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A war of words is escalating between OnTheMarket owner CoStar and its rival Realtor.com in the US. It comes as CoStar was...

HAVING spent decades closely following the UK and American property markets, I’ve seen and read many reports comparing the two.  But...

Hamptons has partnered with Singapore Realtors Inc (SRI) to introduce Singaporean investors to prime UK properties. The partnership also aims to boost...

Self-employed agency brand eXp UK has named a second wave of estate agencies to adopt its new business model. The brand’s ‘brokerage’...

Providing material information upfront could help agents charge higher fees and even reduce their carbon footprint, while those not complying could...

Mandatory regulations and qualifications could lead to higher fees for UK agents, a former industry executive claims. Former Fine & Country global...

Property social network and listings website PropertyHeads has launched a sister-version across the pond. The company has launched a US twin which...

Agents should be using social media and their own US-style personal brand to promote listings regardless of the value of the...

Agents are being invited to help shape and be part of the future of the proptech sector. Propertymark is hosting proptech investment company...

Estate agents use property technology each and every day for residential property transactions, but is there more they can do with...

If UK agents were paid higher fees they could perform a better service to the public. That’s the view of Mark Hayward,...

The scheme behind two of this country’s most successful PropTech start-ups is marking what it calls a successful first year.  REACH UK...

Media reports from the US state of Virginia say an 84-year-old man killed his estate agent after buying a property ‘sight...

An estate agency is celebrating its 21st anniversary by launching a new ‘realtor’ franchise model based on enhanced technology and personalised...

Propertymark has shortlisted five of the 700 or so PropTech suppliers in the UK, as part of the trade body’s REACH...

When it comes to communications, Propertymark could do with a lot fewer confidentiality agreements and a lot more transparency. And I...

REACH, a programme encouraging start-ups in the property world, has released a list of UK companies that will feature in its...

With a new President elected and the old one reluctant to move out, this is a good time to see how...

Rightmove, which recently posted a 37 per cent drop in revenue for the first six months of 2020, has lost almost...

The National Association of Estate Agents is inviting members to join a panel reviewing new PropTech produced as a result of...

An American realtor who once predicted his company would have 5,000 UK estate agents working under its banner is now saying...

We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...

NAEA Propertymark is partnering with a service called REACH UK, to promote selected PropTech start ups to agents who may need...

The Black Lives Matter debate has reached the property industry with some agents dropping the term ‘Master bedroom’ from descriptions. The Times...

If you are an established UK estate agent, the status quo dictates that you will most likely work for ‘the man.’ Corporate...

Since my last column in April, one could argue that very little has changed for agents in terms of the market...

An international comparison of how major portals have discounted their charges to agents show Rightmove and Zoopla making “deeper and longer...

The extraordinary past week of anger over portals’ fees plus early-warning statements like that from Foxtons indicate the anxiety in the...

The National Association of Estate Agents has announced that it’s to offer US PropTech solutions to UK agents. The REACH programme has...

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

Being a market leader means staying on top of industry trends. The more aware you are of what's happening in the...

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

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

BAD PHOTOS – 6 BIG MISTAKES YOU MIGHT BE MAKING! In our last article, we highlighted some really important and shocking stats...

There’s no end to the PropTech and photography solutions available to estate agents these days to help them sell good, old-fashioned...

The Federal Trade Commission - the US equivalent of the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority - will today discuss how the...

A recent holiday in the US gave me an opportunity to catch up with property news over there - and surprisingly,...

Here’s some good news to take into the Bank Holiday weekend.  Research undertaken by Estate Agent Today suggests that fees charged by...

Virtual Staging is about presenting a property in the most appealing way to potential buyers. Many consider virtual staging is deceiving...

Hands up if you’ve read all of the property reports that have been published in the past week or so? Forever...

Coldwell Banker, the huge US-based international estate agency business, is warning that Brexit is beginning to damage the market and the...

London estate agency Residential Realtors removed a property listing from its website after a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. The property...

It looks likely that Facebook will soon be able to list homes for sale in the US, in the style of...

Purplebricks has given more details of its activities in the United States, where it is hoping to break into a market...

Facebook appears to be interested in entering the sales and lettings world with its first advertising product geared solely towards industry professionals. The...

The National Association of Estate Agents is rolling out a series of masterclasses to prepare members for the European Fourth Anti-Money...

It’s not happening here (yet) but several articles on US websites have started talking up the possibility of Amazon going into...

Supporting the adoption of technology does not mean we have to stop protecting the core values of the property industry. In...

The share price of hybrid estate agency Purplebricks dipped yesterday after it announced its US expansion will begin in California. Purplebricks' share...

Women may make better estate agents than men even though males dominate the sales sector, explains one of the industry’s most...

Earlier this week it was Dads4Daughters Day – a campaign that strives to promote gender equality in the workplace.  I have three...

Purplebricks' entry into selective areas of the US market comes just as new evidence suggests the use of estate agencies by...

The Purplebricks stock market bull run took yet another huge leap forwards yesterday with its share price up 20 per cent...

The Keller Williams franchise agency, one of the largest in the world, is relaunching in the UK on Wednesday with the...

I recently came across a consumer comment expressing frustration at the length and complexity of UK conveyancing and raising the question...

With the new Formula One season now well underway, we delve into the fast lane to take you on a whirlwind...

Estate agents interested in operating multiple listing services in the UK have the opportunity to meet one of the United States’...

A partnership between the National Association of Estate Agents and the Florida Realtors Association means up to 40 NAEA members have...

I make no apologies for returning to Build To Rent, the institutional investment in building and managing blocks of flats to...

eMoov, arguably Britain’s highest-profile online estate agency, says it is “inevitable” that it will enter the US sales market in the...

Two interesting developments in the past week have shown how established parts of the agency industry - on either side of...