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Seller search interest for high street agents has dropped, while there has been a significant spike in searches for cheap fee...

The gap between online and traditional high street agents has shrunk, the chief executive of Yopa has claimed. Speaking at the Propertymark...

A new mobile-based agency franchise network has attracted 50 agents during the first quarter of the year and is already planning...

Agency trade body Propertymark has welcomed reforms to the business rates system, meaning high street agents, and other businesses, could finally...

A Keller Williams agent has revealed how he gets clients to happily pay 2% and he is calling on others to...

Purplebricks is marketing itself as a way for homeowners to save money while selling their home amid the cost of living...

High street agents are eagerly anticipating a government announcement on support for business energy bills today. As with many businesses, estate agents...

Agents lost out on £600,000 worth of owed commission from withdrawn listings last year, industry data suggests. Withdrawn sales are an occupational hazard...

The shortage of stock in the current market is making it tough for High Street agents according to one of the...

Purplebricks is claiming that literally thousands of High Street agents from conventional bricks-and-mortar firms are applying to the agency. It says this...

The market share of hybrid and online agents has fallen again, this time to 6.7 per cent. That figure - taken at...

The past two years have been a whirlwind of change, challenges and chance. The main catalyst has clearly been the pandemic...

The online agency Strike - which has a business model selling homes for free and relying on referral fees for revenue...

Guy Leaning, a former high street agent who has now moved into working in the hybrid model of agency, outlines why...

Like most industries, estate agency is changing. A general trend to a more hybrid model, accelerated by the pandemic has resulted...

The market share of hybrid and online agents has remained at eight per cent, according to property industry consultancy TwentyCi. This figure...

Today is the day that non-essential retail reopens as part of the government's roadmap out of lockdown. For the majority of the...

Purplebricks is now part of the mainstream landscape of British estate agency. There - I said it. An agency whose whispered name...

A prominent estate agent has warned buyers and sellers about the perils of the controversial Modern Method of Auction. MMA is now...

A new survey suggests online agents are favoured by only three per cent of sellers. The study involved a modest sample -...

Online network love2move - which gives partner High Street agents an option to offer vendors an online sales service - is...

One of the country’s top buying agents is advising purchasers and vendors to avoid online agencies and 'bucketshop' conveyancers. Edward Heaton - founder...

Strike, the firm previously known as HouseSimple, has launched another attack on the charges levied by High Street agents. This time it is...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

A former chief executive of Countrywide has issued a string of extravagant claims about the lockdown success of the online agency...

If you are an established UK estate agent, the status quo dictates that you will most likely work for ‘the man.’ Corporate...

The online agency network love2move has won a new agency client despite the Coronavirus lockdown. Pinkerton - which covers the North Down,...

Over the last two weeks we’ve seen the country come to a standstill and the property market effectively put on ice...

Almost eight in 10 sellers have instructed High Street agents in the past year - a significantly higher figure than 12...

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...

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...

A warning has been issued by a prominent industry figure that more bricks-and-mortar High Street agents will go under in 2020,...

love2move, the digital platform that allows High Street agents to operate parallel online agencies alongside their traditional offerings, is holding a...

A statement made by Purplebricks in its trading statement yesterday appears to fly in the face of statements it has made...

love2move, which offers High Street agents a white-labelled digital platform that allows them to offer online services to vendors, has revealed...

Here at sales progression and communication tool mio, we recently caught up with Sarah Edmundson, co-director of The AllStars Group, the...

love2move, an online network which allows high street agents to offer a white-labelled hybrid service, has teamed up with the Mortgage...

Two separate former High Street estate agents have sung the praise of switching to the hybrid business model. Appleby’s in Gloucestershire is...

This week’s Natter is dedicated to three contrasting agencies doing things differently, from a recently established hybrid to a design-led, Insta-friendly...

A new league table of High Street agents’ charges published over the weekend reveals the locations where agents charge an average...

Upad, the national online letting agent set up by entrepreneur James Davis has announced that it is “closed to new business”...

There has been a surprise, but small, increase in the market share of online estate agents according to the latest survey. Business...

Estate agents are being encouraged to consider providing increased flexible working options for their staff, including increased opportunities to work from...

Former Purplebricks chief executive Lee Wainwright says the problem for estate agents maintaining a strong level of fees isn’t competition from...

Two PropTech advocates have launched a podcast series telling agents how to improve their businesses. One of the couple is Mark Worrall,...

Three former online estate agency founders - including the controversial Russell Quirk - are going into mainstream full fee agency. They are...

A survey claims that millions of potential sellers would use online estate agents - and bizarrely, this includes an online agency...

The head of online agency Housesimple has made another strident attack on the integrity of High Street agents by saying some...

