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For some time, LinkedIn was seen – fairly or unfairly – as stodgy, dull, corporate and formal. The uncool uncle to...

Recent statistics published by the government’s Business Insights and Conditions Survey revealed the extent to which many real estate businesses have...

There have been many articles about ‘digitising upfront information’, following the publication of DLUHC’s Levelling-Up white paper and National Trading Standards...

If there’s one thing that received a boost as a result of Covid and lockdowns, it’s podcasts – which reached whole...

Facebook has been a platform which has opened the door to those looking to advertise their services in exceptional ways. Digital...

There was an article in Estate Agent Today recently that suggested only four per cent of properties on Rightmove and Zoopla...

Estate agents use property technology each and every day for residential property transactions, but is there more they can do with...

There are many myths about using virtual tours to sell or let properties. The most common perceptions are that virtual property...

Technology can be utilised to grow and advance a company's income. That’s not a new or controversial statement, but here I...

Double-think, for those who have not read George Orwell, is when people are expected to accept two conflicting beliefs as truth,...

Thanks to a relentless market, the property market has enjoyed a purple patch over the past few years. But now that...

When it comes to housing policy, the Conservative MPs have given their party a choice between Tweedle Dum and Tweedle DumDum. Rishi...

People in prominent positions in the housing industry aren’t always perfect role models. After all, Chris Pincher was housing minister for...

I look back on when my dad helped me buy my first car and shared his pearls of wisdom on what...

It’s often fashionable to criticise trade bodies and official groups, but right now I think that’s absolutely inappropriate. In well over 20...

Another piece about conveyancing? Seems like it's been a bit of free-for-all in the last couple of weeks on the woes...

The relationship between estate agents and conveyancers is undoubtedly a complex one and has certainly had ‘its moments’ over the years,...

There has been so much coverage recently over how painfully slow conveyancing is at the moment - 18-20 weeks is now...

What do Tilly Ramsay and Kim Kardashian have in common? Other than both having well-known fathers, they’ve both also mastered the art...

For years now estate agents have been on a journey from digital infancy to digital maturity. But what does the future...

With the government releasing details on the Fairer Private Rented Sector, landlords and letting agents are looking for ways to maintain...

Adam Day will be a well-known figure to many in the industry, having been the founder of Hatched (the online agency...

In a first for the Natter, this week's interview is a video affair, with me posing the questions to Stephen Brown,...

In this latest Natter piece zoning in on independent agents doing things differently, following on from the one I did with...

As a character from a fairly well-known TV show once said, winter is coming and we’re all contemplating where 2021 has...

Luke Thirkettle heads up the lettings division at Stratfords, a single-branch lettings and sales agency based in Milton Keynes. Here, he speaks to...

As the mass student exodus from rented accommodation begins throughout the UK, Richard Abbots of Inventory Hive offers advice on how...

As another round of property firms is fined, named and shamed for breaching anti-money laundering rules, it feels like the road...

In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...

Interim rental inspections have taken a hit over the past two years and letting agents are now wading through their backlogs...

With so many benefits including lower fall-through rates and quicker sales, it is no surprise that selling a property via auction...

Anyone working in the property market should have at least one eye on supply. Of course, it’s a constant issue for...