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Property visits remain one of the greatest time intensive activities for the letting agent. From prospecting visits, show rounds, inventories and...

By Dawson Scott, CTO of Reapit. As the Chief Technology Officer of Reapit, I have always held the view that the privacy,...

Proptech firm ValPal has entered the artificial intelligence (AI) sphere with a new tool to help agents write better quality and...

Automated rental payment specialists PayProp recently held a high-profile event in London - PayProp Connect - which included a number of...

Changes to Google’s algorithm may be impacting how agency websites appear in search results, firms have been warned. Google released its latest...

Agent marketing platform Growth Track has rebranded with a new offering aiming to save firm’s money and boost their digital presence. Now...

The Government was 120,000 homes short of its own new-build targets last year, research claims. Analysis by new-build sales optimisation platform Unlatch...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

Technology developed for the estate agency industry has advanced and expanded seismically over the past decade as software vendors develop their...

A good website is no longer optional for estate agents, as no single aspect of marketing to new customers is more...

Good property marketing photos have arguably never been more important in an increasingly visual and tech-led world. We saw just the...

Agents are always on the lookout to save time and money wherever they can, to improve, streamline and enhance their business. And...

January presents an opportune time for agency leaders to resolve and plan for resilience, performance and growth in 2021. With most of...

There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the UK’s property market, after hundreds of thousands of house...

In the old days an agent would procure clients based upon their position in the high street, the size of the...

In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...

Having a responsive website - one which is designed to automatically resize to fit the size of the screen of the...

Zoopla is claiming a big surge in leads provided to agents and a new high in the number of visits to...

When was the last time you looked at your business and really thought about what you could do to improve? Yesterday? Last...

Given that ‘UK buyers are the most digitally active home hunters’, with HSBC’s Beyond the Bricks report stating that 90% of...

Google celebrated its 20th birthday last month. Yes, it might be hard to recall a time when it wasn’t integral in...

The raison d'être for estate agents everywhere is to get their properties noticed! It’s as simple as that. These days you’re likely...

Fake news has become the popular catchphrase of a certain orange-tinted president in recent years. And everyone, from tech giants like...

Winkworth is beefing up its services for franchise owners with expanded support teams for its IT, Client Services and China departments.  Winkworth’s...

In the modern marketplace – where people live their lives on their smartphones and tablets, social media has a bigger influence...

The Property Franchise Group has launched five new websites, one for each of its high street brands.  These are CJ Hole, Ellis & Co,...

How many property professionals are truly happy with their revenue? High levels of competition from new market entrants is a significant...

Estate and letting agents' property descriptions are becoming increasingly likely to appear in keyword searches, according to a web marketing expert. Director...

2016 has undoubtedly shone a spotlight on the reviews industry and drawn into question the legitimacy of online customer reviews.  Amazon, amongst...

Hybrid estate agency EweMove has unveiled its new website which claims to set a new bar for agents looking to use...

Marketing and property often go hand in hand. But from time to time you might come across certain marketing terms that...

Someone told me the other day that it’s now only seven Mondays till Christmas. Now there’s a scary thought. Best get...

Public relations is big business these days. Whole companies are set up purely to provide this service. Major corporations have in-house...

So, has everyone been enjoying the fine summer weather we’ve been experiencing? Oh, wait…fear not, I will attempt to inject a...

A review of 30 prominent property sales websites undertaken by a digital marketing company demonstrates, perhaps predictably, a huge lead for...

Stacks Property Search, one of Britain’s largest buying agencies, has entered the debates over portals and the use of DIY house...