News Archive

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.

The collaboration will provide Rent4sure clients with access to a comprehensive range of AML services, from the basic legal requirements to customer due diligence and consultancy.

Following a period of over 20 years with Hunters, having overseen its growth and subsequent integration into The Property Franchise Group, Frew will leave her role as MD.

OnTheMarket has been accused of trying to skew Trustpilot reviews in favour of positive feedback.

An estate agent has been given a 16-month driving ban after crashing a car at more than four-and-a-half times the drink drive limit.

With the addition of Brief Your Market, nurtur.group, formerly known as Epropservices, will supply technology services to more than 6,000 estate agency offices.

Snippets of property industry news: Non-executive appointment at LSL; Knight Frank appoints head of super prime lettings; Ian Hughes joins TML

Daniel Cobb in London has launched an urgent appeal for basic goods and equipment to be donated at its offices today to help the people of Ukraine.

Close to 85,000 new private rented homes are needed annually to meet housing demand in London, a new report has found.

In a statement, RICS tells surveyors to be ‘extremely careful’ about offering services or undertaking transactions with individuals who may have been sanctioned.

Many people want to support those who have been forced to flee their homes because of the invasion. The UK government has issued advice on how you can help #StandWithUkraine.