The three leading portals have rejected an appeal to give the industry a payment holiday to help firms through the Coronavirus crisis. Estate Agent Today… Read More »Portals Say No! They reject agents’ plea for virus payment holiday
Almost all quoted agencies and portals have suffered as a result of stock market investors being spooked by Coronavirus, with some of the more controversial… Read More »Investors in Purplebricks and Countrywide take fright over virus
Savills is the latest agency to warn about the possible threat of Coronavirus to its business activities and success this year. In its preliminary final… Read More »Savills the latest agency to warn of Coronavirus threat to transactions
Countrywide’s share price fell by as much as 17 per cent at one point yesterday afternoon as investors assessed the latest pratfall by the company… Read More »Latest Countrywide “shambles” sends share price tumbling
Nested is the latest online agency to base a marketing campaign around criticism of established estate agents. In three 30-second TV ads it accuses established… Read More »Online agency reduced to shock tactics criticising High St firms
The Guild of Property Professionals is calling on the new chancellor, Rishi Sunak, to use his Budget speech, which will take place tomorrow, to support… Read More »Budget 2020: ‘There must be no further taxation on landlords’
Rightmove’s growth rate is at an all-time low, despite what some consider to be an unbeatable lead amongst portals in the UK. That’s the view… Read More »Rightmove growth at all-time low, despite its market dominance
Prominent agency industry analyst Anthony Codling is asking agents whether the board of OnTheMarket did the right thing by firing Ian Springett. Codling – a… Read More »What should OnTheMarket do now? An analyst wants to know…
An agency has repaid a £6,000 reservation fee to someone who thought they had purchased a property for £83,000 but was later told they must pay £100,000.… Read More »Agent repays ‘non-returnable’ reservation fee after property row
Almost eight in 10 sellers have instructed High Street agents in the past year – a significantly higher figure than 12 months ago. The study… Read More »Sellers desert online agents for High Street rivals, says Zoopla
