‘Moving beyond a 7% market share appears to be a major challenge for the online agents’
The latest from Twenty Ci indicates that online estate agencies are still accounting for around 7% of residential property exchanges in the UK, with a focus on lower-value segments
Online-only agents increase market share – TwentyCi
Exchanges up 11% in Q1, according to consumer intelligence firm...
Online agents’ market share ‘stabilises’ at 7.2% of exchanges
The total number of new instructions across the UK increased by 4% from Q4 2017 to Q4 2018, according to TwentyCi, but exchanges fell by 1.2%
Online agents’ UK market share rises to 8%
Overall property exchanges have picked up in the last year, reports TwentyCi - but the number of £5m+ deals was over a third lower in Q2 2018 compared to 2017
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