Artificial Intelligence is now a part of all our lives, but my attention was grabbed recently by an AI critique of...
Archive
You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...
19 April 2024
From: Sponsored Content
TV property guru, Move iQ founder and Estate Agent Today columnist Phil Spencer to be a keynote speakers at Propertymark One...
19 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Happy birthday to us….and all members of the The ValPal Network! We are celebrating a decade in business and in those 10...
19 March 2024
From: Sponsored Content
The property market is awash with data. A quick Google search and any prospective buyer can find property prices, listing history,...
13 March 2024
From: Features
Let's be honest – landlords are the lifeblood of any letting agency. Winning and keeping their business keeps the wheels turning...
09 February 2024
From: Sponsored Content
Knight Frank has launched a bespoke customer portal after 18 months of development. Coined ‘My Knight Frank,’ the firm says it is a digital customer experience platform, accessible...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss Uzair, an industry-specific artificial intelligence (AI). Iceberg Digital, the creators...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Anti-money laundering platform (AML) Credas Technologies has launched a material information function, helping estate agents to get ahead of the latest...
11 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Home-moving platform MoveReady has launched a new game to raise awareness of new material information rules and help agents, buyers and...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A team from The ValPal Network joined industry Facebook ads expert Paul Long on a webinar designed to equip every agent...
17 November 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Self-employed agency brand eXp Realty has partnered with HomeHunter to help improve the property search process for consumers across its territories...
03 November 2023
From: Breaking News
A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...
26 October 2023
From: Sponsored Content
In today's fast-paced and ever-evolving property industry, it’s essential that forward-thinking agents strive for innovation through PropTech to improve processes, save...
26 October 2023
From: Sponsored Content
In today's world of rising costs and economic uncertainty, estate agents are seeking innovative ways to maximise their resources while delivering...
07 October 2023
From: Features
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
29 September 2023
From: Breaking News
As an Estate Agent it’s important to be able to interpret and understand the information that a Title Deed document presents...
20 September 2023
From: Features
Welcome back to the second instalment of our blog series on social media marketing tips for estate agents! In part one,...
19 September 2023
From: Marketing & Social Media
Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...
12 September 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Agency software and CRM provider Street.co.uk has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) to help users write property descriptions. Street AI uses...
17 August 2023
From: Breaking News
New research from an estate agency attempts to quantify what most of the industry already knows - that prospective buyers won’t...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
In his latest column, Jonathan Rolande, founder of House Buy Fast, explains how those working in the sector can beat the...
24 July 2023
From: Breaking News
PropTech Today - Why investing in the right PropTech is like having an extra pair of hands - or two…
Have you heard of the Pareto Principle…? Named after economist Vilfredo Pareto, it describes the imbalance of most work-related events -...
21 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Zoopla has delivered strong vendor lead performance for agents in the first half of 2023 despite the challenging macroeconomic backdrop -...
19 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Success with your chosen CRM solution should not be a one-and-done package. Once you team up with a stellar CRM provider,...
17 July 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Ever taken on a property where the sale has got tangled up in problems arising from the title register? It’s a...
21 June 2023
From: Features
The founder of an online agency that switched to the for sale-by-owner model has turned his attention to property portals. Kae Travis...
20 June 2023
From: Breaking News
ValPal has announced an advanced AI technology tool designed to help agents generate property profiles in a snap. With ValPal AI, property...
10 June 2023
From: Features
It’s no secret – 2023 is a difficult year for the property industry. While rising rents should lead to increased income...
07 June 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Rightmove is looking to help agents inspire more people to consider moving with its latest advertising campaign. The portal’s summer advertising campaign...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...
19 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Facebook ads are one of the most cost-effective forms of online advertising. A little budget goes a long way on Facebook,...
13 May 2023
From: Features
As an estate or letting agent, you may already know that having a strong online presence is crucial for success in...
12 May 2023
From: Marketing & Social Media
With no ease up on the cost of living crisis, understandably many agents’ primary concern is whether or not their tenants...
