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Agents are being urged to place more value on their work and to charge higher fees. Richard Palfreeman, advisor at training provider...

In this Q&A, I catch up with Jesper With-Fogstrup, chief executive officer of Smoove (formerly ULS Technology until a very recent...

Online estate agency Strike - which used to be HouseSimple - is expanding its sell-for-free service out across the Midlands and...

New research shows that UK estate agents are amongst the best value in the world. Using data from the Global Property Guide...

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...

New guidance spells out how leniency can be exercised on agencies or individuals who inform on anti-competition cartels of the kind that...

One of the victims of a notorious estate agency price fixing cartel has spoken out against one of the offenders.  Christina Davis...

US-originated estate agency Keller Williams claims to be the fastest growing in the UK as a result of 29 agents joining...

The Competitions and Markets Authority has started court proceedings seeking the disqualification of two estate agency directors over a price fixing...

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...

A new call has been issued this morning by the Competition and Markets Authority for estate agents to confess if their...

An estate agent who has himself made the move from the High Street to a hybrid operation has urged anyone in...

The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...

Another former Savills agent has joined freelance agency operation Keller Williams, the second in recent weeks. In January it was revealed that...

A new market centre operating as a hub for freelance agents has opened in Glasgow. Called KW Evolve it is a Keller...

Keller Williams UK is opening a new Market Centre, this time in Oxfordshire - and it has signed a senior Savills...

'It's a recipe, not a menu' is a mantra championed by a host of Keller Williams' millionaire estate agents. But what are...

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...

High Street estate agents should re-define themselves in today’s competitive market by becoming Residential Property Experts offering a wide range of...

The Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally found that four agencies broke competition law by taking part in a price fixing...

A recent survey conducted by comparison website GetAgent found that traditional high street agents have been given a firm thumbs up...

Proceedings against an estate agent at the centre of a fees cartel case have been dropped following his agreement not to stand as...

A family run estate agency faces a string of charges relating to commission fees and “undue influence” exerted on clients. The charges...

UK estate agents charge the lowest commission out of any nation in the European Union, according to a recent study by...

The Property Ombudsman has issued new guidance over what it calls “a growing issue” - that is, disputes over dual fees. TPO...

The Property Ombudsman is to give agents new guidance on dual fees, following a surge in complaints from the public. In 2017, TPO received...

A new prime London hybrid agency wants what it calls “disillusioned property professionals” to join the firm and take advantage of...

Two former High Street agents say their new hybrid agency has enjoyed an impressive launch gathering 40 instructions in just four...

Hybrid agency Emoov has released research in which it claims consumers rank high street estate agency commission fees as the second...

If you’re an estate agent and have a property that is difficult to sell or the homeowner simply needs a fast...

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...

Purplebricks has returned to the fray after recent controversies with a claim that home owners saved themselves over £140m in commission...

There’s much said in the mainstream press about estate agency fees and how costly they can be for consumers. But one point...

EasyProperty has removed from its advertising any reference to clients getting ‘an offier in 20 weeks’ after an intervention by the...

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...

Do you remember Martha Lane-Fox? She was the poster girl for lastminute.com and an icon of the dot.com bubble that ended...

An estate agent who co-presented BBC programme Living in the Sun has opened a hybrid estate agency with what he calls...