When an industry disruptor enters a marketplace the impact on existing operators can be significant. It has been seen most notably...

There’s more bad news for online estate agencies this morning as a survey reveals that they have only a seven per cent...

love2move, the online network which allows high street agents to offer a white-labelled hybrid service, has announced its latest partner. Peter David...

New figures released show High Street estate agents taking an increasingly large market share as online operators continue to crumble. According to the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Mark Worrall the co-founder of love2move What is love2move and...

The former chief executive of Purplebricks UK says the agency completes on over 80 per cent of the homes it lists...

An online auction service which only came into existence in September last year claims to have 150 partner estate agents already,...

A firm that offers a white-labelled online agency platform to traditional High Street agents has signed up a new customer. love2move was...

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

It’s clear that some agents are not fans of Trading Standards officers, described in the comments sections of the trade press...

A controversial online estate agency has gone into liquidation two years after describing High Street agents as “smug, suited slime-balls.” BetterMove, registered...

An online estate agency insists the online/hybrid sector will take a 50 per cent market share in the future - despite...

When they first came onto the scene, online-only estate and lettings agents were predicted to swiftly spell the end for traditional...

Virtual tours are a compelling way of enhancing a property’s potential through online marketing, increased transparency and efficiency for agents, and...

Chancellors says it has over 10,000 reviews on Trustpilot, making it the most reviewed High Street agency on the platform.  In a statement...

Online agency platform Love2move insists that its current bid to attract investors will not be damaged by the adverse publicity surrounding...

The first major estate agency business to launch a crowdfunding bid since the controversial collapse of Emoov has emphasised its “realistic”...

“You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over,” is an oft-quoted saying of Richard...

Purplebricks has increased its listings by an eye-opening 44 per cent in the past two weeks according to an updated analysis...

The former chief executive of Emoov says online estate agencies charge too little, so risk appearing cheap and ineffective to potential...

A new bespoke Customer Relationship Management system developed by The Property Franchise Group claims to enable High Street agents to fight...

Former City analyst Anthony Codling - who is now the front-man for a new property portal - has set out why...

Hard not to mention two major breaking news stories of recent days; one directly affecting the property market and one which...

Research by comparison website Netanagent claims the commission paid to estate agents in London could be over £70,000 depending on where...

Thanks to vast improvements in processing powers, the use of virtual reality (VR) in some sectors is becoming more evident than...

I’m spending a lot of time in airport terminals waiting for flights. They’re not the most comfortable of surroundings, but at...

The closure of Foxtons’ Park Lane office and five other branches in the capital are merely the start of things to come...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? It just says “Agent” for, at the end of the...

It’s the most obvious visual medium high street agents have at their disposal, and for many decades has been absolutely pivotal...

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

Sky News says Emoov is to be sold, just months after the controversial online agency merged with Sarah Beeny's Tepilo and the...

Not so long ago, the best estate agents were those who did the best work for their clients and therefore built...

New research by TheAdvisory consultancy, shared exclusively with Estate Agent Today, reveals exactly how fees have fallen for traditional agents in...

No, I haven’t lost the plot. Such a thing exists – and if you’re familiar with North London, there is a...

The culture of impatience and instant gratification has a lot to answer for. It has forced the hand of the property...

One of the brokers working with OnTheMarket says the portal will not be profitable until 2021, but predicts that its target...

The chief executive of Emoov, Russell Quirk, has suggested that the unexpectedly low take up of online agents may mean that...

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

Hello again from Italy. Only another week or so left out here, working every day from the same table at my...

The former head of Rightmove’s lettings division has blasted High Street estate agencies for “living in the past, charging exorbitant fees...

By now we’ve all seen news about the long-term decline in property sales and competition from online alternatives leading to ‘more...

A new online agency has started charging only 0.75 per cent commission, payable only on completion, with no VAT and no...

Two high street estate agents have used the medium of the local press to come out fighting against the threat of...

Outsourced viewing operator Viewber is expanding its offer to agents by forming what it calls “a close technical cooperation” with keyholding...

The prospect of technology transforming the selling and buying process, including more power for portals and especially online agents, dominated parts...

Here’s some good news to take into the Bank Holiday weekend.  Research undertaken by Estate Agent Today suggests that fees charged by...

I have total transparency. I love that.  I know how the portals are doing, I know how many people are clicking on...

Hybrid agency Emoov is now offering a tailored sales package aimed at attracting developers listing and selling new homes. Rather than paying...

As the estate agency business in England moves towards being more robust with professional qualifications and higher standards being introduced, there...

Online agency HouseSimple has become a completely No Sale No Fee agency - and is thought to be the only online...

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