11 March 2023
From: Features
2023 has been coined as ‘the year of AI adoption’, and with this technology trickling down to almost every sector, its...
07 March 2023
From: Sponsored Content
OnTheMarket (OTM) has launched a range of new tools that aim to boost the user experience for consumer and also make...
28 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Lies, damned lies, and statistics this week. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel as though I’m being bombarded...
11 February 2023
From: Features
Being owned by Google, YouTube is the world’s 2nd largest search engine, you can find all the logical reasons online, just...
14 January 2023
From: Features
Agents at haart in Lincoln are celebrating after receiving their 1,000th online review on Google. The branch, which offers both residential sales...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Estate agents have the challenging job of creating relationships and trust with their customers, who will make crucial life decisions such...
07 January 2023
From: Features
By David Boughtflower Business Analyst at Reapit, 14 years in Residential Sales and Lettings Having entered estate agency in the eye of the...
13 December 2022
From: Sponsored Content
In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss the arrival of Lifesycle 3. The continual development of Lifesycle...
01 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Inside this short article, my goal is to simply highlight the four most common mistakes l see from reviewing agents' Google Ad...
26 November 2022
From: Features
LonRes has launched a new mobile app for its subscribers to access listings while on the move and support agents while...
25 November 2022
From: Breaking News
With the reported increase in agency staff turnover we thought it would be a good idea to look at how you...
09 November 2022
From: Features
The sales progression function is what binds the whole property transaction together and the importance of effective sales progression in the...
05 November 2022
From: Features
For the third year running, mio, tmgroup and Conveyancing Data Services (CDS) are inviting property professionals to share their successes and...
12 October 2022
From: Features
Over the last five years, the Government has introduced a range of measures to regulate the property market, particularly in the...
12 October 2022
From: Features
First-time buyers and homeowners seeking to sell alike are worried and confused about the current state of the housing market. With the average...
08 October 2022
From: Features
Property seekers can now search for a home through OnTheMarket based on “accessible features.” The portal has introduced a new “accessible features”...
07 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Is Facebook giving you a headache? If you’re in the property sector, you’re not alone! From the Cambridge Analytica Scandal to...
05 October 2022
From: Features
Agents have been putting their hands in their pockets and getting active for plenty of good causes over the past week. If...
30 September 2022
From: Breaking News
In the current challenging economic environment, agencies need to ensure more than ever that they’re getting the most out of every...
27 September 2022
From: Sponsored Content
Good estate agents are always busy, we get that, but the constant juggling of tasks that could be outsourced to others...
27 September 2022
From: Sponsored Content
After two years of extraordinary activity in the housing market there are signs that the clouds are gathering as RICS reports...
21 September 2022
From: Features
Many experts are predicting that house price growth will slow for the remainder of the year as the cost of living...
17 September 2022
From: Features
The leading trade body for the conveyancing industry has launched a new ‘Find an Expert’ service via its website. This will help...
11 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Another piece about conveyancing? Seems like it's been a bit of free-for-all in the last couple of weeks on the woes...
06 August 2022
From: Features
For some time, LinkedIn was seen – fairly or unfairly – as stodgy, dull, corporate and formal. The uncool uncle to...
30 July 2022
From: Features
Stipendium, the platform that simplifies life’s complex events, has compiled a guide to submitting an offer and exchanging contracts, to help buyers...
26 July 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
Agents have been celebrating some of the top fundraising exploits of the past 12 months but the activity continues. Remember, if you...
22 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Facebook has been a platform which has opened the door to those looking to advertise their services in exceptional ways. Digital...
09 July 2022
From: Features
02 July 2022
From: Features
OneDome has launched a new product to let pre-qualified buyers register their interest for properties with local estate agents. The Buyer Passport...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Images can have the ability to paint a vivid image, but video content can take this to the next level if...
