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One of the UK’s market centres set up by US-led agency Keller Williams has strongly defended its policy of recruiting newcomers...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

Some of the biggest figures in the industry have given Estate Agent Today their reaction to the news - broken yesterday...

The former chief of an online estate agency says the top three surviving firms in the sector must merge if they...

A controversial estate agent and former head of an online agency is urging agents to knock on the doors of vendors...

It never rains but it pours. And that’s certainly been the case for the online estate agency sector in the last...

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

The fledgling trade body the Federation of Independent Agents has revealed another new partner - this one dealing with housing and...

A new snapshot of market share claims that online agents accounted for 7.0 per cent of all exchanges in the first...

The failure of online agencies to significantly disrupt the industry is down to their being too cheap and creating a perception...

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...

The latest analysis of new listings in the two weeks to last Friday show that online estate agencies continue to have...

The troubled online agency House Network has amended its website after a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority about its claims...

House Network, one of the first ever online estate agencies, is alleged to be considering calling in administrators. Two reliable sources close...

Welcome to this week’s PJT, your chance to catch up with the latest key job moves. Keep in touch with us on...

It’s been a theatrical week in Westminster with talk of defections and duplicity worthy of Shakespeare. Yet the estate agency world has...

Latest figures show that the top 10 online estate agencies have once again failed to exceed five per cent market share,...

A new group called the Federation of Independent Agents has been set up as a network of like-minded independent agents who...

The latest analysis of the performance of the top 10 online estate agencies shows that their market share of new listings...

Former Emoov chief executive Russell Quirk has made his first on-the-record comments about the factors behind the dramatic collapse of his...

New figures show that online agencies’ share of listings of homes for sale has plummeted to 4.6 per cent. This is well...

He’s got a fax machine for PropTech, he’s got an answerphone so he’s open 24/7, and he’s got 2.5 per cent...

House prices grew two per cent year on year for September according to new figures - and a senior agency chief...

As promised a few weeks ago, this week’s Natter concentrates on the importance of content, design and social media, three easily...

Online estate agency House Network claims that “the percentage of houses sold at the original valuation price is 98 per cent”.  The...

House Network, which describes itself as the UK’s first online estate agency, is using TV advertising to promote a new "20-point...

A consumer group which has consistently promoted online agencies says they achieve closer to sellers’ original asking price than the national...

The best estate and letting agents in the UK were recognised at the prestigious ESTAS luncheon and ceremony, which was held...

Over 1,000 guests celebrated the success of the industry at the 14th annual ESTAS awards on Friday. The event, which is sponsored...

Auctions are a great way to sell property competitively, with a wide range of homes often selling under the hammer, and...

It’s easy to forget, but there was a time when the internet didn’t exist. When the idea behind the world wide...

The only way Purplebricks' dominance of the online agency sector can be challenged is via a merger between competitors or another stock...

Online agent House Network has accused unspecified numbers of traditional estate agents of hiding their VAT fees.  A statement from the agency...

The online estate agency House Network is to use the live video streaming service Periscope to produce what it says is...

An estate agent has conducted an interesting test on whether photographs on agents’ details may be improved by being edited on...

Purplebricks is very easily the most recognisable online estate agency, according to a survey of 1,300 home owners by respected polling...

With one eye on this month's Halloween celebrations and another eye on getting publicity, online estate agency House Network has launched a...

A review of 30 prominent property sales websites undertaken by a digital marketing company demonstrates, perhaps predictably, a huge lead for...

Now that the General Election results have been counted and verified, and now that a new parliament has been sworn in,...

The managing director of Hatched online agency is accusing Purplebricks, eMoov, Tepilo and House Network of advertising their rates exclusive of...