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The market share of online and hybrid agents has continued to decrease this year but self-employed agency is growing. Data from Twenty...

A shift towards self-employed estate agency models has contributed to a decline in estate agency branches, research suggests. Analysis by property data...

The market share of self-employed agents has grown by a third in the past year and by 500% since 2018 even...

The market share of online and hybrid agents for exchanges has fallen again during the third quarter. Figures from property data firm...

The market share of online and hybrid agents reduced further during the second quarter of 2023, new figures show. Analysis from property...

The market share of hybrid and online agents has increased slightly but they are still struggling to break into the higher...

Online and hybrid agents have rapidly increased their market share over the past year, research claims. Analysis of new Zoopla, Rightmove and...

haart, part of the Spicerhaart estate agency group, has accused rival agencies of copying its hybrid working model. Spicerhaart group managing director...

An estate agency that three years ago launched saying that High Street offices were unnecessary has had a rethink - and...

A few weeks ago the ESTAS took place at the Grosvenor House hotel in London - the first chance for many...

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

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

A Hertfordshire-based hybrid agency has released a surprising and some might argue refreshing message, saying it’s not interested in size as...

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

eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US - says it now has 200 self-employed agents operating under its...

Online network love2move - which gives partner High Street agents an option to offer vendors an online sales service - is...

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

Rightmove and OnTheMarket have announced that they are extending their cut-price fees deals, introduced because of Coronavirus. This morning Rightmove says: "We have...

A former chief executive of Countrywide has issued a string of extravagant claims about the lockdown success of the online agency...

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

Over the last two weeks we’ve seen the country come to a standstill and the property market effectively put on ice...

The new managing director of easyProperty claims the hybrid agency will be targeting branch managers and senior negotiators who think they...

The new chief executive of Purplebricks believes hybrid agents could win '20-30% market share' in the UK. Vic Darvey, who replaced Michael...

All the most successful startups of recent years – from Airbnb and Uber to Just Eat and Deliveroo – have melded...

One of the world’s leading PropTech analysts says Purplebricks has turned the UK online/hybrid estate agency business into “a one horse...

Research by comparison website Netanagent claims the commission paid to estate agents in London could be over £70,000 depending on where...

The high profile financial difficulties faced by Emoov and the recent fall in the share value of Purplebricks do not mean...

There’s to be the first-ever Residential Agent Zone at next year’s FUTURE PropTech event to be held on May 14. The zone will...

Not so long ago, the best estate agents were those who did the best work for their clients and therefore built...

New research by TheAdvisory consultancy, shared exclusively with Estate Agent Today, reveals exactly how fees have fallen for traditional agents in...

An estate agency comparison website claims the rise of online and hybrid estate agencies has obliged traditional agents to be more...

A hybrid estate agency has launched in Bury, one of the first of its kind to operate in the UK on...

In an era when we are never far away from our phones, tablets or laptops, buying and selling property is benefitting...

Two online agents and a number of PropTech companies have been named in startups.co.uk's Startups 100 index. Coming in at number 64...

Review service allAgents has relaunched its property portal, saying it may become an agent-owned service and pledging to turn it into...

Maplin, Toys R Us, Carpetright, Warren Evans – what do they have in common? All are well-known high street chains that...

Purplebricks has returned to the fray after recent controversies with a claim that home owners saved themselves over £140m in commission...

The operation of ‘online estate agencies’ has changed substantially in the relatively short few years of their existence: I have spotted...

Arun Estates has launched what it describes as “a major new departure” - a fully-staffed High Street office but covering a...

Estate agents are facing the biggest industry changes seen in decades. The rise of online and hybrid agents alongside more traditional...

Once upon a time there were estate agents. That was it. Nice and simple. If you marketed and sold residential property,...

Few things provoke argument within the industry more than the online v traditional agency debate - and within that debate, nothing...

A respected City analyst has pointedly dissed Purplebricks over its allegedly modest inventory of homes for sale and rent. Antony Codling of...

A London investment broker says Purplebricks’ share price - currently around 300p - could rise another 50 per cent or more...

A new website that will allow vendors and landlords to compare the expertise and fees of estate and letting agents has banned online...

I have a confession to make. In 1988 I became a Seekers franchisee. For those of you who don't know who...

The main debate at this year’s FUTURE: PropTech conference - the industry’s leading technology forum, held yesterday in London - saw...

Hybrid estate agency EweMove has announced five new branches bringing its total to 62 - with more to come, it claims.  The...