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Guest post: Can estate agents ever get their weekends back?
The weekend… a chance to spend time with the family/partner, sleep or… whatever. The problem for most of us is that weekends are now almost indistinguishable from any other working day. Being an...
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Mortgage-funded first time buyers are now half the property market
The number of first-time buyers purchasing homes with a mortgage now represents half of the property market, it has been claimed, the highest proportion recorded for 23 years. Figures published this...
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‘Going into administration was good for Humberts’
When Humberts went bust in May last year it was good for the business, its Chief Operations Officer has claimed. Tim Simmons says that by going into voluntary administration the company was able to...
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Rightmove removes listing for garden shed advertised as £160,000 one-bed flat
Rightmove has taken down a property listing for a garden shed that had been marketed at an astonishing price of £160,000 as a one-bedroom apartment, even though it does not currently have planning...
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Purplebricks’ growing dominance revealed by Google search analysis
Google searches for Purplebricks have increased by 18% over the past year, a survey of the UK’s digital marketing world has revealed, helping make it the third most popular brand online after...
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‘Weaker’ proptech start-ups will be weeded out this year, claims leading...
The UK’s leading proptech investment fund manager Faisal Butt has said that not enough proptech start-ups are maturing into real businesses and that this year will see the weaker ones ‘weeded out’....
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TheHouseShop cancels crowdfunding attempt to raise £500,000
Loss-making online house selling classifieds service TheHouseShop has failed in its bid to raise £500,000 on a leading crowdfunding platform that would have valued it at £10 million. In October the...
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House sales fell across two thirds of England and Wales in 2018
The number of house sales fell in two thirds of local authority areas within England and Wales last year and across the UK the number of houses sold dropped by 2.3%. These claims have been made...
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Posh Purplebricks? Seven-month old central London hybrid estate agency expands
Two former employees of John D Wood say their new ‘modern approach’ hybrid sales and letting agency in central London launched in May last year is expanding fast. This includes increasing its team...
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Young estate agent made her firm’s MD just eight years after joining industry
A South West-based estate agent has been made managing director of a leading regional company just eight years after graduating from university, heralding both a new star within the sector but also...
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The benefits of belonging
Trade associations are often perceived as lobbying outfits, there to fight their members’ corner when it comes to politics and legislation. Or they’re compliance organisations, which ensure their...
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Hamptons International kicks off celebrations for 150 years in business
Hamptons International has revealed extensive plans to celebrate its 150th year in business during 2019 including an extra day’s holiday for all its 1,000+ staff, a fleet of branded London black cabs,...
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Purplebricks and Yopa boosted by demise of eMoov and Tepilo
Purplebricks and Yopa benefitted the most from the demise of Emoov and Tepilo, a report into the online and hybrid estate agency market has revealed. Analysis of the sector’s growth by housing market...
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Crowded house! UK has over 600 proptech firms, new information service claims
Proptech gurus James Dearsley and Eddie Holmes have launched their much-anticipated global hub, Unissu.com backed by £150,000 from several investors including a leading property finance firm. The...
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Housing rights campaigners target TPFG franchisee in SW
A housing rights group has convened a meeting to discuss complaints about a branch of letting agency CJ Hole, one of the six brands owned by The Property Franchise Group (TPFG). Acorn Bristol, which...
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Zoopla removes non-property ads from its listing details pages
Zoopla has removed non-property related advertising from its listing details pages, bringing it into line with Rightmove and OnTheMarket and, it claims, increasing page load speeds by 35% and...
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Online and hybrid rivals of eMoov hoover up former employees
Online and hybrid agents are taking on many former employees of eMoov including Purplebricks, OnlineEstateAgents.com, Keller Williams and Housesimple, research by The Negotiator can reveal. Of the 50...
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Haart branch apologises after prospecting letter suggests Purplebricks is in...
An over-enthusiastic member of staff at a branch of Haart Estate Agents in Nottingham has sent out prospecting letters to Purplebricks vendors that incorrectly suggested the hybrid agency is suffering...
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All by myself! Portal for (very) small property marketing teams launches
Most estate agents realise how fast the property industry is transferring online including sales, lettings, auctions and conveyancing. And now it’s the turn of marketing. An online-only portal has...
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