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Why some believe ‘no sale, no fee’ is the future of selling property online

[Important content update: Housesimple is now called Strike and its property selling service is now 100% FREE. That means with Strike you can sell your property with no estate agent’s fees. For fully updated information on this opportunity to sell your home without paying a estate agent please visit the Strike website.]

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More and more property sellers in the UK – and indeed around the world – are opting to use the services of an online estate agent. Read more »

Live in the capital? Here’s how to avoid the Purplebricks ‘London seller’s tax’

[Important SellingUp information: Housesimple is now called Strike and its property selling service is now 100% FREE. That means with Strike you can sell your property with no estate agent’s fees. For fully updated information on this opportunity to sell your home without paying a estate agent please visit the Strike website.]

The way homeowners sell their property has changed drastically over the last five years. Read more »

Considering Purplebricks? Lower your risk of selling property online with a ‘no sale no fee’ online estate agent

[Important content update: Housesimple is now called Strike and its property selling service is now 100% FREE. That means with Strike you can sell your property with no estate agent’s fees. For fully updated information on this opportunity to sell your home without paying a estate agent please visit the Strike website.]

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Online estate agents have seen a tremendous rise in popularity in recent times. Read more »

Purplebricks Pay Later package is in the spotlight – but what are the alternatives?

[Important SellingUp information: Housesimple is now called Strike and its property selling service is now 100% FREE. That means with Strike you can sell your property with no estate agent’s fees. For fully updated information on this opportunity to sell your home without paying a estate agent please visit the Strike website.]

Purplebricks has come under intense media scrutiny over its system for offering customers a way to ‘buy now pay later’. Read more »

Why are online estate agents that do viewings sometimes called ‘hybrids’?

 

[Important SellingUp information: Housesimple is now called Strike and its property selling service is now 100% FREE. That means with Strike you can sell your property with no estate agent’s fees. For fully updated information on this opportunity to sell your home without paying a estate agent please visit the Strike website.]

Online estate agents can offer a lot more than good value. Read more »

Who is the best online estate agent? Trustpilot says it’s NOT Purplebricks

[Important SellingUp information: Housesimple is now called Strike and its property selling service is now 100% FREE. That means with Strike you can sell your property with no estate agent’s fees. For fully updated information on this opportunity to sell your home without paying a estate agent please visit the Strike website.]

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Housesimple vs Purplebricks: online estate agent head-to-head comparison

[Important SellingUp information: Housesimple is now called Strike and its property selling service is now 100% FREE. That means with Strike you can sell your property with no estate agent’s fees. For fully updated information on this opportunity to sell your home without paying a estate agent please visit the Strike website.]

It’s always sensible to consider your options, especially when it comes to something as big as selling property – that’s why we designed our online estate agent comparison tool, which lets you find the right online agent based on your own criteria. Read more »

Purplebricks alternatives: hybrid online estate agents you may not have heard of

If you ask someone to name an ‘online estate agent’ there’s a fair chance they will say something like “oh, you mean like Purplebricks?” And they would be right – sort of. But strictly speaking Purplebricks isn’t an online estate agent – it actually calls itself a hybrid agent. A hybrid agent shares features of both online-only agencies and traditional high street agents, claiming to offer property sellers the best of both worlds. Read more »

Sizing up Purplebricks alternatives: online estate agent competitors league table

A recent survey by YouGov for SellingUp.com showed that 39% of property owners had heard of Purplebricks – but not many people know just how many alternative online estate agents there are to choose from. Ongoing research into the sector by SellingUp.com enables us to estimate that there are approximately 50 credible online estate agents in the UK – that’s a lot of consumer choice. Read more »

Why does Purplebricks call itself a hybrid estate agent?

[Important SellingUp information: Housesimple is now called Strike and its property selling service is now 100% FREE. That means with Strike you can sell your property with no estate agent’s fees. For fully updated information on this opportunity to sell your home without paying a estate agent please visit the Strike website.]

Once upon a time – way, way back in the early noughties – they were simply called ‘estate agents’. Read more »

Purplebricks easily most recognisable online estate agent – YouGov/SellingUp

In the month of its stock market launch, Purplebricks has been shown to be easily the most recognisable online estate agency. A poll of 1300 homeowners by YouGov for SellingUp.com found that 39% knew the Purplebricks name, even though it only launched in April 2014.

The survey revealed Purplebricks to have a far higher brand awareness than all of its six major online estate agents rivals combined, who between them tallied 22% recognition. Read more »

How Purplebricks brothers built £70million fortune from failure in under four years

[Important content update: Housesimple is now called Strike and its property selling service is now 100% FREE. That means with Strike you can sell your property with no estate agent’s fees. For fully updated information on this opportunity to sell your home without paying a estate agent please visit the Strike website.]

Purplebricks online estate agent launched on the London Stock Exchange today with a valuation of £240 million.  Read more »

Online estate agents league table: size, growth and sales data on Zoopla

Online estate agency is a fast evolving sector with a handful of big competitors dominating and a large number of small entrants. With more than one claiming to be ‘the biggest in the UK’, SellingUp.com decided to look at who is leading in terms of number of properties listed on Zoopla.

League table of online estate agents

zoopla oea table

Note: The agencies in the table are ranked by the first column of figures: ‘Residential properties listed for sale’.
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What are online estate agents? A beginner’s guide to the new way to sell

[Important SellingUp information: Housesimple is now called Strike and its property selling service is now 100% FREE. That means with Strike you can sell your property with no estate agent’s fees. For fully updated information on this opportunity to sell your home without paying a estate agent please visit the Strike website.]

Over the past few years a new type of property service has emerged – the ‘online estate agent’ – offering to sell your property for a low fixed fee. Read more »