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Former Countrywide boss Bob Scarff has warned that estate agents have become too reliant on alerts, emails and text messages for...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features
Hello and welcome to our first Euros Agent Match Report, a really engaging piece on England's triumphant campaign start yesterday. Our thanks go to...
14 June 2021
From: Breaking News
With just hours to go to the start of the Euros, we can announce our squad for writing Agents Reports on...
11 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The only certainty at the moment is ongoing uncertainty. It’s something we’ve got used to in 2020, but it’s still not...
10 October 2020
From: Features
One of the country’s major regional agencies has unveiled a ‘super hub’ structure which began life as a lockdown measure but...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News
The story of this week - the ousting of Countrywide chief executive Alison Platt - prompts two key questions. Firstly, who takes...
26 January 2018
From: Breaking News
It is now an industry truism to say that Alison Platt has transformed Countrywide - but recent evidence, and now doubt...
23 January 2018
From: Breaking News
As those of us in the industry know, there is a fine balance to strike between disruptive technology – and the...
30 September 2017
From: Features
90% of PropTech’s work is good and vital, but that final ten has the potential to damage the rest. In my Sunday...
27 September 2017
From: Breaking News
More former Countrywide figures have emerged in new roles at rival organisations. Darren Bowles, former regional sales manager at Countrywide’s Bridgfords brand,...
18 April 2017
From: Breaking News
The remarkable bull run on the London Stock Exchange continues for hybrid estate agency Purplebricks, which floated shares at 100p just...
09 February 2017
From: Breaking News
Estate Agent Today understands that butters john bee - the independent agency where former Countrywide head of estate agency Bob Scarff...
03 January 2017
From: Breaking News
A fantastic exclusive this week as I carry out a question and answer session with one of the leading names in...
16 September 2016
From: Features
The former managing director of Countrywide has responded to claims made by Russell Quirk that the UK's largest agency rejected the...
15 September 2016
From: Breaking News
Later on, the title of this piece should become clearer (at least I hope so). First, though, a few bits and...
09 September 2016
From: Features
Countrywide’s former senior management rejected an invitation to buy 10 per cent of eMoov for £100,000 five years ago, according to the...
08 September 2016
From: Breaking News
Agents take an average of seven working hours and 11 minutes to respond to email leads - and just over a...
26 August 2016
From: Breaking News
The former Countrywide head of estate agency Bob Scarff is teaming up with property technology expert Rob Wellstead to create unspecified...
19 May 2016
From: Breaking News
Estate Agent Today can reveal that Bob Scarff, the head of Countrywide’s estate agency business until last May, has become a...
18 April 2016
From: Breaking News
Estate Agent Today can reveal that Bob Scarff, the head of Countrywide’s estate agency business until last May, has become a...
09 March 2016
From: Breaking News
Estate Agent Today understands that Countrywide's Chief Information Officer is the latest high-profile manager to leave the organisation. Oliver Skagerlind joined Countrywide,...