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This week’s In Conversation Today interviewee needs no introduction. One of the property industry’s most recognisable names, she has been a...

A new property website relying heavily on Artificial Intelligence allows sellers to by-pass estate agents and instead list directly for £14.99...

Problems with relationships are usually helped, if not always resolved, by people asking straight questions and getting straight answers. That’s what we...

UK estate agents charge the lowest commission in the European Union according to new research from a comparison website. Despite high levels...

This article was originally written for City AM in response to an article it published attacking letting agents. See more here.  A...

Rightmove is undertaking an investigation into a PropTech app that has tried to list private sales on the portal. The perhaps-ironically named...

Another For Sale By Owner website has been launched - this one, apparently, because the founder was “frustrated” with estate agents’...

The regional agency MoveSelf, which set up in 2017 as an online estate agent, is shifting emphasis towards For Sale By...

The head of a For Sale By Owner website claims that some agents are making “vast amounts” of up to £7,000...

Mystery surrounds the identity of an estate agency which has been accused of charging a seller five years after the home...

A website has officially launched this morning, aiming to push the concept of US-style For Sale By Owner online property marketing...

TV property expert Sarah Beeny says she expects online agencies to take 70 per cent market share in the future -...

A recent holiday in the US gave me an opportunity to catch up with property news over there - and surprisingly,...

Former estate agent Nick Ferrand has gone public with a new website which says home owners decide when and to whom...

Online estate agency Tepilo has denied industry speculation that it is to change its fee structure now that it is under...

A website called Roofoveryourhead has launched which threatens to bypass estate agents and allow vendors to sell for free. The site uses language similar...

A new website which completely by-passes all kinds of estate agents and allows vendors to upload details of their own properties...

It used to be so easy. Around 20 years ago there were what we now call full-service estate and letting agencies, and...

Research in the United States shows that traditional full-service estate agencies achieve better sale prices than the biggest alternative in that...

Purplebricks' entry into selective areas of the US market comes just as new evidence suggests the use of estate agencies by...

A high street agency has turned the online sector’s advertising technique on its head. Instead of a seller revealing ‘saved’ fees by...

A former estate agent is reported to have won £1,000 ‘commission’ from a seller - simply because she shared a sale-by-owner...

Zoopla is to offer its members a range of options which effectively mean that those agents who wish to can offer...

A new private sales website is offering sellers the chance to market their property for 28 days for just £1. After the...

A digital marketing agency says it has identified ‘top key phrases’ used by would-be buyers when they begin their property searches...

Another day, another website for online property sales - but this site does not describe itself as an estate agent and...