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By Mike Bilboe, Face For Business Buying or selling a home can be one of the most stressful and uncertain times for...

Verona Frankish has hit back at critics who claim fixed-fee agents who charge upfront fees have no motivation to sell. Frankish, chief...

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

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

The boss of new Purplebricks owner Strike has said he has “exciting plans” for the brands. It comes as Strike was officially...

Strike chief executive Sam Mitchell has said he is looking forward to building a “new force” in the property industry after...

Online agents and outsourced conveyancing panels have been cited as factors delaying property sales in the UK. A trade body has warned...

Online agents have failed to capitalise on the cost of living crisis and have seen their market share for exchanges drop...

Online agents increased their market share in 2022 but are struggling to break into higher value markets, new data has revealed. Data...

Sellers are set to become more selective about their estate agent this year, which could hit online brands such as Purplebricks,...

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

Aside from all the news surrounding the Autumn Statement this week, which will have a significant bearing on the property market...

The market share of hybrid and online agents increased slightly during the third quarter of 2022 but firms are still struggling...

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...

Agents lost out on £600,000 worth of owed commission from withdrawn listings last year, industry data suggests. Withdrawn sales are an occupational hazard...

Yesterday afternoon, Helena Marston was finally confirmed as Purplebricks new CEO after all the due diligence checks that are required for...

Hundreds of former Purplebricks agents have now signed up to a potential legal claim against the firm. Contractors For Justice, known as...

Lawyers working on a class action against online agents including Purplebricks have said they will be ready to send a letter...

The shortage of stock in the current market is making it tough for High Street agents according to one of the...

Strike, formerly known as Housesimple, is the latest online agency to claim it’s going to secure a 10 per cent market...

Low fee agents such as Purplebricks and some other online operators are generally not trusted by the public when selling their...

The market share of hybrid and online agents has fallen again, this time to 6.7 per cent. That figure - taken at...

A High Street estate agent on Merseyside has criticised online rivals for creating nightmares for vendors who are then obliged to...

We all know what did happen in 2021 - Covid and more Covid, the stamp duty holiday frenzy, a soaring rental...

A long-standing estate agency with three major branches has shut after 27 years of trading - blaming online competition and ‘race...

Boomin has revealed an upgrade to its SmartVal feature, which tries to blend real-time online valuations with local expertise from member...

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...

Purplebricks’ chief executive says a £4m marketing blitz scheduled for the autumn will go ahead despite the upheaval caused by the...

The market share of the online and hybrid agencies combined has risen to 8.1 per cent in the second quarter of...

An app that promotes both on- and off-market homes to prospective buyers has linked up with a moving service PropTech platform.  Houso...

An online agency has issued an outlandish statement that it, and other online agencies, have made the profession more trusted amongst...

The market share of hybrid and online agents has remained at eight per cent, according to property industry consultancy TwentyCi. This figure...

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...

The Chancellor’s recent announcement that the stamp duty holiday would be extended for another three months was undoubtedly great news for...

A new survey suggests online agents are favoured by only three per cent of sellers. The study involved a modest sample -...

One of the country’s top buying agents is advising purchasers and vendors to avoid online agencies and 'bucketshop' conveyancers. Edward Heaton - founder...

The UK lettings market is no stranger to technology. But only a few of the early initiatives have remained, and landlords...

It’s a given these days that your business needs to be on social media. Consumers spend a large portion of their...

The government has issued new guidance to estate and lettings agencies on their obligations regarding money laundering issues - and online...

The phrase ‘game-changer’ has been hugely overused. But when applied to how Covid-19 is changing the way estate agents will work...

I recently read the news about Settled closing its doors. As of 6.29am on Tuesday morning, the article had been read by 8,642...

NetAnAgent, a website which offers consumers instant quotes from a selection of traditional and online agents, has changed some of its...

Details being presented to Parliament today may include information on how agents can return to work in some sort of ‘new normal.’ A 50...

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

Almost eight in 10 sellers have instructed High Street agents in the past year - a significantly higher figure than 12...

The property management industry is evolving at a rapid pace, thanks almost entirely to the rise in PropTech. Hundreds, if not thousands...

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

A leading property lawyer is urging sellers not to use online agents because to do so would be “a gamble”. Gillian Wright...

Understanding the customer journey plays a huge role in the success of any estate agent. From that very first viewing right through...

Quite a few years ago, I spoke at a conference for auctioneers. It was a traditional affair. Rural location. Nice hotel....

The portals say they are ready and willing to play their part in changes approaching the industry, ranging from new agency...

Here at sales progression and communication tool mio, we recently caught up with Sarah Edmundson, co-director of The AllStars Group, the...

A new app is being launched which allows agents to gauge possible interest in a property before it is formally put...

An online agent claims to have the answer to why fewer people are buying and selling these days. It’s not Brexit, stamp...

A new league table of High Street agents’ charges published over the weekend reveals the locations where agents charge an average...

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

Upad, the national online letting agent set up by entrepreneur James Davis has announced that it is “closed to new business”...

There has been a surprise, but small, increase in the market share of online estate agents according to the latest survey. Business...

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

The tech publication WIRED has conducted an in-depth analysis of Purplebricks’ reviews on the Trustpilot site and suggests the agency may...

One of the first so-called ‘hub’ hybrid estate agencies using self-employed freelances instead of staff says it’s moving to bigger premises...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Simon Trippett – Partner at The Property Centre. What services...

A survey claims that millions of potential sellers would use online estate agents - and bizarrely, this includes an online agency...

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...

The former Countrywide chief executive Grenville Turner says it is an option for online estate agency Yopa to go to an...

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

One of the most experienced and high profile figures in the industry says individual agents working for online companies are typically...

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

When an industry disruptor enters a marketplace the impact on existing operators can be significant. It has been seen most notably...

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

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

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Mark Worrall the co-founder of love2move What is love2move and...

The former chief executive of Purplebricks UK says the agency completes on over 80 per cent of the homes it lists...

An online auction service which only came into existence in September last year claims to have 150 partner estate agents already,...

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

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...

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

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

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

Consumer habits have changed massively over the past few years, and regardless of which market you operate in, being able to...

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

1989 was a significant time for the property industry: it marked the beginning of the end of a period of unprecedented...

Another bank has slashed its forecast for Purplebricks, citing concerns over its the long-term viability of its international activities in particular. As...

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...

Online estate agents have seized on the recent national newspaper article accusing estate agents of over-valuing properties to earn higher fees. The...

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

When they first came onto the scene, online-only estate and lettings agents were predicted to swiftly spell the end for traditional...

Virtual tours are a compelling way of enhancing a property’s potential through online marketing, increased transparency and efficiency for agents, and...

A newspaper claims that 1,228 estate agent branches closed on Britain’s High Streets last year. The Mirror’s business editor, Graham Hiscott, says the...