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Stress tests are a valuable tool for measuring resilience and the Scottish residential property market was put through a fairly gruelling...

The liquidator of collapsed portal Boomin is investigating a sale of the portal's intellectual property to My Bespoke Room as its...

Property social network and listings website PropertyHeads has staked a claim as the number four property portal in the UK. While much...

For almost as long as any of us can remember, we’ve had an unpaid colleague getting sales over the line for...

A former senior executive for Boomin and Purplebricks has returned to traditional estate agency. Tom Kirk, previously chief product officer for Boomin...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss the evolving world of Estate Agency and Estate Agents. 2020...

Former Purplebricks and Boomin boss Michael Bruce has taken part in a new funding round for interior design platform My Bespoke Room. Bruce...

In his latest column Jonathan Rolande explains how those working in the property can best navigate the challenges the market is...

Purplebricks co-founder Kenny Bruce has returned to the estate agency world. Bruce, who helped launch Purplebricks with his brother Michael as well...

When it comes to plain English, we in the property world are our own worst enemies. I don’t just mean the cliches...

The size of the UK property auction house market hit the highest point in a decade in 2022, approaching half a...

In his latest column Jonathan Rolande explains why estate agents need to ditch selling techniques and brush up on persuasion to...

House price growth may be slowing but Sottish agency brand DJ Alexander has revealed that it recorded its highest ever sales...

The RICS Residential Survey Report for March caused a bit of a stir this week – despite the fact that it...

Purplebricks’ share price hit a new low last week after it announced a strategic review that could lead to the sale...

The estate agency job market remains buoyant despite talk of a property market slowdown, an industry recruiter claims. Agency recruitment firm Rayner...

Consumer demand for auction can no longer be ignored. Month after month this alternative method of sale sees increased uptake as...

Estate agency veteran Paul Vickerstaff has found a new job with Heatable following the collapse of Boomin. Vickerstaff had joined the challenger...

As we get ever closer to 2023, this final Natter of the year is dedicated to the five biggest property moments of...

Here at Angels Media towers, we’re always keen to get the biggest names in the business on board for interviews. And that...

Collapsed challenger portal Boomin has officially named its liquidator as company documents this morning outlined a deficiency of almost £10m in...

The Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has written off its investment in collapsed challenger portal Boomin. The broker entered a strategic relationship with,...

Making predictions for the year ahead is notoriously difficult and leaves me open to having egg on my face, but I’m...

Challenger portal and property platform Boomin informed staff that it was calling in liquidators yesterday. As first reported by Sky News, the...

Boomin users have been emailed this afternoon to confirm that the challenger portal has “reluctantly” been placed into liquidation. An email from...

Spicerhaart has appointed a former Connells area director to lead some of its most high-profile brands. Daniel Ansell has been appointed as...

The results are finally in, and to no-one’s surprise Liz Truss has been named the new leader of the Conservative Party...

Property professionals and commentators have begun pondering an official definition of a house price crash. It comes amid forecasts that house prices...

Jacob Rees-Mogg is reportedly being lined up as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities should Liz Truss win...

Double-think, for those who have not read George Orwell, is when people are expected to accept two conflicting beliefs as truth,...

Online searches for property portals have declined, in another suggested sign of the slowing market. Analysis of data from AdWords and Google Trends...

In the third part of this exclusive series with Homesearch’s chief operating officer, Sam Hunter, Angels Media’s Lee Dahill questions him...

Homeowners are being warned that their properties may inadvertently end up the Secret Property section of Boomin’s portal. Boomin’s Secret Property tool...

There’s one message that’s come home to me loud and clear from my dealings with agents so far this year -...

Conveyancers have had their busiest year on record, industry data shows. Search Acumen’s latest Conveyancing Market for the first quarter of 2022...

Boomin has acquired interior design platform My Bespoke Room. The challenger portal's founder Michael Bruce said it was part of a wider...

Sales remain the predominant source of income for most estate agency brands, research claims. The analysis warns that agents shouldn’t ignore lettings...

Agents using Boomin have managed to convert more than 20% of SmartVal valuation requests into instructions. The challenger portal and lead generation...

Fundraising efforts featuring bikes, boats and James Bond all feature in this week's edition of Agents Do Charity. Remember, if you have...

The prime country market outside of London appears to be booming again in a rush to beat a slowdown in house...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

Agency franchisees with brands such as Hunters, Martin & Co, Belvoir and EasyProperty are being given the chance to sign up...

Rising house prices boosted HMRC’s coffers during the previous tax year. Analysts suggest the booming housing market has meant HMRC has attracted...

A leading figure in the Say No To Rightmove (STNR) campaign says the attempts to get agents to ditch Rightmove have...

Boomin has unveiled its latest round of paying agents. The challenger portal, launched by former Purplebricks founder Michael Bruce, has revealed 10...

A property analyst has warned against comparing the number of branches on Boomin to Rightmove. Challenger portal Boomin revealed its first batch...

In this week’s Natter, I carry out a Q&A with Lisa Knight, who has taken the impressive journey from barmaid to...

Foxtons, Chancellors and Douglas & Gordon have been named among the first paid-up agency brands on Boomin. The challenger portal, launched by...