22 June 2022
From: Marketing & Social Media
Portals are aiming to boost consumer awareness of new material information rules rather than refusing non-compliant listings. Agency listings have been required...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Today’s consumers judge a business not just on the quality of its products, but also on their experience in using them....
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
An estate agency which has already donated £50,000 to help the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, is now calling on other firms...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The self-employed model, after years of not really catching on fully, was given a major boost by the pandemic and the...
26 March 2022
From: Features
Hello and welcome to another Agents Do Charity, the weekly round up of fund-raising in our industry. Once more our thoughts are...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News
We know from our customer research that being able to showcase property that looks the best it can online is the...
09 March 2022
From: Features
For all sales and letting agents, accelerating your business to new heights is a number one priority. You can’t be losing time...
02 March 2022
From: Features
Property events and functions are now back in full swing, with 2022 likely to be the first ‘normal’ year for this...
12 February 2022
From: Features
Location Location Location co-presenter Kirstie Allsopp has fought back after her comments on first time buyers were sharply criticised oil social...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News
With the drastic changes enacted on the industry over the past two years thanks to the pandemic and political events such...
22 January 2022
From: Features
There’s lots of talk of people moving over within estate agency to be self-employed so they can chase the dream of...
18 December 2021
From: Features
In a first for the Natter, this week's interview is a video affair, with me posing the questions to Stephen Brown,...
04 December 2021
From: Features
I am often guilty of this myself, where I think I am the bees’ knees in all walks of life; whether I...
27 November 2021
From: Features
Boomin has launched a new tool - Chainmaker - which it claims cuts fall throughs and introduces agents to ‘hot buyers’. The software...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Zoopla says its new In-Search ads have secured over 38m impressions since their launch. ‘In-Search’ ads are hosted on Zoopla’s listings search...
03 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The Pandora Papers - the biggest ever leak of offshore data - has revealed that the UK’s property market is being...
30 October 2021
From: Features
I’m going to declare upfront that, as an investor, I have a financial interest in the success of MovePal but I also need...
23 October 2021
From: Features
The ESTAS – often known as the property world’s version of the Oscars – returns as an in-person event this Friday...
21 October 2021
From: Sponsored Content
As we move into the autumn of 2021, what the coming year has in store for estate agents is something we...
29 September 2021
From: Features
As we motor towards the next major global climate change conference – the UN’s COP26 being held in Glasgow from 31...
25 September 2021
From: Features
The latest easyProperty franchise has landed in Luton, the spiritual home of the easy brand as it’s the place where budget...
23 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Industry-wide adoption of Unique Property Reference Numbers could be one step closer after an announcement by a major trade body. The Conveyancing...
16 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Business intelligence is paramount to companies looking to gain a competitive edge, particularly in saturated markets like estate agency. Each client...
08 September 2021
From: Sponsored Content
A PropTech operator claims that agents currently pay around £250 per lead, averaging costs of different sources ranging from Google Ads...
02 September 2021
From: Breaking News
26 August 2021
From: Sponsored Content
For over 20 years, Reapit's CRM software has been the obvious choice for any self-respecting estate agency business. Used today by...
05 August 2021
From: Sponsored Content
Trust the process: subscribe your landlords and tenants to Task Plans and receive automated prompts when it’s the right time to...
05 August 2021
From: Sponsored Content
Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, technology has proven to be the answer for many problems faced by sectors across...
30 July 2021
From: Sponsored Content
Zoopla has launched a new advertising innovation which it says will help both agents and housebuilders as they seek to capitalise...
06 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...
03 July 2021
From: Features
As estate agencies are covered by Money Laundering Regulations, agents are legally obliged to take customer due diligence measures to limit...
01 June 2021
From: Sponsored Content
The free to list portal Residential People has launched what it claims to be a new Map View feature which “goes...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News
In recent years, the property market has been taking steps to become more digital – with HM Land Registry leading the...
19 May 2021
From: Sponsored Content
Propertymark has produced a new guide for estate agents in the wake of the latest step on the roadmap out of Covid...