatever you call it, it’s something all of us in the property industry should be looking...

A new property portal is to launch in April, and has this week started recruiting estate and letting agency members while...

What a mad, bonkers year it’s been. We’ve had, in no particular order: Trump, Brexit, Leicester winning the Premier League, a...

Zoopla Property Group has acquired the estate agency website specialist design firm Technicweb. The acquisition - its announcement was buried in yesterday's...

Zoopla Property Group's estate agency membership grew five per cent and its property listing inventory was up 10 per cent in...

It’s a tale of two estate agencies - Britain’s biggest, seemingly in trouble, and the second biggest, winning a seal of...

Chancellor Philip Hammond caught the lettings industry unaware with an incredulous Autumn Statement.  The buy-to-let sector took a bashing earlier in 2015...

An estate agency described as operating a ‘pay as you go’ business model says it wants to “disrupt the disruptors” operating...

Share prices for both Foxtons and Countrywide took a significant tumble yesterday as news of the ban on letting agents’ fees...

Tepilo, Sarah Beeny’s online estate agency, has opened a new headquarters in central London after doubling its turnover in the past...

The mobile apps for Zoopla and Primelocation passed the 8.5m milestone this week, with the former moving into number two spot...

Good branding is absolutely crucial to any successful business or product, even more so in a world of social media, instant...

The ESTAS, the unique customer feedback and awards scheme for estate and letting agents and other sectors of the property industry,...

A debate discussing how online and traditional estate agency would develop in the future, organised by City investment consultancy Jefferies, has...

A leading PropTech analyst has compared the finances of many of the world's leading property portals and says Rightmove is earning...

LSL Property Services has sold its remaining stake in Zoopla Property Group according to a City report. LSL - which includes High...

Countrywide's second most senior management figure - Head of Retail Sam Tyrer - is to speak before an industry audience next...

Zoopla Property Group claims that brand awareness for Zoopla is now at an all-time high and is establishing a growing gap...

It is with no pleasure and a touch of sadness that I took in the significance of OTM's recent performance in...

An online agency called DoorStepAgents.com claims to have set up a service which is both the cheapest and ‘best value’ sales...

A business publication says figures from a PropTech peer-to-peer lending firm which markets its products through Zoopla show a 95 per cent...

Zoopla Property Group claims that in the past two weeks, over 40 agency branches have returned to listing on Zoopla and...

One of the world’s leading property portal and online consultants says Purplebricks, which is now operating in Australia and the UK,...

A technology business adviser who has surveyed property portals across the world has praised Rightmove for its determination to become the...

Investment group Shore Capital says the future expansion of digital property advertising means Zoopla shares - despite recent growth - are...

The Jeffries Group, an eight-branch Hampshire-based independent agency, says it is going to leave OnTheMarket.  Although the group’s website and email branding...

Zoopla Property Group says there were over 53m visits to its Zoopla and PrimeLocation websites in September, up 13 per cent...

OnTheMarket says it provided “a record number of leads” to its agent members in September - but is not disclosing how...

Zoopla has formally announced the launch of its new 'Invest' channel, which has been designed to provide consumers with the opportunity...

An eleven-branch estate agency has announced that it will stop listing with OnTheMarket and is returning to Zoopla Property Group (ZPG). Howard...

Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) has announced the launch of a new feature on its website which will help estate agents to...

A fantastic exclusive this week as I carry out a question and answer session with one of the leading names in...

Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) has announced that it has invested in a soon-to-launch PropTech startup. The group, which now owns uSwitch and...

Later on, the title of this piece should become clearer (at least I hope so). First, though, a few bits and...

Zoopla Property Group is seeking to integrate uSwitch, its price comparison service, with MoveIT, its agents’ platform for ancillary revenue generation. It...

Zoopla Property Group has this morning told the City that it has seen another increase in agent numbers and listings in...

Zoopla Property Group is organising a series of seminars for agent members next month, aimed at promoting products offered by its...

  OnTheMarket says Andrew Milsom Estate Agents, a six branch agency in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, has joined the portal.   The website says the...

It’s a headline from an Australian business journal this week but it has a familiar ring to it: “Estate agents’ attempts...

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

Mystery surrounds the fate of Fresh Chilli, a north of England-based hybrid estate agency that launched with a fanfare last autumn,...

PropTech firm Plentific has teamed up with the HomeOwners Alliance to give another platform for its ‘Find a Pro’ service highlighting...

An agent at the centre of the campaign to expose and stop portal juggling wants to know whether the National Trading...

As I sit here writing this on the Glorious 12th, I realise I’m going on about my favourite grouse – agents...

Countrywide has confounded its critics with an upbeat performance in the first six months of the year, growing revenues by nine...

Rightmove has reported its half-year figures to the City and its investors with the stand-out claim being that it now says...

The Competition Appeals Tribunal which is to investigate a dispute between OnTheMarket and two agencies is scheduled to hold its first...

Zoopla is linking with Samsung to offer its members giant touch-screens for use in offices, displaying the agents’ own inventory of...

Zoopla is to offer its members a range of options which effectively mean that those agents who wish to can offer...

Plentific - a proptech startup that operates a ‘find a professional’ service - has secured £2m in funding.  The service, which lists...

An online search engine claims it will allow estate agents to “make significant cost savings in advertising portal fees” with the...

The news that Theresa May will be installed as Prime Minister tomorrow has immediately stabilished the share prices of estate agents...

Zoopla claims that it has delivered a 40 per cent increase in valuation leads to its agent members in the first six...

