NEWS ARCHIVES

OnTheMarket has become principal partner of EA Masters and Best Estate Agent Guide.

Agents struggle as software platform goes offline. Zoopla, Jupix’s owner, has issued a statement.

Ed Philips is leaving Foxtons after 20 years to take on the role of group CEO at the fast-growing lettings and estate agency group, Lomond.

Property prices are unlikely to continue rising as affordability starts to become increasingly stretched, with events in Ukraine likely to send inflation and energy costs higher.

A well-established independent agency has completed the purchase of a rival company, which has been selling and letting properties in the local area for 18 years.

Purplebricks’ share price continues to fall – it hit an all-time low of 14p yesterday, which is a far cry from its high point of 525p in summer 2017.

Foxtons has announced the appointment of Gareth Atkins as managing director – lettings. He will succeed Ed Philips who is leaving the business after 20 years to join Lomond Group as new CEO.

The founder of analytics website Hometrack, acquired by Zoopla for £120m in 2017, has launched a new ‘iBuying’ business that claims it can help people sell their homes in under a week.

Michael Gove tells housebuilders that their proposals to address the issue of remediating tall buildings with dangerous cladding “falls short” of what the government expects.

There is a long way to go to rectify the gender imbalance in the estate agency sector – but progress is being made, according to nurtur.group.