Purplebricks takes a stake in loss-making German online agency as it enters mainland Europe market: but when will investors get returns?

Why, for all our sakes, we need the wounded beast that is Countrywide to survive

Columnist Paul Smith wonders whether the UK portals would dare take a roll of the dice

Opinion piece: What does hybrid staff turnover tell us?

Our columnist also wonders just how rosy (or not) things are in the hybrid garden

Opinion: What will happen now with Countrywide – and a few other thoughts

A whole new industry has sprung up around new data protection rules – remember the Millennium bug?

Opinion piece: The online numbers just don’t add up, says Spicerhaart boss Paul Smith

Most agents do not realise just how valuable their data is

Has the time come to put UK’s largest agent out of its misery