Agents are being urged to place more value on their work and to charge higher fees. Richard Palfreeman, advisor at training provider...
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In this Q&A, I catch up with Jesper With-Fogstrup, chief executive officer of Smoove (formerly ULS Technology until a very recent...
23 April 2022
From: Features
Online estate agency Strike - which used to be HouseSimple - is expanding its sell-for-free service out across the Midlands and...
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News
New research shows that UK estate agents are amongst the best value in the world. Using data from the Global Property Guide...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Fall throughs which could be avoided by Reservation Agreements have cost agency branches an average £10,000 per month. That’s the claim from digital...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News
The advertising watchdog has told the agency industry to clean up its act on four issues, with clarity over fees being...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News
New guidance spells out how leniency can be exercised on agencies or individuals who inform on anti-competition cartels of the kind that...
05 November 2020
From: Breaking News
One of the victims of a notorious estate agency price fixing cartel has spoken out against one of the offenders. Christina Davis...
01 September 2020
From: Breaking News
New research suggests that British estate agents charge some of the lowest fees in the world. Based on an apparent British average...
26 August 2020
From: Breaking News
US-originated estate agency Keller Williams claims to be the fastest growing in the UK as a result of 29 agents joining...
16 June 2020
From: Breaking News
The Competitions and Markets Authority has started court proceedings seeking the disqualification of two estate agency directors over a price fixing...
31 March 2020
From: Breaking News
What an interesting few days it’s been. I don’t think the topic of this week’s column is doing anything good for our...
26 February 2020
From: Breaking News
A new call has been issued this morning by the Competition and Markets Authority for estate agents to confess if their...
25 February 2020
From: Breaking News
An estate agent who has himself made the move from the High Street to a hybrid operation has urged anyone in...
25 February 2020
From: Breaking News
The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...
19 February 2020
From: Features
Another former Savills agent has joined freelance agency operation Keller Williams, the second in recent weeks. In January it was revealed that...
18 February 2020
From: Breaking News
A new market centre operating as a hub for freelance agents has opened in Glasgow. Called KW Evolve it is a Keller...
11 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Keller Williams UK is opening a new Market Centre, this time in Oxfordshire - and it has signed a senior Savills...
03 February 2020
From: Breaking News
'It's a recipe, not a menu' is a mantra championed by a host of Keller Williams' millionaire estate agents. But what are...
25 January 2020
From: Features
An estate agency will pay out over £40,000 after being found to have misled customers and allowing one of its own...
29 October 2019
From: Breaking News
A yet-to-launch estate agency comparison site is nearing its crowdfunding target of £50,000. Invite Agents, which is crowdfunding on crowdcube, had, as...
04 October 2019
From: Breaking News
The Advertising Standards Authority has issued a guidance note warning online estate agents, after complaints about them have “grown dramatically”. “Property is big...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News
High Street estate agents should re-define themselves in today’s competitive market by becoming Residential Property Experts offering a wide range of...
14 June 2019
From: Breaking News
The Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally found that four agencies broke competition law by taking part in a price fixing...
13 June 2019
From: Breaking News
A recent survey conducted by comparison website GetAgent found that traditional high street agents have been given a firm thumbs up...
06 June 2019
From: Sponsored Content
Traditional High Street estate agents have been given the thumbs up by sellers in a new survey of over 5,000 vendors...
31 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Proceedings against an estate agent at the centre of a fees cartel case have been dropped following his agreement not to stand as...
30 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Experienced sales trainer Boyd Mayover, co-founder of Sales Doctors, explains how agents can overcome price objectives, impress prospective clients and offer...
10 April 2019
From: Features
A family run estate agency faces a string of charges relating to commission fees and “undue influence” exerted on clients. The charges...
10 April 2019
From: Breaking News
UK estate agents charge the lowest commission out of any nation in the European Union, according to a recent study by...
09 April 2019
From: Sponsored Content
Thinking about the state of communication across residential property chains is enough to induce a severe migraine. We work in a world...
20 March 2019
From: Features
The Property Ombudsman has issued new guidance over what it calls “a growing issue” - that is, disputes over dual fees. TPO...
11 March 2019
From: Breaking News
The Property Ombudsman is to give agents new guidance on dual fees, following a surge in complaints from the public. In 2017, TPO received...
29 January 2019
From: Breaking News
A new prime London hybrid agency wants what it calls “disillusioned property professionals” to join the firm and take advantage of...
16 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Two former High Street agents say their new hybrid agency has enjoyed an impressive launch gathering 40 instructions in just four...
02 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Hybrid agency Emoov has released research in which it claims consumers rank high street estate agency commission fees as the second...
05 September 2018
From: Breaking News
A PropTech firm has adopted the unusual position of claiming some agencies deliberately over-value properties in a bid to win instructions. Agent...
14 August 2018
From: Breaking News
The former head of Rightmove’s lettings division has blasted High Street estate agencies for “living in the past, charging exorbitant fees...
23 July 2018
From: Breaking News
If you’re an estate agent and have a property that is difficult to sell or the homeowner simply needs a fast...
20 July 2018
From: Sponsored Content
Two online agents and a number of PropTech companies have been named in startups.co.uk's Startups 100 index. Coming in at number 64...
22 May 2018
From: Breaking News
In recent months, there’s been a notable move in the rental market towards deposit replacement products in place of traditional security...
18 April 2018
From: Features
Purplebricks has returned to the fray after recent controversies with a claim that home owners saved themselves over £140m in commission...
16 April 2018
From: Breaking News
One of the most important aspects of running a successful estate or letting agency is being able to generate new business...
21 March 2018
From: Features
There’s much said in the mainstream press about estate agency fees and how costly they can be for consumers. But one point...
11 October 2017
From: Sponsored Content
The fees charged by estate agents receive a lot of coverage in the press - and rarely for positive reasons. Negative...
06 July 2017
From: Sponsored Content
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint made against hybrid estate agency Pink and Cow. The Portsmouth-based firm claimed on...
07 June 2017
From: Breaking News
It has emerged that global property firm Savills won a case in the Court of Appeal, entitling them to claim an...
16 May 2017
From: Breaking News
EasyProperty has removed from its advertising any reference to clients getting ‘an offier in 20 weeks’ after an intervention by the...
10 May 2017
From: Breaking News
Buy-to-let landlords may have failed in their recent legal battle against planned government tax relief changes for buy-to-let homes set to...
14 October 2016
From: Features
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld two of three complaints against claims made in Purplebricks' TV and website advertising. The watchdog upheld...
14 September 2016
From: Breaking News
The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an ad by online agency emoov after a complaint disputing the duration of a fee...
08 June 2016
From: Breaking News
Marsh & Parsons is this month opening its second new branch of the year and its 26th across London. The new Tufnell...
04 May 2016
From: Breaking News
First of all, welcome back everyone. Hope everyone had a great and relaxing break for Christmas and New Year. (Is anyone...
15 January 2016
From: Features
Do you remember Martha Lane-Fox? She was the poster girl for lastminute.com and an icon of the dot.com bubble that ended...
15 January 2016
From: Features
With the industry still awaiting the outcome of two investigations into allegations surrounding London property money-laundering, one estate agency is now...
22 September 2015
From: Breaking News
Another online estate agency has launched, claiming to save vendors thousands of pounds by “getting rid of all the unnecessary stuff...