Property demand falls marginally in 2017 according to eMoov

The latest Q4 2017 and last eMoov National Hotspots Demand Index for 2017, shows that property demand in the UK is currently at 34%, down 6% after a tough year for UK property. The eMoov  hotspots index is the longest running index of its kind, based on property demand levels. The Index reveals while the…

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Who do you think you are? Russell Quirk of eMoov answers:

You are not too worried about ruffling a few feathers in the industry, it is not uncommon to see your comments towards the UK Estate Agency industry receive a backlash from within the industry. Happy with that? Any business or business leader that is pioneering something as part of changing something old and broken, is…

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Mandatory Licencing for estate Agents needed says eMoov

eMoov leads the way to Implement Mandatory Licencing for Estate Agents with a petition to the Government. Russell Quirk, Founder & CEO, eMoov.co.uk says “In this day and age it is simply unacceptable that the estate agency sector continues to go unregulated with absolutely no barrier to entry when choosing to pursue the occupation. “When…

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Three complaints against eMoov upheld by ASA

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) the advertising watchdog, has upheld three complaints made about a promotion and claims advertised by online estate agent eMoov.co.uk. The complaint from a consumer, concerned statements on the eMoov website. According to the ASA website…action taken…The ad must not appear again in its current form. We told EMOOV LTD to…

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Property in London as unaffordable as ever.

eMoov.co.uk the leading fixed fee estate agent, recentley released its latest research into the London property market, they found less than half of the houses up for sale were priced at the average £550,000 or less. The Capital is now as unaffordable as ever for aspiring homeowners, the average house price exceeds the half a…

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Estate Agency Fees Debunked.

The world’s oldest profession is prostitution. Similarly, the world’s second oldest profession is probably estate agency. People have sought housing since the days that we clambered around in huts made of animal skin and phlegm and therefore it follows that there would commensurately have been purveyors of said dwellings from an early stage in our existence.…

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London Estate Agents – Earning Half the Tea in China.

My fellow geniuses and I at eMoov have just finished a cool piece of research. It will shock you. And if you’re an estate agent of the dyed-in-the-wool variety, spare your blushes and look away now. We thought it would be informative, probably shocking and certainly controversial to analyse the amount that Londoners have spent on…

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Online Estate Agents revealing nearly all…

Lots of news in the air towards Online Estate Agents and many new names are entering the industry. Are they rivaling traditional estate agency or are they simply adding a new dimension to how people buy/sell/rent property in the UK? We contacted a selection of Online Estate Agency concepts via Twitter and asked them some…

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Online only… Can they be called ‘Estate Agents’?

Managing a few Estate Agency groups I get to see a lot of debates and opinions shared on varied industry topics. One of the popular discussions is to whether or not online estate agents, a growing popularity currently, should be classified as actual ‘Estate Agents’. As per usual, I will have no real opinion on…

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Online Estate Agents – Investments are flowing their way…

Online estate agents seem to sometime get very negative and anti feedback online, especially via social media where our LinkedIn group sometimes sees non positive thoughts as to whether an estate agency can be called one if their presence is only online. I myself, though not an estate agent, have received calls from estate agents…

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Online agents… Where are they headed?

  Since the announcement by Agents Mutual last year that they would be launching a completely new property portal namely Onthemarket.com there has been a concentrated coverage by the media on the subject, including all the pros and cons of having a new property portal, comments from agents and their reactions to the “one other”…

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