Estate Agents

Sellers desert online agents for High Street rivals, says Zoopla

Almost eight in 10 sellers have instructed High Street agents in the past year – a significantly higher figure than 12 months ago. The study involved 6,000 people and was… Read More »Sellers desert online agents for High Street rivals, says Zoopla

Estate Agent Today understands that three senior figures have departed from a key central London branch of Knight Frank. Each of them was a partner in the company and they formed… Read More »Mystery surrounds top agents quitting firm’s landmark branch

Any bid by Zoopla and OnTheMarket to displace Rightmove as the number one portal in the UK is at best expensive and at worst futile according to a leading analyst.… Read More »Trying to beat Rightmove is “at best expensive, at worst futile“

Purplebricks banked more than £18m in fees for thousands of homes it did not sell last year according to this morning’s Daily Telegraph. It says the agency withdrew 21,380 listings… Read More »Purplebricks banked £18m fees for unsold homes in 2019 – claim

An estate agent who swindled a 69 year old woman out of £5,000 has escaped jail – and has been ordered to repay the sum to the pensioner. Claire Ainsworth’s… Read More »Online agent who swindled pensioner of £5,000 escapes jail

The Trading Standards report on the future of referral fees is almost completed and will be sent to government next week. However, James Munro – head of the National Trading Standards… Read More »Referral Fees: No change “for a while” but reform coming

The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve transaction times. The kit, introduced at the NAEA conference… Read More »Transaction times slashed and fall-throughs cut by new agents toolkit

Rightmove has released another stonking set of results – but there are signs that some agents are defecting from the ever-more-expensive portal. Figures released to shareholders this morning relating to… Read More »Rightmove loses agents as latest figures show huge rise in fees and profits

An estate agent has sold a home off-market by posting teaser photographs on Instagram. The buyer – who was in the French Alps on holiday when she saw the social… Read More »Social Media: Agent sells home off-market via Instagram teaser images

A new call has been issued this morning by the Competition and Markets Authority for estate agents to confess if their business has been involved in a price fixing cartel.… Read More »Agents asked to confess if their firm has been price-fixing