As yet another online agent reports huge losses, PAUL SMITH wonders how long investors will hold out
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The race to the bottom hasn’t worked, so how about a race to the top?
The Paul Smith column: Is it time for agents to concentrate on offering a premium service and charge accordingly?
Continue Reading ...The Paul Smith column: What I got right, what I got wrong – and yes, I’d bid for parts of Countrywide
Paul Smith’s predictions for the next 12 months
Continue Reading ...Opinion: Surely it is better to go it alone than buy into a franchise?
The Paul Smith column: Franchises feeling the pinch, and what next for online agencies?
Continue Reading ...Opinion: Why investing in estate agency is such a big risk
Purplebricks takes a stake in loss-making German online agency as it enters mainland Europe market: but when will investors get returns?
Continue Reading ...The Paul Smith column: Why we must all get behind Countrywide’s recovery plan
Why, for all our sakes, we need the wounded beast that is Countrywide to survive
Continue Reading ...Opinion piece: Will UK portals follow the Zillow model and start buying and flipping homes?
Columnist Paul Smith wonders whether the UK portals would dare take a roll of the dice
Continue Reading ...The Paul Smith column: Why is staff turnover so high at the hybrids?
Opinion piece: What does hybrid staff turnover tell us?
Continue Reading ...The Paul Smith column: How much longer can Countrywide go on as it is?
Our columnist also wonders just how rosy (or not) things are in the hybrid garden
Continue Reading ...The Paul Smith column: What happens now that Platt is leaving Countryslide?
Opinion: What will happen now with Countrywide – and a few other thoughts
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