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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...

Online agency easyProperty - which says it has a mission to transform the way people sell their home - has signed...

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

A claims firm wants to commence proceedings against online estate agency companies such as Purplebricks and Yopa. It's on behalf of thousands...

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

An online agency which describes itself as being “the future of property” is up for sale. Nu:move is a franchise operation, set...

Purplebricks has hired another creating PR agency to work on its consumer campaign. Taylor Herring - part of the larger Publicis group...

Strike - which over the weekend announced a new £11m investment package - has now revealed it has a new chief...

A high flying agent with experience at a string of top end companies has set up an online business with his...

A company in the German Axel Springer publishing empire - which also invested in Purplebricks in the past - has put...

Yopa has instructed two companies to help with its brand building as it battles with other major online players. It’s appointed M.i. Media...

A £17.8m pre-tax loss has been reported by Yopa in its latest financial statement filed at Companies House. Figures lodged just before...

Purplebricks says it’s to continue to test new pricing models next year - and has not ruled out completely moving away...

Connells Group has announced a major recruitment drive as it looks to create 250 new agents' positions - and it’s launched...

The latest agency recruits for online firm easyProperty are batting for the company in more ways than one - they are...

An estate agency in the south of England has abandoned its online-only strategy and has decided to open a physical office...

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

A former healthcare executive is the latest convert to become an online agent with easyProperty, the company has announced. Richard Ayres has...

A family-run agency which last year asked people to “make an offer” to buy a franchise is now claiming it will...

The battle between rival self-employed agent business models continues apace with eXp UK - set up last autumn - announcing it...

A new agency called Eazy Agent has launched - it’s another online operation, this time with a starting price of £249. For...

A new high end agency called The Country House Department is launching with an initial focus on Oxfordshire, Berkshire and The...

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

Nested is the latest online agency to base a marketing campaign around criticism of established estate agents.  In three 30-second TV ads...

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

A new national agency concept - eXp UK - has revealed that it has recruited over 50 agents in its first...

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

A leading analyst says Purplebricks has clearly plateaued and will not reach its own target of a 10 per cent market...

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

Purplebricks says it’s put four different pricing strategies into the market with a view to testing them in 2020. In a trading...

Online estate agency Housesimple is extending its offer to sell homes for free to some postcodes in the Midlands.  The offer is...

An online agency which is free to list for vendors says it wants prospective buyers to stay in the property they...

A traditional property agent says critics of Purplebricks underestimate the beneficial impact the firm has had on the UK agency industry. And...

Mark Bentley, the immediate past president of the National Association of Estate Agents, has become the highest profile agent yet to...

Purplebricks has this morning released a brief and relatively downbeat trading statement to the City and its shareholders. The statement applies to the...

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

A small online agency which in six months of trading has secured around 140 sales says it’s on course to be...

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

Controversy and Purplebricks have gone hand in hand since the agency was first launched in 2012, through its float on the...

A relatively new company which signs up vendors and then effectively sub-contracts their sales to strongly-performing local estate agents says it...

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

All eyes will be on Purplebricks today to see if there is further development in what some believe is a long-term...

The parent company of franchised hybrid estate agency EweMove says that experienced estate agents outperform inexperienced franchisees - but only for...

Former Purplebricks US chief executive officer Eric Eckardt is seeking some £6m in funding from across the world for his latest...

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

Purplebricks has revealed it is considering changes to its pricing structure to correct “mistakes” of the past. Chief executive Vic Darvey has...

Online estate agency Housesimple has appointed a company to handle its public relations and social media as it rolls it its...

Akshay Ruparelia, the 21 year old who founded the online agency Doorsteps while he was still in sixth form, has called for...

The Advertising Standards Authority has issued a guidance note warning online estate agents, after complaints about them have “grown dramatically”. “Property is big...

Online estate agency EasyProperty has been acquired by a firm with the backing of Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou. easyProperty has been sold by the eProp...

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

An online agency which last autumn said it wanted to have as much as a three per cent market share of...

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

Estate Agent Today has been contacted by an individual who says he is one of three former Emoov customers intending to...

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

A member of a legal information and networking organisation says an online estate agency expects him to do some work in...

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

Purplebricks’ most influential investor says there is “opportunity aplenty” for the company but says it would back the closure of the US...

Traditional High Street estate agents have been given the thumbs up by sellers in a new survey of over 5,000 vendors...

Countrywide’s shares took another battering yesterday as they plummeted below the psychologically-painful 5p mark - reflecting a 95 per cent loss of...

Ultra slow broadband speeds could knock a quarter off the value of a property according to research undertaken by online agency...

Purplebricks’ share price yesterday plunged to 90.5p at one point - well below the 100p level at which the company originally...

New data from property consultancy The Advisory shows that the top 10 online estate agents now have a combined market share...

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

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...

A PropTech analyst insists that the tumbling share price of Purplebricks on the London Stock Exchange does not indicate that the...

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 millionaire who has not previously invested in the property industry has taken the plunge by funding an online agency network. The...

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

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 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...

The online estate agency platform Love2Move has scrapped its bid for investment via a controversial crowdfunding platform. The platform - which allows...

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

Savills has declined to comment on whether it will follow in the footsteps of LSL Property Services and write down its...

A slew of bad news stories about online estate agencies may have taken the lustre off the sector in recent weeks,...

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

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

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

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

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

The former chief executive of Emoov says he has the answer to Foxtons’ current downbeat performance - it should exploit its...

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

A top PropTech analyst says Purplebricks is as much an advertising firm as an estate agency but is nonetheless a huge success...

Whatever one thinks about online estate agencies, it’s a cause of genuine sadness when people lose their jobs - close proximity...

Countrywide’s share price fell to its lowest-ever level yesterday - evidence that it’s not just online estate agencies that are having...

The future of online agency Emoov remains in the balance this weekend with talks continuing between the management and possible buyers. On...

Time appears to be running short for the sale of troubled online agency Emoov. An Emoov insider has told Estate Agent Today...

Online agency Doorsteps is slashing its flat fee to just £1 with no commission charge - but for only 48 hours. The...

An estate agency analyst has shared with Estate Agent Today his findings on the current and recent conversion rates of online...

An online agency launched by a traditional high street agent to ward off competition says the online business model might have...

As scary Halloweens go, yesterday was quite a shocker for Britain’s online estate agency sector - and not in a good...

A mortgage platform is making a pitch for online estate agencies to link with it and offer their customers “a customised...

A new online agency says it is currently focussing on one large city but will expand to cover the whole of...

Akshay Ruparelia, the young founder and head of the online agency Doorsteps, has been shortlisted for one of the most prestigious...

The latest figures from Purplebricks, contained within the agency’s annual report released this week, claim that 81 per cent of its...

Another eight EweMove franchisees have been appointed in just one month - but controversially, some of them have no estate agency...

Yopa - the online agency enjoying large-scale financial backing from Savills and LSL Property Services, the owner of Your Move -...