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The share price of Rightmove dropped some 6% yesterday on the back of an announcement that it was terminating the listings...

Online digital valuation service The ValPal Network (TVPN*) is expanding after creating a reservoir of what it calls “sufficient quality data.” It’s...

National estate agency, Jackson Stops, has appointed Bamboo Auctions to provide the white-labelled technology behind its new J-S Auctions service. Bamboo Auctions...

It’s more than 100 days since global real estate tech giants CoStar Group acquired struggling property portal, OnTheMarket. If you cast your...

Proptech firm Moverly has partnered with Zoopla-backed Alto to intergrate its material information tools into the CRM. Upfront information platform Moverly said...

Back in 2013 the posh head of PR of a posh estate agency took me to a London restaurant (yes, posh)...

Like millions of others, I watched in open-mouthed astonishment as details emerged about the Post Office scandal. I knew a little bit about...

A new product has launched that protects homeowners from the growing threat of property-related frauds. Title Guardian is an app that monitors...

The role of a residential landlord has changed considerably over the years. What was once a relatively straightforward means of generating...

Trading Standards has insisted it is still on track to introduce parts B and C of material changes rules for property...

In today's fast-paced and ever-evolving property industry, it’s essential that forward-thinking agents strive for innovation through PropTech to improve processes, save...

More than one in four estate agents are unsatisfied with the property portals that they use, according to a new survey. An...

The founder of an online agency that switched to the for sale-by-owner model has turned his attention to property portals. Kae Travis...

Semi-detached houses are currently the fastest-selling type of property in the UK, research suggests. Analysis of 101,126 house sale transactions by home...

Agents may hate portal fees but have ranked property websites such as Rightmove and Zoopla as their most important digital asset. A...

Purplebricks has seen its status as a so-called ‘superbrand’ decline while Savills remains the most highly-rated agency brand. The Superbrands listings are...

The way to sell a property has changed and agents shouldn’t rely on just listing on Rightmove, senior property leaders have...

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology could change the way buyers search for property and alter the way portals operate, a proptech boss...

A new ‘zero spend’ property portal is seeking agents to help with its development ahead of a full launch next year. The...

The major property portals have ruled out cuts and discounts to agency fees amid the cost of living crunch. Estate agents, like...

The level of homes being snapped up within two weeks of being listed has fallen to 6.8% across the UK market...

Given their leading role in the recent upfront information revolution, interest in the work of the National Trading Standards Estate &...

Sellers are willing to cut their asking price expectations by as much as £150,000 to attract a cash buyer for a...

I came across something which genuinely shocked me the other day. It was research showing that 1.7 per cent of homes listed...

Online searches for property portals have declined, in another suggested sign of the slowing market. Analysis of data from AdWords and Google Trends...

Trading Standards has indicated that non-compliant listings will eventually be rejected from portals as it urges agents to use their “professional...

The last week has been dramatic even by the standards of UK politics, with a Cabinet and junior minister rebellion bringing...

Agents are being reminded that they still have an obligation to provide all material information as the sector awaits Part B...

Agency network Mr and Mrs Clarke has launched a new loan product to help aspiring self-employed business owners launch their own...

Property portals remain the predominant route for finding a home among buyers but many are still following traditional methods, research suggests. A...

The Bank of England raised interest rates for the fifth consecutive month yesterday. The cost of borrowing is now at a 13-year...

Millions of people use online property portals every year to conduct their property search, whether it be for sales or for...

April looks set to go down as the busiest month for house sales of the year.  And with record numbers of properties predicted...

Property portals are preparing to support agents in complying with a new era of upfront material information. From the end of May,...

Agents and conveyancers have signed up to a new buyers’s and seller’s property information form that is described as having been...

Boomin claims that one of the online influencers it has commissioned to create YouTube content has won has many viewers as...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent Team has released background information on how it came to make changes to...

Trading Standards and the government have jointly announced compulsory new data which must appear on property listings. A property's council tax band or...

Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Estate Agents: “We’re on a mission to revolutionise the traditional concept of estate agency.   We don’t have...

Boomin has launched a new tool - Chainmaker - which it claims cuts fall throughs and introduces agents to ‘hot buyers’. The software...

A new membership scheme aiming to increase the industry’s energy efficiency credentials is being launched next year by allAgents. The Sustainable Agent...

PropTech has seen a surge in uptake over the last few years for several reasons – be it the Covid-19 pandemic...

PropertyHeads, a platform describing itself as a social network for house buyers and sellers, has a new PropTech partnership. It’s linked with...

