Emoov and its founder Russell Quirk have launched an extraordinary broadside against OnTheMarket.com during which Quirk suggests it is showing “signs of terminal decline” and calls for it to drop its two-portal rule.…

If you’ve ever considered advertising your properties on TV but baulked at the huge cost then a recently-launched property portal is claiming to be the first to offer agents a more affordable…

ZPG has bought Expert Agent, the cloud-based agent software workflow system used by 16,000 negotiators in over 2,500 branches that was started up in 2004 by former estate agent Mike Griffiths (pictured,…

Profits at Rightmove jumped by 18% last year, the company’s final results published this morning reveal, helped by charging agents on average an extra £88 a month. This took average spend to…

Rightmove’s CEO Nick McKittrick is to retire and leave the company at the forthcoming AGM on 9 May this year, although he will remain until June ‘to ensure a smooth transition process’.…

Rightmove has sent out a reminder to agents reiterating the 14-week rule it introduced in December last year to combat portal juggling by sales agents. The email (see right) reveals a little…

Octopus Investments, the venture capital firm that backed the start-up of Zoopla in 2009, has sold its last stake in what is now ZPG plc, it has been revealed. Its Octopus Titan…

A cupid couple in Lancashire have launched a property dating app for vendors and agents that, they claim, integrates Rightmove with the functionality of dating app Tinder. Husband and wife team Rachel…

Agent members of the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS) can now use a free legal helpline supplied by London and South of England legal firm Moore Blatch. NALS says the move is…

A third of estate agents say first time buyers they deal with are being supported financially by parents or grandparents, according to research by equity release service Key Partnerships. It quizzed 104…