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A leading PropTech entrepreneur with a lengthy pedigree as an estate agent says agents should use more technology in a bid...

A controversial league table of corporate agents’ market share is deliberately excluding Purplebricks and other online agencies.  This is despite Purplebricks this...

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...

An extensive culling of branches and staff continues apace at Countrywide as it significantly reduces the size of both its office...

Estate Agent Today can reveal that a string of Countrywide offices across the country have been closed in recent weeks - but...

Countrywide has added its weight to the campaign asking the government to allow agents to get back to work - and...

One of Britain’s most experienced estate agents says there’s no alternative to Rightmove, and the portal’s relationship with the industry is...

Countrywide says London agency Greene & Co, acquired back in May 2015, will become ‘fully immersed’ into its Hamptons International brand...

Countrywide has told Estate Agent Today that it will not be releasing any figures on the branch closure programme it introduced...

Further details of Countrywide's closure and consolidation programme, first revealed by Estate Agent Today on Friday, have emerged over the weekend. A...

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

A magazine claims its investigations into the sales tactics of Countrywide and Connells suggest the two agency are “harming consumers, stopping them from...

James Hillier and Rob Bearsby, who have operated Apex Residential at Bexleyheath in London for the past 14 years, have switched...

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

A Countrywide agency is launching a publicity campaign involving well-known social media bloggers and YouTube ‘stars’ known as vloggers.  The publicity campaign,...

Countrywide’s share price hit a record low during trading yesterday afternoon when it dropped to 137.75p, having opened the day at...

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...

The recent rise in consumer complaints against sales and letting agents suggests that there is a general lack of trust and...

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

Countrywide’s Bairstow Eves brand has launched a series of video guides for customers using their £995 online agency service and for...

Countrywide has promoted Shane Ballard to become one of London’s Retail Directors in the organisation. He will cover sales and lettings for...

Countrywide says it is unable to comment on speculation that some Bairstow Eves offices in the south of England have been...

Two former directors of Countrywide have joined independent agency butters john bee. Andy Townsend joins as managing director for Lettings and Dominic...

Thanks so much for the first photographs of your office’s decorations sent in to us here at Estate Agent Today. We’re keen...

A review of 30 prominent property sales websites undertaken by a digital marketing company demonstrates, perhaps predictably, a huge lead for...

Countrywide, the UK’s largest agency group, is teaming up with the National Association of Estate Agents in what both sides call...