A torrid period for Purplebricks' share value means it opens stock market trading today with a price of just 33p.  This is less...

The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA), also known as Conditional auction, can sometimes get a bad rap. However, much of the...

Representatives of Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket, Boomin and OneDome portals are to be quizzed in an industry Question Time session next month. Russell...

Fledgling portal Boomin is launching what it claims to be the most interactive and accurate online valuation tool on the market.  It...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Jamie Cooke, Co-Founder and Managing Director of iamsold, part...

Boomin says it’s going to “reinvent the YouTube channel for property.” The portal’s new YouTube channel has gone live with five unique...

Rightmove is to review the processes of an online platform which directly uploads sellers' property details via an app. Two years ago...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...

Changes to the way the property market operates over the last year - with increased flexibility and remote interactions - has...

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

The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...

As the property market continues to boom, competition between portals such as Zoopla, Rightmove, OnTheMarket and Boomin has been hotting up...

When I joined Zoopla, I took the same approach that I always take whenever I enter a new sector: I was...

Let’s address the elephant in the room first - the property sector and how we market properties is changing. Gone are the...

Property portals remain an essential marketing tool for estate agents and their value is clearly appreciated by consumers. However, with a...

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

While the property industry has suffered far less than other sectors during the past year, it would be short of the...

Boomin has announced another 15 independents as members of the site, which is expected to launch in the near future. “The latest...

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...

The importance of marketing properties is something that is often undervalued. Big budgets are dedicated to selling everyday items such as...

As we approach the most unusual of festive periods, many property professionals will already be thinking about the January market and...

The new property portal Boomin has revealed its fees structure for agents. Tapping into the industry debate over portal fees, Boomin describes...

The six brands that make up The Property Franchise Group are the latest signings for yet-to-launch portal Boomin. TPFG’s brands are national...

Boomin is to levy a traditional monthly fee for estate and letting agents listing on the site, in line with other...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

Another new property portal has been launched, this one - Mutual - describing itself as the ‘Pre-Portal Property Platform for estate...

Lawyers, politicians, bankers, insurance sellers – no matter where you go, there are some professions that are just always going to...

One of the growing number of free to list property portals, Residential People, claims a record-breaking number of sales and letting...

Share prices for many quoted estate agencies and property portals fell in trading as fears grew about Coronavirus. London-focussed agency Foxtons was one...

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...

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

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

It has been three months since the property market was given the green light to reopen. During this time, we have...

Almost all estate agents are still saying Yes to Rightmove, according to figures produced by the portal this morning. Membership numbers for...

The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison...

A new analysis of corporate estate agencies’ social media followings and websites shows the big winners to be Savills, Foxtons and...

There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the UK’s property market, after hundreds of thousands of house...

Have you ever wondered how industry-specific software and property portals have influenced the typical estate agency of today? A new book, which...

“Let’s Zoom later”, “are we Zooming in the morning or afternoon?” “Yeah, I zoomed the client earlier” – variations on these...

One of the leading ‘new breed’ of hybrids relying on self-employed agents is opening a share offer to investors in a...

It’s official – the property market is back open for business. Estate agents have started to unfurlough staff and many are...

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...

Over the last few years, there have been a number of high-profile court cases in which renters took action against letting...

The Haart estate agency chain has launched a portal called Off Market which it describes to sellers as being “a unique...

Hello and welcome to our latest update… we’re probably not yet getting used to these unusual times but we hope this...

Two property portals insist they’re going to launch this spring despite the Coronavirus chaos effectively closing down much of the housing...

OnTheMarket has announced this morning that it has given notice to its chief executive, Ian Springett, with immediate effect. The troubled portal's...

A free-to-list portal says the costs of listing on the established sites - especially Rightmove - are contributing to estate agencies...

Property portals generate revenue from estate agents regardless of the outcome of the transaction. This relationship has resulted in a fundamental...

When is a property really off-market? There may be many answers to that question but it’s likely that few would consider...

A leasehold reform campaigner claims estate agents face “growing calls to be held accountable for mis-selling leasehold properties.” Louie Burns, managing director...

Zoopla says it now offers the fastest listings search of all three leading UK property portals on mobile devices. In turn, it...

When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise that it is important to take a deposit from the tenant...

The German-based Alex Springer publishing company, which is already the largest single investor in Purplebricks, has acquired a prominent online estate...

A banking company used by OnTheMarket has issued a note to its investor clients claiming the portal “arguably beats its peers...

Traditionally speaking, users who are looking to buy, rent, or sell their property to customers on an international basis have been...

The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...