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New data from one of Britain’s largest mortgage lenders shows that nearly one in five first-time buyers are now aged 40...
23 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The lending outlook is improving for the housing market but psychological milestones remain, Knight Frank warns. The latest UK market commentary from...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Hilary Grayson is a Director at Sava focusing much of her time on the development of new qualifications to enhance skills...
14 October 2023
From: Features
Agency software provider Alto has announced a new partnership with home setup provider Just Move In. Customers of the Zoopla-backed firm will...
13 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Connells group chief executive David Livesey has announced his intention to retire during 2024. Highly respected throughout the industry, Livesey joined Connells...
20 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Agency brands including Hamptons and Savills as well as property developer London Square have sponsored gardens at this week’s Chelsea Flower...
23 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Zoopla has become the latest accredited supplier of the New Homes Quality Board (NHQB) for its software that supports housebuilders. It come...
02 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Connells Group is marking milestone anniversaries for four of its estate agency brands this year. Four of its brands are celebrating a...
20 January 2023
From: Breaking News
They think it’s all over, it is now as we publish our final World Cup Agent Match report following England’s quarter...
14 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Foxtons has upped its expectations for its full year financial performance despites acknowledging a “less certain market backdrop.” A trading update from...
27 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Connells Group chairman Stephen Shipperley is set to retire at the end of 2022. It comes as he marked his 45th anniversary...
26 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Chain management tool, ViewMyChain has been integrated with agency software provider Reapit. The integration means Reapit users will have a single sign...
22 September 2022
From: Breaking News
First-time buyers have been urged to manage their expectations after it revealed that 79% believe their first home will meet all...
23 August 2022
From: Breaking News
As the UK works towards its net zero goal by 2050, Legal & General Mortgage Club has launched a Green Hub to support...
12 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Zoopla has launched a Progression Portal for agents, promising real-time updates for 15 key milestones during the sales transaction process. Agents can...
25 July 2022
From: Breaking News
02 July 2022
From: Features
Agents were busy marking the Platinum Jubilee over the past week but there was still time for fundraising exploits including tree-planting...
10 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Foxtons has announced the acquisition of two estate agents worth £10.55m. The listed agency giant has acquired IMM Properties Ltd, trading under...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The sponsor of an industry forum for agents and conveyancers to be held next week says the collaborative event hails the...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Until a few years ago, you would have been forgiven for not knowing who or what Coadjute was. But the company, founded...
26 February 2022
From: Features
You’ve heard me bang on about the wonder of reservation agreements for some time now, but it’s definitely the case that...
11 December 2021
From: Features
PropTech has seen a surge in uptake over the last few years for several reasons – be it the Covid-19 pandemic...
13 November 2021
From: Features
There is no denying that managing properties is labour intensive. As real estate agents you are responsible for administering and addressing...
20 October 2021
From: Features
2021 redefined what it meant to offer exceptional customer experiences for consumers across multiple industries, but particularly for the residential property...
13 October 2021
From: Features
Agent wages have been in the news this week, with boastful claims from a number of self-employed businesses about the sums...
09 October 2021
From: Features
Last month it was reported that up to 500,000 people had been ‘pinged’ by the NHS in a week. While the...
18 August 2021
From: Features
Admin teams in most businesses are often the lynchpins that ensure compliance and deal with issues in order to keep the...
14 August 2021
From: Features
Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...
17 July 2021
From: Features
Anyone working in residential property knows it is taking longer and longer to get from SSTC (sold subject to contract) to...
10 July 2021
From: Features
For a match between two great rivals, the England-Scotland 0-0 draw on Friday may have brought both nations together. After all it’s...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Michael Jones & Company celebrates its 30-year anniversary this year and, in an effort to both celebrate the work of local...
12 June 2021
From: Features
A new survey of some 700 estate agency customers show that they want to get traditional services like High Street branches,...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News
It might be tempting during the pandemic to focus simply on the business, yet many agents have been turning their attention...
06 March 2021
From: Features
Two mothers have launched a new estate agency using a virtual office - and they have overcome personal challenges to achieve their...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Two prominent suppliers have teamed up to offer customers instant visibility of chain lengths, details of agents connected to properties being...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News
As the review of the recommendations of the Regulation of Property Agents Working Group continues, Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager and...
01 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content
New PropTech products continue to appear, many aimed at enhancing transparency in buying and selling, or helping agents adopt new ways of...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News
“Many hands make light work” – Does John Heywood’s old English proverb from the 1300s apply to modern approaches on how...
01 August 2020
From: Features
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jon Horton, Product director of sales progression platform, mio What does...
17 July 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
Collaboration creates a bigger market Iain White, of the Innovation Collaboration Group “the Estate Agency industry must recognise that collaboration will...
30 June 2020
From: Sponsored Content
With three months of lockdown behind us, commission income is vital, and sales progression is more important than ever. Emma Vigus, Managing...
27 June 2020
From: Features
Imagine a Zoom call where ten people are discussing the same topic, but everyone speaks a different language and has a...