The joke doing the rounds last week still seems to be just as relevant this week: “the only man with a...

The Zoopla Property Group have been confirmed as headline partner once again for The ESTAS next year.     The ESTAS is a...

Zoopla chief executive Alex Chesterman has been revealed to be one of the business leaders behind a legal challenge regarding the Brexit...

Zoopla is beefing up its TV and bus advertising this week to consolidate its claim to be the property portal with...

A few of our Industry Views pieces this week focus on the upcoming EU referendum. I don’t think I can add...

With more house-hunters than ever now starting their search for a new home by typically looking online on one of the major...

Cashing in on the publicity surrounding the share price of Purplebricks and recent entries into hybrid estate agency by Countrywide and...

As we have just passed the 6 month half way point of 2016 we thought it would be a good idea...

Property portal OnTheMarket has announced that it has signed up five branch estate agency Meller Braggins.  The firm, which is based in...

An investment consultancy has issued a note to investors, advising them not to buy shares in Purplebricks.  Jefferies – the firm which...

The only way Purplebricks' dominance of the online agency sector can be challenged is via a merger between competitors or another stock...

Several stock market analysts have published reports on Zoopla's half-year trading statement released yesterday. Anthony Codling of Jefferies – the firm which...

Zoopla Property Group (ZPG) has today reported a strong period of growth during the six months to the end of March...

A new private sales website is offering sellers the chance to market their property for 28 days for just £1. After the...

OnTheMarket has changed the claims it makes to prospective clients about its stock levels and market share compared to Zoopla, following...

Russell Quirk - whose online agency eMoov is banned from OnTheMarket - says the new portal has indirectly helped onliners rather...

A member of the public has submitted a complaint on portal juggling to the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team following...

Last time out I spoke about the beginnings of a PropTech revolution, with two major London-based events in the offing over...

Zoopla says its latest research shows it has now achieved a record level of national brand awareness and leads UK property...

Here are the top letting agents in Britain who go above and beyond to help their customers, as voted for by...

The Motley Fool, a widely-read City investment column, says a Leave vote could result in a fall in housing market transaction...

Who are you? I’m the champion of local owner managed estate agents, leading them in the fight to beat the competition   What...

Leaked emails dating from 2013 and seen this week by Estate Agent Today appear to show a number of estate agencies...

A London agent says he has quit OnTheMarket and Agents’ Mutual as a result of the intervention of the Competitions and Markets...

Beleaguered challenger portal OnTheMarket has recruited the 25-branch south of England agency Goadsby and says this takes its total of sales...

Prime London agency Lurot Brand claims to have set a record sale price for a traditional London mews street in the...

By accident or design, the PR machine at OnTheMarket was beefed up last week.  Just as well. With the portal still reeling...

One of the directors of Agents’ Mutual, parent body of portal OnTheMarket, has told Estate Agent Today that his firm does...

Agency software company Dezrez says the jury is out on whether Zoopla’s acquisition of the Property Software Group will be considered...

A City analyst says Zoopla Property Group’s conditional acquisition of the UK's largest supplier of estate agency software for £75m may...

It almost goes without saying that PropTech is a hot topic these days - this year alone we’ve seen multi-million pound...

Zoopla Property Group has confirmed its conditional agreement to buy The Property Software Group, which it calls the UK’s market-leading provider...

An executive director at hybrid estate agency EweMove has hit out at the government’s apparent support for innovation in the house...

Some estate agents who received a letter from lawyers acting on behalf of Agents’ Mutual say they will still not upload...

City analysts at UBS have downgraded Zoopla to a 'neutral' recommendation from 'buy' citing that it remains threatened by OnTheMarket. Against the...

One of the leading financial advice websites in the country has said that Rightmove’s “significant market share” and “insanely high margins”...

Estate agents have been urged to follow the example of the travel agency industry and make high street offices more stimulating...

A fascinating report commissioned by online agency easyProperty has given the lowdown on what house buying might be like in 2020...

Zoopla is this week introducing a new 'running costs' tool, being launched with the help of new TV advertising, to increase...

The days are getting longer, the sun is starting to appear on a more regular basis, Easter is just around the...

Zoopla Property Group says it has recorded a 61 per cent leap in appraisal leads in February compared to the same...

A three branch estate agency has announced that it has returned to Zoopla from OnTheMarket.  Staves Estate Agents, which has offices in...

OnTheMarket, the property portal founded by Agents' Mutual, has announced its launch in Northern Ireland. The website is aiming to go head-to-head...

The property market is racing ahead, but not everyone who wants to be part of it appears to want to keep...

Software. You might not give it much thought a lot of the time, but it’s an absolutely crucial part of how...

The analyst who has claimed that Rightmove may be seeking to ‘embed’ itself into estate agencies’ day-to-day management has now told...

One of the property portal sector’s leading analysts is suggesting that Rightmove may be about to increasingly involve itself with services...

Talks are ongoing about portal choices for Cheshire-based estate agency Gascoigne Halman - acquired by Connells last year - and no decision has...

A record 30,000 surveys have been submitted to the organisers of The ESTAS awards on the performance of estate and letting...

Alex Bailes, until recently spearheading the Countrywide’s activities in the digital world, has now reappeared as Connells Group Head of Digital. Alongside...

And so it begins. Four months and counting before we vote to leave or remain. For a country apparently so divided about...

In line with the industry’s expectations, Rightmove has announced its results declaring a record performance by almost every measure. There were a...

A property statistician says portals may be inaccurately reflecting prices in some areas because of possible double-counting of properties listed with...