EG Property Link was the commercial listings arm of the UK’s Estates Gazette group, used for decades by agents to advertise offices, industrial units, and retail space across Britain. The service closed during 2025 and into 2026 after its parent company withdrew Estates Gazette’s products from the market, and agents have since shifted their marketing to other commercial portals and their own agency websites.
For anyone who bookmarked it years ago and is only now noticing it’s gone, that’s the short version. The longer version explains where the listings went, and why.
What Was EG Property Link?
Estates Gazette began as a print publication in 1858 and spent over 160 years building a reputation as a trusted name in UK commercial property journalism. The service grew out of that legacy as a dedicated online listings platform, separate from the magazine itself, aimed squarely at commercial rather than residential property.
It let agents upload detailed listings for offices, warehouses, and retail units, complete with photos, lease terms, and pricing, and it became one of the more recognisable names in the sector for both landlords’ marketing space and investors comparing options across regions. By the early 2020s it was common for a single regional agency to run dozens of live listings on the platform at once, spanning several towns rather than one postcode.
How Did EG Property Link Work for Agents and Landlords?
Agents used the platform to build out full property profiles rather than bare-bones ads, and the difference showed in how quickly a listing generated a genuine enquiry versus a wasted call. A typical listing included tenure details (leasehold or freehold), asking rent or price, an EPC rating, parking information, and often a floor plan or short video walkthrough. Search filters let users sort by location, sector, and budget, which mattered a great deal to investors running searches across several UK cities at once rather than a single postcode.
What Kinds of Property Were Listed
- Office space, from single suites to entire buildings
- Industrial units and warehouses
- Retail and leisure premises
- Land earmarked for development
What Made a Listing Useful
- Floor plans and accurate square footage
- EPC ratings and parking details
- Embedded virtual tours or video walkthroughs
- Direct contact routes to the listing agent
Why Did EG Property Link Close?
The closure wasn’t sudden, though it felt that way to many agents who’d used the platform for years. Estates Gazette’s parent company announced in December 2024 that it would begin withdrawing all EG products, including the magazine, its data arm, and Property Link, citing sustained financial pressure across commercial real estate. Higher interest rates, slower transaction volumes, and growing competition from newer proptech tools all played a role, after a 166-year run that started with a print magazine and ended with a subscription-based digital platform. The Estates Gazette magazine was later bought and revived under different ownership, but the listings platform itself was discontinued, with the wind-down largely complete by early 2026.
Where Do Agents List Commercial Property Now That EG Property Link Is Closed?
Listings that once lived on a single dominant portal are now spread across a handful of alternatives, and that fragmentation is the biggest practical change for anyone searching.
Established Commercial Portals
Several other UK-focused commercial property portals have absorbed much of the volume that platform once carried. Most agents we’ve seen now list across three or four platforms simultaneously rather than relying on one, which is a meaningful shift from how things worked even two years ago, and it means no single portal currently offers the same near-total market coverage the old service did at its peak.
Direct Agency Marketing
Many regional agencies have leaned harder on their own websites since that platform closed, partly to reduce dependence on any single third-party service going forward. This makes searching by agent name, rather than by portal, a more reliable strategy than it used to be, particularly for niche property types like trade counters or small industrial units that don’t always surface high in general portal searches.
Can Canadian and U.S. Investors Still Search UK Commercial Property Without EG Property Link?
Yes, though the process looks a little different now. In our experience helping overseas clients navigate UK listings, the loss of one central hub means a bit more legwork up front, since there’s no longer a single site guaranteed to show every relevant listing, but the fundamentals of a good search haven’t changed.
Steps Worth Following
- Start broad with major hubs like London, Manchester, or Birmingham, then narrow by sub-region once pricing patterns become clear.
- Filter by property type, size, and remaining lease length, the same criteria the old filters used to handle, and worth checking manually if a newer portal’s filters feel less granular.
- Email agents rather than calling, given the five-hour time difference between Toronto and London during standard business hours.
- Ask for a virtual tour and full lease documentation before booking any in-person viewing.
- Confirm cross-border payment and legal support with a UK solicitor before signing anything.
UK commercial property still draws steady interest from Canadian and American investors, largely because lease structures tend to be longer and more predictable than what’s typical in many North American markets.
FAQ
Is EG Property Link still active?
No. It closed as part of a broader wind-down of Estates Gazette’s products that began in late 2024 and finished during 2025 and early 2026, along with the group’s data business and, briefly, the magazine itself before new ownership stepped in.
What UK portal replaced it?
No single platform replaced it outright, which surprises a lot of people who assume something must have simply taken over the same market share. Agents now spread listings across several UK commercial property portals and their own websites, which means searching in more than one place has become necessary if you want full coverage of what’s available.
Can I still find those old listings?
Most active listings were transferred elsewhere by the agents who posted them, rather than archived or left in place. Searching for the agent or agency directly by name usually works better than trying to locate the old portal, and a quick web search of the agency name plus “commercial property” tends to surface their current listings page fast.
How do overseas buyers search UK commercial property without it now?
By using the established commercial portals that remain active, filtering by location and property type, and contacting agents directly by email to account for time zone gaps. It’s a slightly more manual process than it used to be, but not a harder one.
