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The Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) has announced the schedule for its annual Conference. The event returns to its traditional in-person format this year,...

Agents lost out on £600,000 worth of owed commission from withdrawn listings last year, industry data suggests. Withdrawn sales are an occupational hazard...

Fine & Country has a new prime London licensee covering Notting Hill and Chelsea - but there will be no High...

The government’s highly-anticipated Tax Day was just a damp squib.  That’s the view of leading analyst Anthony Codling, who says the almost complete...

Today’s the day when Parliament debates a possible extension to the stamp duty holiday beyond its March 31 cliff edge deadline...

A leading analyst is questioning whether buyers have benefitted from the stamp duty holiday because demand has purshed up prices far...

One of the housing market’s senior analysts says the end of the stamp duty holiday on March 31 would not be...

Anthony Codling, the City analyst who made his name as a scourge of Purplebricks, says Brexit may be good news for the...

Mystery still surrounds the number of homes actually sold by Purplebricks, despite upbeat statements regarding the number of instructions it wins. The...

Following the easing of lockdown restrictions on England’s property market in May, NAEA Propertymark reported a sharp increase in business for...

An industry analyst is challenging the long-established agents’ view that reducing or temporarily scrapping stamp duty would help the market. On the...

Agents have remained calm in the light of Nationwide’s house price index which shows the first annual fall for eight years...

"New property website launches. Not immediately sure what it does differently, what its USP is or who will use it, but...

A former City analyst best known for his scathing criticisms of Purplebricks has launched a PropTech platform that he describes as...

The chief executive of a property information platform says now is a “dangerous time” to buy or sell homes because of...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has started buying social media advertising space in a bid to recruit agents. In a ‘promoted’...

Rightmove, Zoopla and even OnTheMarket could make money even if they did not charge agents anything at all to list properties....

A new analysis of the simmering Rightmove crisis says there is now “no clear downside” stopping agents leaving. The Financial Times says that Rightmove’s...

A PropTech start-up led by a prominent commentator has become the latest part of the industry to take a pop at...

The current market crisis caused by Coronavirus should present OnTheMarket with an opportunity to pause its existing strategy, talk to agents...

Prominent agency industry analyst Anthony Codling is asking agents whether the board of OnTheMarket did the right thing by firing Ian...

The mystery of why Countrywide’s crucial sale of its commercial arm has failed to go through as scheduled deepened over the...

As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....

Purplebricks claims it actually sells - not just lists - three times more than the UK’s next largest estate agency.  The claim...

Speculation is growing about the future of online agency Yopa. This follows a key resignation from Yopa’s board and one expert’s analysis...

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

LSL Property Services, the parent company of Your Move and Reeds Rains, has substantially 'written down' its investment in online estate...

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

There’s nothing new about identifying 10 figures who have helped shape an industry over the past year, but that doesn’t mean...

A new portal is launching next year with Countrywide and some 30 other estate agency groups signed up, as well as...

The investment bank Jefferies says Foxtons’ long-running share price slump is a reflection of Brexit uncertainty “until we find out what...

Purplebricks co-founder Michael Bruce says traditional agents sell only around 50 per cent of the homes that they list, so spend...

It’s being reported this morning that Countrywide will seek new investment of over £100m, probably in the next few days.  The Sunday...

One of the top PropTech analysts in the world, Mike DelPrete, says Purplebricks deserves more credit for its performance in the...

The stock market and at least one City analyst have shrugged their shoulders at the claim by Purplebricks that it is...

  Purplebricks says it enjoyed an 81 per cent growth in revenue in the UK the year to the end of April and...

The UK chief executive of Purplebricks says his company has ambitions to roll out its business model all over the world. Lee...

The Future: PropTech conference takes place in under a fortnight’s time on May 2 and over 1,200 delegates have now been...

The Future:PropTech event on May 2 is now under six weeks away and more details have been released about speakers and...

Jefferies - the City consultancy which has in the past worked with Countrywide - has cuts its forecasts for the troubled...

The operation of ‘online estate agencies’ has changed substantially in the relatively short few years of their existence: I have spotted...

City broker Jefferies is warning that Countrywide’s earnings as calculated through the EBITDA measure could drop to as little as £50m -...

Traditional solicitor estate agents north of the border have a higher success rate than any other estate agency model. The claim comes, perhaps...

Most listed agencies and portals suffered share price falls yesterday, creating a challenging landscape for Agents’ Mutual which launches on the London stock exchange...

The Charter for Independent Estate and Letting Agents says Purplebricks is still not complying with a ruling made by the Advertising...

Pressure continues to mount on Purplebricks to reveal its sales data after a weekend during which claims about its effectiveness continued...

Purplebricks has this morning issued an unusual statement to the Stock Exchange blaming a City report for the sharp fall in the...

An analysis of one month’s listings on Purplebricks by City consultancy Jefferies concludes that it sold 51.6 per cent of its...

If Countrywide thought its fortunes would immediately improve following the departure of chief executive Alison Platt, it has to think again...

The number of transactions last year dropped to 1.22m - a minor 0.8 per cent drop on the year before and...

Here it is - the industry’s verdict on the latest set of figures from Purplebricks. The agency doesn’t play by any of...

The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...

