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The Guild of Property Professionals has launched a second virtual event this Autumn following its inaugural streamed event earlier this year. Scheduled...
11 October 2023
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Purplebricks’ share price hit a new low last week after it announced a strategic review that could lead to the sale...
20 February 2023
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With the Treasury and the Bank of England stepping in to try and calm the markets, talk of an emergency interest...
28 September 2022
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A property analyst has warned against comparing the number of branches on Boomin to Rightmove. Challenger portal Boomin revealed its first batch...
11 April 2022
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Purplebricks ended the trading day yesterday without being able to formally welcome its new chief executive but the markets appeared to...
05 April 2022
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Housing market analyst and PropTech entrepreneur Anthony Codling says that the next few weeks will determine whether Boomin is the portal...
28 February 2022
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The level of house price growth is at a 17 year high at 11.2 per cent according to the Nationwide. The annual...
02 February 2022
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Low fee agents such as Purplebricks and some other online operators are generally not trusted by the public when selling their...
01 February 2022
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PropTech firm CoreLogic UK has acquired the property search and marketing platform Rummage4. Rummage4 was founded in 2015 by agent Robert May...
21 January 2022
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The latest figures for mortgage approvals show demand as being relatively unchanged - a development welcomed by agents. House purchase mortgage approvals...
05 January 2022
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A torrid period for Purplebricks' share value means it opens stock market trading today with a price of just 33p. This is less...
08 November 2021
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The first house price index for August suggests they rose 2.1 per cent in just a month - despite forecasts that the...
02 September 2021
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Mortgage approvals declined over the last month as the tapering stamp duty holiday deterred home purchases, according to data from the...
01 September 2021
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The Halifax is reporting a 0.5 per cent monthly drop in house prices, plus a fall in the annual rate from...
08 July 2021
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Average house prices in the year to the end of April increased by 8.9 per cent according to the government’s Office...
17 June 2021
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Mortgage lending has shown the biggest net increase on record according to the Bank of England. Mortgage borrowing in March rose by...
05 May 2021
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The government’s highly-anticipated Tax Day was just a damp squib. That’s the view of leading analyst Anthony Codling, who says the almost complete...
24 March 2021
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The latest house price index from the Halifax suggests the market has softened ahead of the original scheduled end of the stamp...
08 March 2021
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A leading market commentator says the acquisition of London agency Douglas & Gordon represents “a strategic step change” for Foxtons -...
03 March 2021
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A housing market analyst says stamp duty, for all its unpopularity within the property industry, may not be so bad after...
08 February 2021
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Today’s the day when Parliament debates a possible extension to the stamp duty holiday beyond its March 31 cliff edge deadline...
01 February 2021
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A leading analyst is questioning whether buyers have benefitted from the stamp duty holiday because demand has purshed up prices far...
22 January 2021
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One of the housing market’s senior analysts says the end of the stamp duty holiday on March 31 would not be...
15 January 2021
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New figures from the Bank of England show that mortgage approvals rose 7.0 per cent in November to reach 105,000 -...
06 January 2021
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Anthony Codling, the City analyst who made his name as a scourge of Purplebricks, says Brexit may be good news for the...
04 January 2021
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House prices surged in December to post their fastest growth in six years, according to the Nationwide. Prices rose 7.3 per cent...
31 December 2020
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Mystery still surrounds the number of homes actually sold by Purplebricks, despite upbeat statements regarding the number of instructions it wins. The...
16 December 2020
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It may make little difference to agents but a leading analyst suggests thousands of buyers have effectively lost money on their purchase...
23 November 2020
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One of the industry’s leading commentators says an unintended consequence of a possible Capital Gains Tax increase could be a bonus...
13 November 2020
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A leading market analyst says the widespread belief that we are ‘safe’ in our homes may indirectly lead to the recent...
02 November 2020
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House prices in September were 7.3 per cent higher than a year earlier – the highest house price inflation since June 2016. The Halifax...
08 October 2020
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House prices rose again in August to reach a record high level according to Halifax, which is part of the Lloyds...
08 September 2020
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The scale of the market bounce back after lockdown is made clear in new figures from HM Revenue & Customs. It registers...
24 August 2020
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An industry analyst is challenging the long-established agents’ view that reducing or temporarily scrapping stamp duty would help the market. On the...
08 July 2020
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Agents have remained calm in the light of Nationwide’s house price index which shows the first annual fall for eight years...
02 July 2020
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"New property website launches. Not immediately sure what it does differently, what its USP is or who will use it, but...
01 July 2020
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A former City analyst best known for his scathing criticisms of Purplebricks has launched a PropTech platform that he describes as...
30 June 2020
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The chief executive of a property information platform says now is a “dangerous time” to buy or sell homes because of...
22 June 2020
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A PropTech start-up led by a prominent commentator has become the latest part of the industry to take a pop at...
24 March 2020
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The current market crisis caused by Coronavirus should present OnTheMarket with an opportunity to pause its existing strategy, talk to agents...
18 March 2020
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Prominent agency industry analyst Anthony Codling is asking agents whether the board of OnTheMarket did the right thing by firing Ian...
10 March 2020
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It never rains but it pours. And that’s certainly been the case for the online estate agency sector in the last...
03 October 2019
From: Features
Speculation is growing about the future of online agency Yopa. This follows a key resignation from Yopa’s board and one expert’s analysis...
22 August 2019
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The former chief executive of Purplebricks UK says the agency completes on over 80 per cent of the homes it lists...
25 June 2019
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Following yesterday's surprise news that founder Michael Bruce is leaving the business and its Australian operation is closing down, Purplebricks encountered...
