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Estate agency acquisitions expert Lucy Noonan has revealed the misogyny she has faced in the sector. Speaking on the latest episode of...

A little known family-run agency - Griffin Property Co - says it is finally relaunching as Emoov. The purchase of the Emoov...

Online agent turned property PR guru Russell Quirk has set out his solution to solving the housing crisis. Speaking on the latest...

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

A fifth of Estate Agent Today readers have claimed house prices are falling either nationally or regionally, a survey has revealed. It...

Property market commentators Russell Quirk and Charlie Lamdin have gone head-to—head in a long-awaited podcast to tackle their ongoing debate about...

Nat Daniels, chief executive of Estate Agent Today publisher Angels Media is among guests to appear on a new industry podcast...

In the competitive and dynamic landscape of the property industry, where every brand vies for attention, it’s vital to distinguish yourself....

Kerfuffle founder Simon Whale may have thought becoming a servant for the day as part of a charity auction would have...

The potential takeover of OnTheMarket (OTM) by US property giant CoStar Group could finally provide a viable challenger for Rightmove, it...

A new estate agency has benefited from a grant scheme run by multinational company Tata Steel. Lincolnshire estate agent Grahame Barratt-Needham has...

Russell Quirk may have already irked plenty of estate agents in his time as boss of collapsed online brand Emoov and...

Propertymark has released details of a panel featuring several industry heavyweights at its much anticipated conference in June. Founder of emoov-turned-property-pundit and...

  It's not often that I have sympathy for our glorious leaders – those who set the rules by which we all...

Online agency boss-turned-media-pundit Russell Quirk has been given his own money-focused TalkTV programme, with the first focusing on the hot topic...

Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...

A former Countrywide director says that since becoming a Keller Williams agent he’s racked up over £1m in fees. Dominic Marcel -...

Foxtons non-executive director and former boss Peter Rollings has suggested the “vast majority” of agents aren’t good at selling properties. Discussing opportunities...

Half of Estate Agent Today readers agree that industry regulations and minimum qualifications will improve standards in the sector but a...

Industry leaders have hit back at a suggestion that agents should do more door-knocking to win business. Speaking in the latest video...

A lack of training and a laissez-faire attitude to leads and listings is preventing agents charging higher fees, industry leaders have...

Industry leaders have hit out at the media for “stifling sentiment” as they urge agents to help vendors make an informed...

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

Property professionals and commentators have begun pondering an official definition of a house price crash. It comes amid forecasts that house prices...

Keller Williams’ (KW) Warwick Market Centre has closed, prompting a blame game between its former owners and the franchise brand. KW Warwick has...

Russell Quirk has gone from online estate agency founder to PR guru and property commentator, but has now added national talk show...

There has been so much coverage recently over how painfully slow conveyancing is at the moment - 18-20 weeks is now...

With new and exciting PropTech solutions approaching the market, Nathan Emerson, CEO of Propertymark, discusses some of their relevance and whether...

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

Purplebricks ended the trading day yesterday without being able to formally welcome its new chief executive but the markets appeared to...

A property media analyst claims Purplebricks has record-breaking website traffic thanks to its “relentless” and vast budget marketing. “Whether you like to...

Pressure appears to be building for the recommendations of the Regulation of Property Agents working party finally to be implemented. It’s now...

Propertymark’s chief executive - officially still in post on just an interim basis - is to face questions from a past...

Forget en-suites and garden rooms, could you boost viewings with the postcode of a property? Research by comparison website Money.co.uk has identified...

A plea has been made to the government to help small companies and stop letting online firms off the hook. The Federation...

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

A new service launched over the weekend, proposing to charge buyers £30 for a “guaranteed” viewing, has split opinions amongst estate...

Independent agents come in all shapes, sizes and looks, many with their own USPs and little quirks. It is this variety...

One of the men behind the defunct Emoov online estate agency has re-emerged as the head of a marketing service. The service...

The launch of Boomin has been and gone with, perhaps, something less than its expected fanfare of publicity. Of course there are...

As you’ll know by now, I like to use the Natter to shine a light on independent agents doing things a...

Members of Propertymark are left wondering today what if any future there is for the industry’s trade body. The shock resignation yesterday...

This week’s In Conversation Today interviewee needs no introduction. One of the property industry’s most recognisable names, she has been a...

