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Making predictions for the year ahead is notoriously difficult and leaves me open to having egg on my face, but I’m...

A reluctance by property firms to hire individuals to focus on innovation is leaving the sector behind when it comes to...

The last week has been dramatic even by the standards of UK politics, with a Cabinet and junior minister rebellion bringing...

Today’s consumers judge a business not just on the quality of its products, but also on their experience in using them....

In this article, Kristian Stott, Head of New Business at iamproperty, analyses the digital revolution in our lives and in property and why...

PropTech supplier tmgroup is to hold a six-part webinar series called Achieving Change: Think tomorrow, act today. The webinars - from linked...

Representatives of Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket, Boomin and OneDome portals are to be quizzed in an industry Question Time session next month. Russell...

Technology has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years, undoubtedly improving many parts of the moving process for both estate...

I have written this column for over four years. I started writing it at a time when no-one really knew anything...

The ‘future of residential’ is a huge term to contend with but one that was addressed last week through our RE:Connect...

After you. No, after you. That is often how innovation seems amongst the real estate elite. And this week I see it...

I remember so clearly in my Foxtons days, working as a lettings manager in Putney, that lettings, though less sexy than...

I had a wry smile when I read the article on Monday from the conveyancers complaining about people getting off their...

Recently, when giving speeches, I have discussed investment trends and industry trends that the built environment is experiencing. They are quite...

I was giving an interview this week for an upcoming conference - yet another to convert from a physical to a...

For a mixture of reasons, I now only write this column every two weeks. At first, I missed the weekly consideration...

An overview of the global PropTech sector is often what I am asked to cover at conferences around the world. This generally...

I want to talk to you about new ways to sell homes. Let's not encourage people to sell but just swap...

With stamp duty cuts and 90% mortgages on their way back, anyone could think the housing market was about to go...

Tuesday mornings at 6am is usually my time to review all the latest PropTech news. This fires off ideas for my...

I recently read the news about Settled closing its doors. As of 6.29am on Tuesday morning, the article had been read by 8,642...

For complete transparency, I write this column first thing on a Tuesday morning and have done for a couple of years...

What an interesting few days it’s been. I don’t think the topic of this week’s column is doing anything good for our...

This week I fly to Spain to present at a conference called Immotechnia. I am opening the conference with a 45-minute...

Yes, you can promise yourself that you won't eat all the mince pies, or yet another roast potato, nor drink as...

Everyone thought John Bercow was short. It probably didn’t help that I was on stage just before him. 5ft 6 versus...

Last week, it was announced that Plentific, the London-based tenant experience, has raised $32 million in Series B funding. Plentific’s model sees...

The founder of Rightmove and former Countrywide chief executive Harry Hill is one of a number of investors behind a new...

I have been banging on about partnerships and collaborations for years now. Whether it’s between two real estate firms, two PropTech firms,...

I want to take the time this week to talk about PropTech startups and how they can often be seen to...

There are those who say that PropTech is at risk of becoming a bubble market, and others who say bubbles don’t...

As real estate firms begin to execute their Q3 strategies and think more closely about Q4, there is one major question...

News this week tells of Zehomes, the German property management company, raising €13 million in Series-A funding, bringing its all-time total...

This week, you find me in Italy. Now that we’ve entered that languid month of August, where all of real estate...

Keller Williams continues to drive culture, mentality, and process transformation by partnering with DocuSign to enable electronic signatures. It’s another lesson in...

The recent announcement of a clicktopurchase partnership demonstrates some much-needed progression from Rightmove. In doing so, however, it could be said it...

I want to take the time this week to look at an area of PropTech and real estate which is seeing...

It’s London Tech Week, everybody! The sprawling city-wide event taking in dozens of conferences, events, workshops, panel debates and so on,...

We’ve reached the final instalment of my market transformation do’s and don’ts.  In previous articles, we’ve looked at: Do encourage, don’t deter;...

My article last week has sparked some really great engagement, which I’m delighted about!  Thank you to everyone who commented or dropped...

By the time you read this article, I’ll be in Nigeria. My first ever visit to the continent of Africa. Sitting here...

Foxtons and Quintain have both recently made an important decision about their technological innovation, the same decision must also be made...

An interesting debate has been sparked in PropTech this week. It started with an interview, published on YouTube, in which Kristjan Byfield...

A couple of weeks ago, SoftBank’s Vision Fund led a whopping $200 million investment injection into Clutter, the US-based on-demand storage...

“Estate Agents must be suffering from supplier fatigue. Where do you even begin? Most agents haven’t got the time.” So started the...

Today sees the launch of Unissu, a platform which has classified over 6,000 PropTech businesses in a bid to offer estate...

Two high-profile PropTech entrepreneurs have raised £150,000 to help fund what they call “the first global PropTech platform.” James Dearsley and Eddie...