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Propertymark has launched a new working relationship with the Belvoir Group to help further improve standards and enhance financial protection for...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) members are to be given access to exclusive training schemes from industry expert Julian O’Dell. The...

Sky News is reporting that Boomin, the portal founded by Purplebricks creator Michael Bruce, is close to finalising a new round...

Property events and functions are now back in full swing, with 2022 likely to be the first ‘normal’ year for this...

An England football manager who resigned after a newspaper sting is in a podcast series launched by Boomin and Purplebricks founders Michael and Kenny...

Relocation Agent Network, the network of primarily independent agencies, says it’s looking at global options for growth thanks to its relationship...

Yet-to-launch portal Boomin has secured the support of 10 more estate agencies, one of them the national chain Humberts. In its third...

The agency leading the Say No To Rightmove campaign has returned all of its offices and brands to Zoopla. The Acorn Group,...

The Guild of Property Professionals says that in the past quarter it has had its highest number of new joiners on...

Rightmove and OnTheMarket have announced that they are extending their cut-price fees deals, introduced because of Coronavirus. This morning Rightmove says: "We have...

The Guild of Property Professionals says “a remarkable number” of agencies has joined it during the lockdown. Some 27 agencies signed up...

If anyone told us six weeks ago that agents would still be doing such amazing work for their communities during lockdown...

Zoopla has revealed large growth in agency membership and visitor figures for 2019. Since being bought by US equity firm Silver Lake,...

OnTheMarket says it will not increase listing charges in 2020 for any agents currently paying full fees, while agencies which list on only...

OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett says rival portals may want to “interfere” with his aim of converting agency members from free...

OnTheMarket claims monthly visits to its website hit a record 25.4m in May - but the portal’s latest update gives no...

Every estate agency applying to join a new group for independents will be mystery shopped in a bid to ensure it...

Property industry commentator and former online agency chief executive Russell Quirk has defended Rightmove’s charges to agents, saying that compared to...

OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has told an agents’ conference of the strategy for his service - including a prediction that...

As if to prove there are two ways to interpret every figure, a new analysis of Rightmove’s recent trading statement suggests...

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

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

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

The Connells-owned agency Gascoigne Halman is to make a costs payment of £1.24m within 14 days to Agents’ Mutual - but...

The Connells-owned agency Gascoigne Halman is to make a costs payment of £1.24m within 14 days to Agents’ Mutual - but...

The start of Wimbledon means we’re reaching peak summer - even if the weather suggests otherwise. But distractions like sporting events...

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

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

Zoopla has confirmed that its next date for announcing its agency membership totals - part of its ongoing rivalry with OnTheMarket...

A central London estate agent is in dispute with OnTheMarket over its leads, number of agencies on board, and visits from...

Zoopla has added another 146 UK estate agents to its membership since July, taking the total of UK agents now to...

Zoopla says it will later this week give an update on the number of agents it now has as members -...

Zoopla Property Group, which earlier this year snapped up comparison website uSwitch, is launching a new marketing scheme allowing agents to...

OnTheMarket has made a defiant response to news that Zoopla is growing both its estate agent membership and its property listings...

Zoopla is back in business with its trading update to the City this morning revealing that it has a net growth...

Zoopla is set to announce its latest total of agent members later this week. Back in May Zoopla revealed that it had...

Zoopla says it has lost 16 per cent of its global members in the year to the end of March -...

Two rival redress schemes applying to sales and lettings agents are claiming increased business.  A press release from the Property Redress Scheme...