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The number of new sellers coming to the market is up by 12% compared to this time a year ago, and...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Athlete Roger Black will join star agents of the future at the Propertymark Qualifications Awards on December 1. The event at the...
26 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Olympic sailing gold medallist Eilidh McIntyre has embarked on a new adventure as she joins Henry Adams estate agency. Eilidh, who won...
31 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes, has been announced as Propertymark’s final keynote speaker for its landmark conference next month. She will...
10 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Former youth Olympic Badminton player Grace King is one of first recruits in a campaign launched by hybrid agency Mr and...
25 January 2023
From: Breaking News
It's been a busy period of fundraising and volunteering for agents and property professionals. Support has included getting one charity back on...
26 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks chief marketing officer Ben Carter is quitting the company; he was appointed late last year. Carter tweeted this afternoon: “Some personal...
06 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A property media analyst claims Purplebricks has record-breaking website traffic thanks to its “relentless” and vast budget marketing. “Whether you like to...
03 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks has hired another creating PR agency to work on its consumer campaign. Taylor Herring - part of the larger Publicis group...
06 August 2021
From: Breaking News
As the Tokyo Olympics draws to a close this weekend, the Nationwide Building Society has analysed long-term capital appreciation in locations regenerated...
05 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Almost a million shares in Purplebricks have been ‘awarded’ to the two most senior men in the organisation. The golden handcuff deal...
21 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks is to launch an extensive marketing campaign after this summer’s Olympics to emphasise the local knowledge of its 600 agents...
12 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks will this week reveal the result of almost two years of trials into a new pricing structure. The details will come...
05 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks has unveiled changes to its For Sale and To Let boards to reflect its continuing sponsorship of Team GB and...
18 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks is to tilt its marketing increasingly towards local advertising on traditional and online platforms, and promoting the ‘on the street’...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks’ sale of its Canadian operation for some £35m begs the question - where can it now recoup some of its losses...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News
The advertising and sponsorship links between Purplebricks and Team GB have won the agency a silver medal according to a leading...
14 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks is starting a new wave of TV advertisements today, continuing its theme from earlier this year as a sponsor of...
03 July 2020
From: Breaking News
Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...
28 March 2020
From: Features
Over the past decade, the short-term rental industry, now eponymised by Airbnb, has experienced meteoric growth. This has been driven by the...
15 January 2020
From: Features
As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....
16 November 2019
From: Features
Purplebricks claims it actually sells - not just lists - three times more than the UK’s next largest estate agency. The claim...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News
There are many adjectives that can be applied to Boris Johnson, probably very few of them complimentary, but there’s one that...
26 October 2019
From: Features
The first speakers have been announced for the 2020 conference of the National Association of Estate Agents, to be held on...
20 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks has hired the Weber Shandwick PR firm to handle much of its non-investment related public relations. Weber Shandwick has its global...
21 June 2019
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks is the “Official Estate Agent Of Team GB” for the build-up to and completion of next summer’s Olympics in Tokyo. It is going...
20 June 2019
From: Breaking News
The big story to break this week in the property world was the announcement by the new owner of Humberts that...
28 July 2018
From: Features
First things first, I have to mention the World Cup. The dream is over, football’s not quite coming home (not until...
14 July 2018
From: Features
After the fun and over-indulgence of the festivities, most of us are now back to the world of work. And, with...
13 January 2018
From: Features
Remember when August used to be quiet with not much news? This year, whether it’s industry upheavals at Countrywide, Purplebricks and Agents’...
18 August 2017
From: Breaking News
The best estate and letting agents in the UK were recognised at the prestigious ESTAS luncheon and ceremony, which was held...
20 May 2017
From: Features
Let’s not be distressed that we’re already over 10 per cent of the way through the year - yes, really -...
17 February 2017
From: Breaking News
Excuse the puntastic (or not) title, but as you’ve no doubt already deciphered I took a trip northwards a couple of...
11 February 2017
From: Features
The Olympics are inspiring us, the summer is distracting us, and then there’s the day job of working too. Yet despite all...
19 August 2016
From: Breaking News
Britain’s gathering Olympics medal haul is heart-warming, but our heroes in Rio are not the only ones doing great work and...
12 August 2016
From: Breaking News
With the new Formula One season now well underway, we delve into the fast lane to take you on a whirlwind...