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It has been another busy month for job moves in the estate agency sector. Here are some of the latest moves that...

How did the housing market transform from incredibly strong - almost too strong - early in the year, to a situation...

Around one-third of properties on the portals are ‘fake listings,’ it has been claimed. Industry analyst Charlie Lamdin, founder of estate agency...

Agents have taken a different approach to going on the run for charity this week. Here are some of the latest industry...

Purplebricks - which for some years has been the focus of controversies over reviews - has been given a prestigious award...

An estate agency in Lancashire has been taken over by a hotel group, which pledges to expand and create more jobs. Mikhail...

Arguments over the alleged gaming of reviews by and for some estate agencies have waged ferociously in recent years, and now...

The estate agency review site allAgents claims some of Trustpilot’s reviews “could be dubious.”  A statement from allAgents repeats an allegation made last...

The tech publication WIRED has conducted an in-depth analysis of Purplebricks’ reviews on the Trustpilot site and suggests the agency may...

A survey undertaken by the respected Economist Intelligence Unit and a risk solutions company suggests that estate agency may be one...

Analysts at Berenberg Bank have sharply reduced their price target for Purplebricks by over 80 per cent from 470p to 80p, accusing...

Controversial reviews service Trustpilot insists Purplebricks and Foxtons are not gaming its platform and accuses The Times of “misrepresenting” how it operates. Over...

Purplebricks’ and Foxtons’ apparent success on Trustpilot have come under scrutiny in a Times newspaper analysis of the review platform. The Times’...

Purchasing a property. It’s a key life goal that so many Millennials aspire to - yet one that has become frustratingly...

Floor plans are an essential marketing tool, which play an important part in helping an estate agent sell a home.  A floor...

Chris Bell, a former chief executive of bookies’ organisation Ladbrokes, has been named as the non-executive chairman of Agents’ Mutual as...

There’s good and bad in every industry and at first sight, this week has been one where the good have won...

Zoopla and OnTheMarket have given their first reactions to Rightmove's portal juggling extension of its property re-listing deadline from two weeks to...

The MP who pledged his support to a campaign against portal juggling has now submitted an application for a Westminster Hall...

The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team has over the weekend repeated its intention to investigate allegations of so-called portal juggling...