Two mothers have launched a new estate agency using a virtual office - and they have overcome personal challenges to achieve their...

Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...

Two of the most outspoken agents in the industry have criticised those calling for an extension to the stamp duty holiday...

Many independents will be based in the capital, but given its size and breadth they may get drowned out even more...

The only certainty at the moment is ongoing uncertainty. It’s something we’ve got used to in 2020, but it’s still not...

Gary Keller is stepping down from his post as chief executive of the global Keller Williams estate agency empire. Although operating chiefly...

The irrationality of Britain’s council tax system has been laid bare in a new league table drawn up by estate agency...

One of the UK’s market centres set up by US-led agency Keller Williams has strongly defended its policy of recruiting newcomers...

Online sector veterans Russell Quirk and Kenny Bruce have used social media to call for a temporary scrapping of all stamp...

Domestic cleaners can now re-enter private homes under new Coronavirus return-to-work guidelines - the very guidelines which appear to stop estate...

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...

There’s a sense that we really are on the verge of a huge change in the industry. It’s too early to be...

There has been scepticism across the industry as to the motives behind an unspecified number of lay-offs and permanent branch closures...

The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....

Some of the biggest figures in the industry have given Estate Agent Today their reaction to the news - broken yesterday...

Agents have reacted angrily to the government contemplating introducing a Mansion Tax, and to the Housing Secretary not ruling out the...

An outspoken industry commentator says some of the country’s leading agencies are failing because they’re not actually run by experienced agents. Russell...

'It's a recipe, not a menu' is a mantra championed by a host of Keller Williams' millionaire estate agents. But what are...

The founder of an online agency has spoken publicly for the first time about how his near-death experience led him to...

A new branch of Keller Williams UK - operating from a so-called market centre office rather than a traditional shopfront branch...

There’s a warning today that Rightmove could be vulnerable to losing its number one portal status because it has such a...

Estate agents who deliberately over-value properties in order to win instructions are effectively committing fraud according to a prominent industry figure. Russell...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio What is mio and what...

A new portal claims it will do what OnTheMarket failed to do, and offer an agent-led operation charging every agency branch...

The dispute between controversial online estate agency Emoov and the Advertising Standards Authority is rumbling on.  In the first half of November...

London’s specialist mews estate agency, Lurot Brand, is opening a new office in the capital.  Established in 1971 and widely regarded as...

Fledgling online estate agency Emoov - now owned by PropTech firm Mashroom - has removed reviews and endorsements from its website...

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

A controversial estate agent and former head of an online agency is urging agents to knock on the doors of vendors...

News broke last weekend of a further online estate agency casualty as letting agent Upad announced on its website that it...

One of the legends of property journalism, Anne Ashworth, has left her position as editor of The Times’ highly regarded Bricks...

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

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

‘Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains’. So is written on the tombstone of the father...

Three former online estate agency founders - including the controversial Russell Quirk - are going into mainstream full fee agency. They are...

Whinge. Moan. Lead quality. Crap market. Decision procrastination. Fee pressure. Bloody competitors. Especially Purplebricks. Brexit, of course, Brexit... These are just some...

In the old days an agent would procure clients based upon their position in the high street, the size of the...

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

Innovate or Die. But What is Innovation? It Isn’t just PropTech A certain Mr Dick Whittington Esquire was once convinced that the...

A former Local Property Expert and manager at Purplebricks has gone on record to reveal what it was really like to work...

How many of you are in favour of estate agents being licenced? Would most agents rather not be overseen by a regulator...

Once a year you might be perfectly justified in putting your feet up for a weekend and enjoying some great sport...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

The new owners of Emoov have confirmed that 70 previous customers have opted to re-list their homes with the firm since it...

In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That depends on which business card. One says ‘Properganda PR,...

Emoov and Countrywide: what a pair, observers might say. They present a tale of two failures - although, in the case of...

“You say tomato, I say tomato” is a line in a famous film score way back in the 1937 film Shall...

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

Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...

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

A new portal for the prime London property market has launched this week, recruiting a string of big-name agents.  Vyomm, founded by...

Following yesterday's surprise news that founder Michael Bruce is leaving the business and its Australian operation is closing down, Purplebricks encountered...

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

When you think of the best ad campaigns – from moustachioed opera singers and talking meerkats to millions of bouncing balls...