Purplebricks has told Estate Agent Today it is more open about its business than almost any other agency and stridently rejects criticism about...

One of the world’s leading property technology experts, who at one time was head of strategy at a property portal, says investing...

A leading business consultancy which advises clients on investments has refuted a claim by a prominent media analyst that it is...

There has been a sceptical reception from City analysts to Agents’ Mutual’s decision to restructure and float on the stock market...

After a roller-coaster day on the Stock Exchange yesterday, Purplebricks has sought to defend itself against further possible share price losses...

A City analyst has fuelled speculation that Rightmove has a goal to increase its monthly average revenue from each agency from...

Speculation is growing over whether figures to be released by Countrywide on Thursday may prompt another fall in the troubled company’s...

Foxtons - a company seen by many as a barometer of the London housing market - is likely to face a...

One of the industry’s leading analysts says Countrywide’s figures for the first half of 2017 are likely to be tough -...

Few things provoke argument within the industry more than the online v traditional agency debate - and within that debate, nothing...

High profile estate agency Cluttons has returned to marketing with Zoopla Property Group (ZPG).  The firm rejoined the portal at the end...

Zoopla has been reported as saying hybrid estate agencies will not reach their professed targets of achieving 10 per cent of...

A respected City analyst has pointedly dissed Purplebricks over its allegedly modest inventory of homes for sale and rent. Antony Codling of...

City investment consultancy Jefferies has suggested that Rightmove ‘may go easy’ on increasing its charges to agent customers, because of the...

A City consultancy has noted every property advertised on Rightmove in recent months and will track them throughout 2017 in a...

Foxtons has received lavish praise from investment consultancy Jefferies despite long-term share price worries reflecting its mixed performance in the troubled...

Business consultancy Jefferies has given a strong endorsement to the digital agency policy set out by LSL Property Services earlier this...

LSL Property Services - which owns high street agency brands Your Move, Reeds Rains and Marsh & Parsons - is the...

It’s over. Done. The only ones interested are those with too much time on their hands. For God’s sake - behind...

A City consultancy has issued a note to investors backing Zoopla Property Group’s acquisition of data company Hometrack, suggested there is...

Countrywide’s long-term share price decline and turbulent branch closure programme have not prevented a relatively positive endorsement of the group’s strategy and...

The flexibility of Foxtons’ business model - especially its ability to control headcount, including the number of agents it employs -...

The head of a new ‘disruptive’ online mortgage service says 2017 will see more major estate agency and other property businesses...

It’s a tale of two estate agencies - Britain’s biggest, seemingly in trouble, and the second biggest, winning a seal of...

A trading update released by Countrywide this morning shows a 29 per cent slump in London exchanges in the third quarter...

Jefferies, the City investment service known for its analysis of major residential sector firms, forecasts Foxtons’ transactions to fall 10 per...

Some sectors of the industry have been giving their initial reactions to the shock Donald Trump victory in the US presidential election.  Camilla...

A debate discussing how online and traditional estate agency would develop in the future, organised by City investment consultancy Jefferies, has...

Although Brexit, portal juggling and portal wars have stolen property industry headlines in recent months, there's been one story almost constantly...

Countrywide's second most senior management figure - Head of Retail Sam Tyrer - is to speak before an industry audience next...

The latest Bank of England data on mortgage approvals - a key barometer for likely transactions for agents - shows Brexit...

The share prices of Countrywide and LSL Property Services diverged yesterday in response to both agency groups being downgraded by influential...

Jefferies, a major City adviser, is downgrading its 2016 estimate for Countrywide’s performance over the rest of this year. In a statement...

An equity specialist has warned that shareholders may now choose this is the time to sell their stakes in Purplebricks because...

Countrywide has confounded its critics with an upbeat performance in the first six months of the year, growing revenues by nine...

City consultancy Jefferies has made a blistering attack on Purplebricks’ sales performance and finances, saying “the arithmetic…still does not add up.”  Last...

The Bank of England has kept its base rate to 0.50 per cent despite many analysts expecting it would be cut...

One of the most respected City analysts of the changing residential sales industry says Purplebricks’ business model is worth admiring -...

Another Countrywide executive has left the company - the latest departure is Eyal Malinger, the director of corporate development. Harvard-educated Malinger had...

An investment consultancy has issued a note to investors, advising them not to buy shares in Purplebricks.  Jefferies – the firm which...

Several stock market analysts have published reports on Zoopla's half-year trading statement released yesterday. Anthony Codling of Jefferies – the firm which...

Marsh & Parsons is now “outperforming” Foxtons in terms of revenue growth in the London market, according to a comparative analysis...

A City investment consultancy says one leading private agency chain has slashed its fees to 0.5 per cent in order to...

A City analyst says Zoopla Property Group’s conditional acquisition of the UK's largest supplier of estate agency software for £75m may...

Two City consultancies have been quick to interpret the rebellion by OnTheMarket member agents as an indication of dire changes - or...

LSL, the UK’s second largest estate agency division, has received a glowing endorsement from two property market analysts. In a note issued...

The analyst who has claimed that Rightmove may be seeking to ‘embed’ itself into estate agencies’ day-to-day management has now told...

One of the property portal sector’s leading analysts is suggesting that Rightmove may be about to increasingly involve itself with services...