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Perhaps it’s been our pre-occupation with Brexit, or on the other hand maybe we’re bored with politics, but this year’s Budget...

Several agents have asked me whether they should consider ditching their high street offices and move to an out of town...

Any day now we’ll hear the date for the Autumn Budget: it may be delayed to wait for a Brexit deal...

Why do we choose to engage with one application more than another, or find ourselves returning to the same piece of...

When Oakland A’s, a small-market team, stunned the baseball world 16 years ago by transforming itself into world-beaters on a shoestring-budget,...

Location, Location, Location: it’s no coincidence the TV show seized on that title because the importance of a property’s position is...

Having recently attended FUTURE: PropTech in London, it struck me just how far the integration of property and technology has progressed...

Firstly, my sincere apologies - it has now been over a month since my last PropTech blog, doesn’t time fly!  In the...

Just like that, the Easter Bank Holiday has come and gone and I find myself now looking ahead to the Summer.  The...

It’s now almost a month since the government introduced new rules on Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO), as part of its...

It’s time to sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to overseas buyers of property. If you listen to Theresa...

When Facebook first announced it would be entering the property listings market a few weeks ago it sent shockwaves across the...

From where I’m standing there’s a lot in common between the debate between online and traditional agents, and the argument over...

“Baton down the hatches. Stockpile the food cupboard. Brexit is coming and it’s little more than six months away!” I jest, but there is...

There’s little doubt that downsizing is less of a factor in the housing market than it used to be - so...

You will notice that there is a new author for this regular column for Estate Agent Today. Last month I was...

Given the level of resource and energy being put behind upping the number of first-time buyers in the UK, you might...

At any given moment it’s difficult to say which issue dominates our marketplace, but I think it’s fair to acknowledge during...

Rather like doctors, estate agents are present at critical points in our lives – moving in together, bidding farewell to a...

For any business, regardless of size, age or industry, operating efficiently is fundamental to your success. When faced with challenges like we...

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

No, I haven’t lost the plot. Such a thing exists – and if you’re familiar with North London, there is a...

Local business reviews are becoming increasingly important for reputation management, with recent research showing 90% of consumers read online reviews before...

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

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

For too long the private rented sector has been complacent towards customer satisfaction. In the changing rental landscape, the smartest letting...

Does your company apply adequate customer due diligence measures when carrying out estate agency work?  Does it establish and maintain appropriate policies...

We are currently engaged in consultations with our members to help to find a practical solution to the concern of the...

Amid the headline-grabbing political manoeuvring over Brexit, a policy proposal which could have serious ramifications for private landlords, and those who...

It’s been nine years since we created a dedicated team of property receptionists to answer telephone calls on behalf of agents,...

I’ve spoken many times before of my desire to see government take property more seriously. For more than just lip service...

Landlords and letting agents might feel they’ve taken a bit of a battering from the government in recent years – and...