By Marc Da Silva
When renting a property out, letting agents and landlords recognise...
Estate Agent Today - Features
Consisting of contributions from Features Editor Marc Da Silva, as well as a selection of Associated Writers, our weekly features cover a wide range of topics affecting the UK’s estate and letting agents.
Features
Who comes out on top in the battle of the property portals?
By Marc Da Silva
Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of...
A quiet Budget – but there’s still enough to keep everyone busy
By Paul Smee
On the face of it, this year’s Budget was not...
Budget briefing - Seven things to watch for today
By Graham Norwood
Perhaps it’s been our pre-occupation with Brexit, or on the...
VR - the third consideration stage for property buyers
By Tom Murray
Thanks to vast improvements in processing powers, the use of...
ZPG’s Charlie Bryant talks exclusively to Estate Agent Today
By Marc Da Silva
To say legendary ZPG founder and CEO Alex Chesterman left...
Property Natter: could these innovations change the market forever?
By Nat Daniels
How will things be done in the future? There’s no...
Property Natter: are we on the verge of a cashless, paperless society?
By Nat Daniels
Out and about recently, I got to thinking: how often...
Judging a book by its cover: Why user experience matters in PropTech
By Steve Fisher
Why do we choose to engage with one application more...
Marketing automation can make your business smarter
By Marc Da Silva
When Oakland A’s, a small-market team, stunned the baseball world...
Shopping is changing - Time to rewrite those property details
By Graham Norwood
Location, Location, Location: it’s no coincidence the TV show seized...
Great relationships are at the heart of a premium customer service
By Samantha Jones
Over the past year I've had so many conversations with...
Emoov’s humiliation - the fallout for the industry
By Graham Norwood
Whatever one thinks about online estate agencies, it’s a cause...
Why the best PropTech isn’t expensive
By Neil Cobbold
PropTech has been mainstream for a few years now, and...
Are online agencies in trouble? Investors will decide
By Graham Norwood
However mild the weather may have been for most of...
We need to wake up before we sleepwalk into a housing crisis
By Paul Smith
It’s now almost a month since the government introduced new...
Let’s focus on the real foreign property ownership problem
By Graham Norwood
It’s time to sort the wheat from the chaff when...
Why Facebook’s property listings are a bigger threat to portals than agents
By Alex Thorpe
When Facebook first announced it would be entering the property...
It’s time for conveyancing to up its game
By David Westgate
Conveyancing regularly adds unnecessary and costly delays to the home...
40 years under the floorboards - the life of a Chartered Surveyor
By Eric Curran
It is a sobering thought that 40 years have slipped...
Improving the homebuying process – how can we deliver this ourselves?
By Paul Smee
You will notice that there is a new author for...
Agents should educate first-time buyers now to gain clients for life
By Eddie Goldsmith
Given the level of resource and energy being put behind...
What are the biggest challenges facing letting agents in 2019?
By Simon Duce
There is a perfect storm brewing in the lettings market,...
What do modern renters want from letting agents?
By Jonathan Stein
The UK renting demographic is diversifying at a rapid pace....
Seeing the wood for the trees - finding the 1% in your business
By Ben Robinson
When was the last time you looked at your business...
Do floor plans and photos really help to sell a property?
By Tim Wright
Photos and floor plans remain an essential tool in property...
Property Natter: Emoov, Brexit, Agents Got Talent and a partridge in a pear tree
By Nat Daniels
Hard not to mention two major breaking news stories of...
Property Natter: 5 things you should be doing this Christmas
By Nat Daniels
Every other advert on the TV is featuring Santa Claus,...
Property Natter: how much is that home in the window?
By Nat Daniels
It’s the most obvious visual medium high street agents have...
Property Natter: estate agency on a bus
By Nat Daniels
No, I haven’t lost the plot. Such a thing exists...
Can negative google and Facebook reviews damage brand reputation?
By Ben Davis
Local business reviews are becoming increasingly important for reputation management,...
Property Natter: what impact has Google had on the property market?
By Nat Daniels
Google celebrated its 20th birthday last month. Yes, it might...
DPS adjudication case study: charges for court appearances?
By Alexandra Coghlan-Forbes
The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe...
Inside the new Regulation of Property Agents working party
By Graham Norwood
The title may be unfamiliar but most agents know by...
Increased Trading Standards budget should focus on CPRs compliance
By Beth Rudolf
You will perhaps have seen recently that the Government has...
Don’t fall foul of anti-money laundering rules
By Marc Da Silva
Does your company apply adequate customer due diligence measures when...
Towards 2019…with certainty in an uncertain world
By David Westgate
It’s that time of year when we gaze to the...
Deal or no deal – how could Brexit affect the property market?
By Alexandra Morris
A no-deal Brexit The biggest impact of a no-deal Brexit in...
Three-year tenancies - should they be compulsory?
By Simon Agace
An open rental market, where neither landlord nor tenant is...
When and why are your customers getting in touch?
By Samantha Jones
It’s been nine years since we created a dedicated team...
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Purplebricks shares sink and Emoov dies: game over for online agencies?
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