08 May 2019
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LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move and Reeds Rains, has substantially 'written down' its investment in online estate...
05 March 2019
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Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...
02 February 2019
From: Features
Alongside hundreds of agents and suppliers, I recently attended the Guild of Property Professionals’ annual conference. As ever, it was a great...
26 January 2019
From: Features
Former City analyst Anthony Codling - who is now the front-man for a new property portal - has set out why...
21 January 2019
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There’s nothing new about identifying 10 figures who have helped shape an industry over the past year, but that doesn’t mean...
28 December 2018
From: Features
A new portal is launching next year with Countrywide and some 30 other estate agency groups signed up, as well as...
03 December 2018
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The investment bank Jefferies says Foxtons’ long-running share price slump is a reflection of Brexit uncertainty “until we find out what...
14 August 2018
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The stock market and at least one City analyst have shrugged their shoulders at the claim by Purplebricks that it is...
06 July 2018
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The UK chief executive of Purplebricks says his company has ambitions to roll out its business model all over the world. Lee...
03 May 2018
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The Future: PropTech conference takes place in under a fortnight’s time on May 2 and over 1,200 delegates have now been...
20 April 2018
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The Future:PropTech event on May 2 is now under six weeks away and more details have been released about speakers and...
26 March 2018
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Jefferies - the City consultancy which has in the past worked with Countrywide - has cuts its forecasts for the troubled...
09 March 2018
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The death of traditional TV – where viewers sit down together to watch shows at defined times – has been much...
24 February 2018
From: Features
City broker Jefferies is warning that Countrywide’s earnings as calculated through the EBITDA measure could drop to as little as £50m -...
15 February 2018
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An analysis of one month’s listings on Purplebricks by City consultancy Jefferies concludes that it sold 51.6 per cent of its...
01 February 2018
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Here it is - the industry’s verdict on the latest set of figures from Purplebricks. The agency doesn’t play by any of...
15 December 2017
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Purplebricks has told Estate Agent Today it is more open about its business than almost any other agency and stridently rejects criticism about...
19 October 2017
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Agents’ Mutual (oops, that name might need to change…read on) has been touting its recent legal victory and is about to...
03 August 2017
From: Features
After a roller-coaster day on the Stock Exchange yesterday, Purplebricks has sought to defend itself against further possible share price losses...
03 August 2017
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A City analyst has fuelled speculation that Rightmove has a goal to increase its monthly average revenue from each agency from...
31 July 2017
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Speculation is growing over whether figures to be released by Countrywide on Thursday may prompt another fall in the troubled company’s...
25 July 2017
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Foxtons - a company seen by many as a barometer of the London housing market - is likely to face a...
10 July 2017
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One of the industry’s leading analysts says Countrywide’s figures for the first half of 2017 are likely to be tough -...
07 July 2017
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Few things provoke argument within the industry more than the online v traditional agency debate - and within that debate, nothing...
30 June 2017
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The popularity of property auctions in the UK has increased enormously in recent years, supported by popular TV shows such as...
17 June 2017
From: Features
A respected City analyst has pointedly dissed Purplebricks over its allegedly modest inventory of homes for sale and rent. Antony Codling of...
18 May 2017
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City investment consultancy Jefferies has suggested that Rightmove ‘may go easy’ on increasing its charges to agent customers, because of the...
31 March 2017
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A City consultancy has noted every property advertised on Rightmove in recent months and will track them throughout 2017 in a...
24 March 2017
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Foxtons has received lavish praise from investment consultancy Jefferies despite long-term share price worries reflecting its mixed performance in the troubled...
20 March 2017
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Business consultancy Jefferies has given a strong endorsement to the digital agency policy set out by LSL Property Services earlier this...
09 March 2017
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LSL Property Services - which owns high street agency brands Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons - is the...
08 March 2017
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A City consultancy has issued a note to investors backing Zoopla Property Group’s acquisition of data company Hometrack, suggested there is...
02 February 2017
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Countrywide’s long-term share price decline and turbulent branch closure programme have not prevented a relatively positive endorsement of the group’s strategy and...
16 January 2017
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Some sectors of the industry have been giving their initial reactions to the shock Donald Trump victory in the US presidential election. Camilla...
09 November 2016
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A debate discussing how online and traditional estate agency would develop in the future, organised by City investment consultancy Jefferies, has...
09 November 2016
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An equity specialist has warned that shareholders may now choose this is the time to sell their stakes in Purplebricks because...
06 October 2016
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Hybrid estate agency YOPA is today launching a nationwide TV advertising campaign starring The Village People, the band best-known for the...
16 September 2016
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City consultancy Jefferies has made a blistering attack on Purplebricks’ sales performance and finances, saying “the arithmetic…still does not add up.” Last...
22 July 2016
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One of the most respected City analysts of the changing residential sales industry says Purplebricks’ business model is worth admiring -...
17 June 2016
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Several stock market analysts have published reports on Zoopla's half-year trading statement released yesterday. Anthony Codling of Jefferies – the firm which...
26 May 2016
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A City investment consultancy says one leading private agency chain has slashed its fees to 0.5 per cent in order to...
27 April 2016
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LSL, the UK’s second largest estate agency division, has received a glowing endorsement from two property market analysts. In a note issued...
14 March 2016
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The analyst who has claimed that Rightmove may be seeking to ‘embed’ itself into estate agencies’ day-to-day management has now told...
04 March 2016
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One of the property portal sector’s leading analysts is suggesting that Rightmove may be about to increasingly involve itself with services...