EYE NEWSFLASH: Purplebricks in Canada offered staff paid days off in return for fake five-star reviews
Purplebricks offered staff in Canada chance of a paid day off if they persuaded family and friends to post favourable reviews
News Archive
Purplebricks launches its biggest ever campaign as it fires Olympics starting gun
Purplebricks launches huge Olympics advertising campaign today as Team GB sponsor
Cut business rates for agents plea – they are ‘bedrock of the high street’
Propertymark cites financial pressures plus competition from online as it asks for high street agents to be treated as shops not offices
Connells Group buys major surveying company Miller Metcalfe from administrators
All jobs saved at surveying firm after purchase by Connells’ surveying and valuation business
Shares in Countrywide shoot up – and fall back at Purplebricks
Countrywide shares accelerate by 10% while Purplebricks fall 7%
Link to ‘local’ agents providing valuations shows that some are miles away
So how far is the nearest local agent from you on the valuation link (almost 57 miles is the record to beat)?
Agent sets up her own business to combine best of online and traditional service
Agent says that too many forget that there are people behind every transaction
Rightmove to host webinar on mental health in the workplace tomorrow
Other forthcoming Rightmove webinars to include lettings legislation and money laundering
Property sales remain above the million mark as year finishes on a high
Taxman reveals number of sales for December hit a four-year high
Agent complains to competition watchdog saying Rightmove’s valuation link is ‘misleading’
Local valuation page does not make it clear that it only shows agents who have paid, says complainant
Just capital: Buyer applicants at highest level in London for over 15 years
London ‘explodes’ with buyer interest – but more stock is needed
Why independent agents are in a different league from corporates in so many places
In nine out of ten towns analysed, independents take the top three places – and the corporates do ‘really poorly’
Reapit joins consortium aiming to cut total conveyancing times to three weeks
Reapit joins blockchain venture to make it available to 40% of agents – live pilots to start this year
Portals challenger OneDome says it is generating 1.7 enquiries per minute to agents
Free to list platform OneDome announces partnership with Facebook Marketplace
Agency announces 30% rise in turnover after stepping up focus on Build to Rent
MD of Ascend reflects on ‘an amazing year’
Landlords facing tax bill hike from double whammy of changes to lettings rules
Lettings and private residence relief set to be scaled back from this April
Petition launches to get controversial property ‘training’ industry cleaned up
Father of suicide man launches petition aimed at regulating wealth creation ‘training’ industry
TV presenter with £8.7m ‘tied up in collapsed agency’ agreed to equity-only deal, Emoov founder reveals
Sarah Beeny with ‘millions tied up in collapsed estate agency’ is not owed cash, says Emoov founder
New agency launches offering sellers choice between upfront costs and commission fees
Properly agency launches – ‘overcutting’ Purplebricks upfront fees in the capital
New asking prices bounce up in biggest New Year surge ever recorded by Rightmove
Rightmove warns new sellers on prices – don’t get carried away