17 June 2020
From: Features
As we emerge from lockdown, quickly progressing sales to completion is vital to replace lost commission income. What role can mio...
15 June 2020
From: Sponsored Content
PropTech big names Reapit and ViewMyChain are joining up to try to accelerate transactions when the lockdown finally ends and the...
24 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...
31 March 2020
From: Breaking News
Your business may be growing quicker than you could ever imagine which is great when it comes to raising brand awareness....
11 March 2020
From: Features
An agent is defying attempts by a property portal to get him to pay subscriptions for two branches - because he...
22 January 2020
From: Breaking News
We’re nearing the end of another year in which many agents have faced challenging times and a frustrating market hit by...
19 December 2019
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Michelle O’Brien, mio Account Manager for Home Counties North What is...
27 November 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
A PropTech firm has calculated the different delays that lead to transactions taking an average 120 days (and often much longer)...
19 November 2019
From: Breaking News
A PropTech company that monitors search times for transactions says only just over two thirds of them are now completed in...
14 November 2019
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jason Wilson, mio Account Manager What is mio and what does...
05 November 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
OnTheMarket will on Wednesday of this week issue over a million shares to agents who have signed new long-term listing agreements...
04 November 2019
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket is being accused by an agent of charging a monthly fee for a branch it knows to be shut. Ian King...
25 October 2019
From: Breaking News
Case study: Connells reaping the time-saving benefits of new sales and communication tool Since adopting mio in September 2018, Josh Lally, Senior...
07 October 2019
From: Sponsored Content
Robert Anderson, Branch Manager at William H Brown in Leicester shares how sales progression and communication tool, mio, has created a...
23 September 2019
From: Sponsored Content
Property management service Move with Us has announced a new partnership with chain management service View My Chain. Move with Us, founded...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Fox and Sons goes digital and improves their sales progression with mio Lucy Luxton, Branch Manager at Fox and Sons, Tiverton (Devon)...
09 September 2019
From: Sponsored Content
We daren’t mention it but this is the final Bank Holiday before…well, Christmas. Let’s hope agents and suppliers have an opportunity to...
23 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Carl Hemming, Director from Ginger in Balsall Common explains how mio has quickly proven to be a cost-effective way to simplify...
12 August 2019
From: Sponsored Content
Matt Nicholson, Sales Progressor at Edwards & Co in Rhiwbina, Cardiff, explains how adopting sales progression and communication tool, mio, has...
29 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Eric Woodhams F.N.A.E.A. mio Account Manager What is mio and what...
26 July 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
A new sales progression tool that claims to have been hugely successful over an 18-month pilot is being rolled out across...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Hello, it’s that time of the week again when we look at the latest recruitment and appointment news in the industry. Just...
08 April 2019
From: Breaking News
Hard not to mention two major breaking news stories of recent days; one directly affecting the property market and one which...
15 December 2018
From: Features
I’m spending a lot of time in airport terminals waiting for flights. They’re not the most comfortable of surroundings, but at...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News
How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...
17 November 2018
From: Features
OnTheMarket has this morning announced that it now has signed listing agreements with more than 11,000 estate agency offices - over...
02 October 2018
From: Breaking News
Winkworth is a giant national agency franchise but this autumn it is marking a series of anniversaries for several of its...
19 September 2018
From: Breaking News
With the news that Hunters and Fisher German are the latest agencies to offer online auctions to sellers, is this something...
18 September 2018
From: Sponsored Content
The emerging Proptech platform BestAgent has announced its latest partnership - this one is with sales progression company ViewMyChain. BestAgent, run by...
26 July 2018
From: Breaking News
One of the country’s leading PropTech entrepreneurs has responded to recent criticism of online estate agencies and their allegedly-poor record of...
01 March 2018
From: Breaking News
Sohail Rashid discusses data driven sales progression in this video below. View My Chain allows agents and home movers to view automated...
13 April 2017
From: 60 Second Interview
Andrews Property Group has announced that Ronda Green, the group’s marketing director, died suddenly in hospital on January 3. Having previously worked...
10 January 2017
From: Breaking News
A new automated sales progression tool being launched today promises to require fewer resources from agents in return for ensuring faster...
31 October 2016
From: Breaking News
Campagining housing charity Shelter claims that an estimated 13 million people aged between 18 and 44 feel the high costs of buying...
07 July 2016
From: Breaking News
It’s nearly June – June! – already. Seriously, where has this year gone? This means summer is nearly upon us, with a...
27 May 2016
From: Features
At the end of January I was one of the many people stood listening to the presentation that our co-founder Rachel...
12 March 2016
From: Features
Birthdays aren’t just something for family and friends to celebrate. Businesses too can justifiably use these milestones to remember their roots and...
27 February 2016
From: Features
There has been a fierce attack on failed conveyancing portal Veyo, in the form of an open letter from one of the...
18 December 2015
From: Breaking News
Detectives investigating the burglary which ultimately led to the death of PC David Phillips on October 5 have released pictures of...
16 October 2015
From: Breaking News
The presupposed notion still exists that new online agents are ‘tech savvy’ whilst the seemingly old fashioned high street agents are...