A former UK national sales director at Purplebricks has been reunited with the online agent’s founder Michael Bruce at Boomin. Paul Vickerstaff,...

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

New portal Boomin suggests it has “thousands” of agents who have signed up on a paid basis. The portal - which launched almost...

Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce has for the first time given some figures on the usage of some of the key...

With Boomin nearly turning one, I decided to catch up with Michael Bruce, the co-founder of the property website and more...

In a new column, solicitor Colum Smith, an expert in combating fraud at Taylor Rose MW Solicitors, explains why those looking...

The industry has reacted to the Spring Statement by breathing a sigh of relief that nothing was likely to cause damage...

Boomin claims that one of the online influencers it has commissioned to create YouTube content has won has many viewers as...

Michael and Kenny Bruce have for the first time given their views on what went wrong for Purplebricks during their time...

In this exclusive for Estate Agent Today readers, video supremo and property expert Chris Watkin conducts an interview with the Bruce...

The chief executive of Boomin says agents have asked him to do something about rival portals “pocketing income from mortgage referral...

The founder of fledgling portal Boomin says the latest Nationwide house price index findings demonstrate that there’s no sign yet of...

Housing market analyst and PropTech entrepreneur Anthony Codling says that the next few weeks will determine whether Boomin is the portal...

A webinar this week is set to see the release of more details of changes to property listings being demanded by...

The estate agent known to his thousands of followers on Twitter as Mayfair Guru is predicting a ‘Roaring 2020s’ for the...

Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce wants government action to help save the housing market as the cost of living crisis grows.  Following...

New research suggests that the estate agency industry has bucked the nationwide trend of business liquidation that he plagued other sectors...

Research based on questioning almost 1,000 estate agents suggests that around 70 per cent are set to expand their business this...

The ESTAS Forum scheduled for March says its aim is to encourage agents and conveyancers to work more closely together.  “There doesn’t...

With the drastic changes enacted on the industry over the past two years thanks to the pandemic and political events such...

Boomin has issued research done on its behalf into the value of spare rooms - and it’s made some eccentric comparisons...

The Bruce brothers’ new portal Boomin has given its first statistics regarding usage following the launch of a new marketing campaign...

Boomin co-founder and chief executive Michael Bruce has returned to the attack on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket with an open letter,...

A prominent agency chief is warning that record house prices could lead to a housing bust if lending gets out of...

The chair of the strategic board of fledgling Boomin says most existing portals are merely operating like digital newspapers with listings,...

Boomin is launching a new ad campaign from Boxing Day, December 26 - the date previously associated with record visits to...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...

Data out today from Rightmove shows the predictable seasonal effect of around 0.7 per cent knocked off the typical asking price. The...

We all know what did happen in 2021 - Covid and more Covid, the stamp duty holiday frenzy, a soaring rental...

As the UK housing market faces an ongoing boom, there’s one profession that’s certainly rushed off its feet — estate agents....

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

Online auction specialist Iamsold has opened its training programme for applications for its January 2022 intake.  Jamie Cooke, managing director at iamsold,...

Boomin has revealed an upgrade to its SmartVal feature, which tries to blend real-time online valuations with local expertise from member...

Boomin has launched a new tool - Chainmaker - which it claims cuts fall throughs and introduces agents to ‘hot buyers’. The software...

Fledgling portal Boomin has published figures - but not the long-awaited ones about its users or agents.   Instead, it’s released data...

In this op-ed, Warwick Haycock, accounting software specialist at The Access Group, looks at how the use of tech can empower...

PropTech is booming, and its rise was only accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced the real estate industry – as...

Agent wages have been in the news this week, with boastful claims from a number of self-employed businesses about the sums...

Fledgling portal Boomin says its new SmartVal tool has received over 10,000 requests since launching in early September. SmartVal is powered in part by...

A leading agency says the new normal likely to establish itself in the housing market after the end of the stamp...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity - another edition of good will and cheer generated by the industry’s fund-raising heroes. It’s...

A TV advertising campaign begins today to promote SmartVal, its real-time valuation tool available on the Boomin portal. The advertisements will start...

There are some parts of the world, including in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, where estate agent isn’t seen as...

An estate agency comparison website has conducted research into how much it costs to simply keep an average home in a...

I’m sorry to break this to you but in 10 days’ time it will be autumn - and we will have...

Representatives of Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket, Boomin and OneDome portals are to be quizzed in an industry Question Time session next month. Russell...

Michael Bruce says the new SmartVal automated valuation system he is this month introducing on Boomin will be the most accurate...

Are you experiencing Estate Agent burnout? As The Stamp Duty Holiday has begun to tail off, it didn’t bring the relaxation in...

Zoopla has issued a data-heavy statement on its services for agents - just days after Boomin criticised it for being over...

Boomin has revealed to Estate Agent Today the latest figures on agency branches signed up to its fledgling portal. It says it...

The head of Boomin has attacked Rightmove for the fees it currently charges agents, the likelihood of higher fees to come,...

Well, we’re technically more than halfway through the year already, but we’ll let that slide. And what a year it’s been...