OPINION: OnTheMarket – Is it Rightmove in disguise?
Property industry commentator suggests that estate agents could be paying a lot more for listing with OnTheMarket
A Quirky View
Russell Quirk
OPINION: What does Purplebricks do next?
Russell Quirk: “Will the Purplebricks board learn lessons from Countrywide, Emoov and other such examples? Probably not.”
OPINION: Dodging scrutiny – the portals won’t face proper questions
Why haven’t the UK’s multi-billion-pound property portal players ever sat in a room debating together and answering questions?
OPINION: Purplebricks LPEs are being treated like mushrooms
Russell Quirk: “All things considered, the management should be ashamed.”
OPINION: Dexters To Buy KFH?
We’re on the cusp of an M&A frenzy, says property industry commentator, Russell Quirk
OPINION: Purplebricks – Re-apply for your job; tighter performance monitoring; wedding day off
Purplebricks' FAQ document to staff reveals the extent of changes to their working lives
OPINION: If this rumour is true, is it the end for Purplebricks?
Is Purplebricks about to make a fundamental change to its business setup?
OPINION: When is a money back guarantee not a money back guarantee?
Jumping through Olympic hoops edition.
OPINION: The portal space race. And the winner is…
Astronaut or astranought. Who is now set to win the race in this space?
OPINION: The thing with property bubbles is that they burst
Remember 1989? Unfortunately I do and not just for the leg warmers, shoulder pads and Duran Duran.
OPINION: We need to talk about estate agency fees
Russell Quirk explains why and how agents should charge more.
OPINION: You’ve got more chance of joining Mensa than converting a Rightmove lead
Rightmove and Zoopla are charging you fortunes every year for the names and phone numbers of people that have a one in fifty chance of providing you an income.
OPINION: The shock truth is the UK housing is most affordable in years, but…
Russell Quirk thinks the housing market is remarkably well priced. But there’s a cautionary message too.
OPINION: We need to talk about Rightmove – Part 2
The ‘My enemy’s enemy is my friend’ edition.
OPINION: Rightmove – 20 years of selling your own shirt back to you
Russell Quirk says here are “some hard hitting truths about the industry’s overlords at Rightmove”, pointing out that all data is 100% true and correct and is taken directly from their accounts.
OPINION: The thing about part-time estate agents
A fresh look at what was formerly a stigmatised sector in estate agency and in employment generally. But no more, in my opinion.
OPINION: High Street estate agency offices – are they worth the cost?
Commentator seeks answers from agents as to whether high street offices are justified
Mergers and acquisitions in estate agency – the unintended consequence?
Russell Quirk: “Are we heading for a ‘Sports Direct’ approach to running estate agency businesses?”
Opinion – ‘Foxdons’: A pig in a poke?
Russell Quirk: “It’s just my opinion of course but this acquisition looks like a sticking plaster for Foxtons’ woes designed to ‘look good’ when in fact it does nothing of the sort.”
Opinion: This year the property market will once again confound the doubters
You can bet on it!