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Is there such a thing as an online estate agency any more? A decade ago, about the time I started editing Estate...

Artificial Intelligence is now a part of all our lives, but my attention was grabbed recently by an AI critique of...

Is it really just a year ago that we were nervously wondering whether yet another Christmas would be Covid-affected? Little did we...

I’ve just read an article saying that this is the time of the online estate agency. The time in question is, of...

Aside from all the news surrounding the Autumn Statement this week, which will have a significant bearing on the property market...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

The online agency brand eXp UK claims it’s growing at an industry leading pace - and it puts it all down...

A former Purplebricks chief is the new CEO of rival online company Yopa. Verona Frankish has been involved in the property industry...

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

A hybrid agency that charges no fees to vendors but instead relies on referral fees for income has officially rolled out...

We all know what did happen in 2021 - Covid and more Covid, the stamp duty holiday frenzy, a soaring rental...

The investment arms of Savills and the Daily Mail General Trust have pumped more cash into online agency Yopa which has...

A long-standing estate agency with three major branches has shut after 27 years of trading - blaming online competition and ‘race...

A new survey by property consultancy TwentyCi shows that the market share of online and hybrid agents in the third quarter...

The class action taken by former self-employed workers against two online agencies should be a warning to other firms breaking the...

The existence of online agencies means some consumers believe real life estate agents are unnecessary in a deal - but the rest of...

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

A new survey of online and hybrid agents claims that they are now taking a 13 per cent share of the...

A long-standing critic of OnTheMarket, who was once excluded from a presentation by the portal’s leadership, has spoken enthusiastically of the...

The market share of the online and hybrid agencies combined has risen to 8.1 per cent in the second quarter of...

Online estate agency Strike - which used to be HouseSimple - is expanding its sell-for-free service out across the Midlands and...

There’s been a dramatic slump in instructions for online agencies, particularly Purplebricks, according to data produced by one online firm itself. 99Home...

Swiss investment bank UBS has advised investors to sell their Purplebricks shares as the market share for the controversial agency appears...

An online agency has issued an outlandish statement that it, and other online agencies, have made the profession more trusted amongst...

A controversial league table of corporate agents’ market share is deliberately excluding Purplebricks and other online agencies.  This is despite Purplebricks this...

One of the world’s leading analysts of portals has warned Boomin, OnTheMarket and others challenging Rightmove - millions have been spent...

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

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...

One of the biggest TV hits of lockdown has been the Netflix show Call My Agent! It’s a surprise success, perhaps, because...

eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US and led by Adam Day, a veteran of three online agencies -...

Almost a year ago the government announced that estate and lettings agencies were to be included in the business rates relief...

It’s been some time since online agencies have ventured into crowdfunding to raise investment, but easyProperty has now done so -...

Two mysterious online agencies have had their advertisements for the same property banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The agencies - Manchestersalerent and...

A young estate agent - who by the age of 20 has already had a year working with Purplebricks - has...

Around half of all estate agencies selling homes for £5m or more have not even registered for anti-money laundering processes, and/or...

Purplebricks has just appointed its new chief marketing officer, who was most recently global director of restaurants at a food chain. Ben...

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

An online agency says its virtual auction service can be used even by its rivals between now and the end of...

Some 713 estate agency branches have failed to reopen following the spring lockdown according to a business consultancy. TwentyCi says that is the...

The government has issued new guidance to estate and lettings agencies on their obligations regarding money laundering issues - and online...

A new survey of the market share split between High Street and online agencies shows that Purplebricks remains the digital market...

Independent agents are busier than they have ever been thanks to the post-lockdown surge but larger corporates are actually losing market...

It’s no surprise the mainstream news remains dominated by coronavirus - not so much the actual effect of it right now,...

A property developer has set up an estate agency that charges no commission to sellers but instead levies a non-refundable reservation...

A survey of estate agents’ market share post-lockdown indicates significant advances for independent agencies and online operators. TwentyCi, a data consultancy, says...

A new website that describes itself as an estate agency says it wants to “empower people to sell their own home”...

Difference should be celebrated. But in our industry it rarely is. I was on the board of a large corporate where...

Purplebricks is starting a new wave of TV advertisements today, continuing its theme from earlier this year as a sponsor of...

Many of the leading advocates of the self-employed estate agent business model have talked about why many want new recruits with...

The Competition and Markets Authority has launched an investigation into fake and misleading online reviews. The announcement from the watchdog does not...

The online estate agency Settled appears to have ceased trading with its customers refunded. It was launched in 2014 by former Google...

The market share for all online agents fell sharply in the period up to the start of the pandemic according to new...

An online estate agency which has described the Coronavirus pandemic as “a disrupter and game changer” for the agency industry says...

Buyers and sellers using online estate agencies could inadvertently sign contracts if they carelessly use email signature blocks. Blocks are the ‘auto-signatures’...

An analysis of the market share of online agents shows they are on 4.8 per cent - virtually unchanged from the...

An unknown website called EA League Tables has issued a list of agencies and agency-groups which it claims shows their order by...

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

The relaunched easyProperty hybrid agency is to rely exclusively on local marketing to drive awareness and customers, and not follow the...

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

Troubled online agency Yopa has launched an in-house subsidiary to sell mortgages and other financial services - and not just to Yopa...

A new national agency concept - eXp UK - has told Estate Agent Today that its recruitment schedule is running “well...

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

A leading agent and property management expert says the shock closure of online agency Upad is a sign that technology alone...

In a previous Natter, I promised to talk more about CRMs – and here I stick to that promise. Following on from...

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

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...

The former Countrywide chief executive Grenville Turner says it is an option for online estate agency Yopa to go to an...

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

One of the most experienced and high profile figures in the industry says individual agents working for online companies are typically...

Have you asked yourself why technology is so important in letting agency today? Just look around and you will know why. Almost...

After months of difficulties and closures for many online and hybrid estate agencies, EweMove claims to have bucked the trend. In a...

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

The chief executive of Hunters franchise operation, Glynis Frew, says online estate agencies have given the industry two ‘positives’ - but...

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

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

Purplebricks has released figures which appear to show it is one of the most successful agencies - or perhaps THE most...

We like a good video here at Estate Agent Today, and we know our industry can take a joke even if...

A veteran of three online estate agencies has been named as the first UK head of a US real estate operation...

Two of Britain’s largest and best known estate agencies have endured a day of turmoil at the hands of investors -...

An expert who has invested in an online agency in the past has slammed Purplebricks’ business model. James Max, who presents the...

“I’m Russell Quirk, and I’ve failed” - with those words, the former chief executive of Emoov has begun to explain how...

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

The head of the new Trading Standards authority regulating estate agents says Online firms are treated exactly the same as High...

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

There’s more bad news for Purplebricks: after a shock 80 per cent downgrading of its stock value by a bank on...

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

Nested, an innovative online agency that offers vendors a form of guaranteed sale, has laid off 20 per cent of its workforce...

A report claims that the hybrid agency EweMove performs above average across a number of measurements. The study comes from TwentyCi, a...

The easyProperty online agency has abandoned an across-the-board fee structure, allowing its licensee agents to charge what they like. “Each local market is unique...

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

Here’s an unusual story, describing the work of one of Purplebricks’ Local Property Experts who was with the company for around...

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...

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

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

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

The share of the market taken by online agencies in the final quarter of 2018 slipped from last summer’s high of...

A survey of 6,000 members of the public and 660 estate and letting agents has revealed some striking findings about how...

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

Estate Agent Today understands from a respected source that the remains of the Emoov and Tepilo online agencies have been acquired...