By Ben Ridgway
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By Ben Ridgway
Synergies between sport and business have long been compared, particularly...
By SmartSearch
SmartSearch looks at the importance of incorporating Source of Funds...
By Kieran Molloy
Why professional indemnity claims are on the rise In today's volatile...
By Chris Brown
On Halloween eve, Safestyle decided to give everyone a real...
By Richard Abbots
Hands-up who likes doing check-in reports? These start-of-tenancy reports may...
By Annalese Walmsley
As the UK economy faces a period of uncertainty characterised...
By Ben Ridgway
In the property industry, technology must work in a way...
By Nat Daniels
As much of the country battened down the hatches for...
By Simon Jackson
While some landlords may have breathed a sigh of relief...
By SmartSearch
Leading digital compliance firm SmartSearch has launched an innovative new...
By James Doherty
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) was...
By Heather Staff
Tangible, tactile, and tested. Those are the three words that...
By Nick Ball
As an Estate Agent it’s important to be able to...
By Dawson Scott
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already being used by the property...
By Jason Harris-Cohen
Open Property Group has carried out research which looks into...
By Neil Cobbold
Housing Minister Rachel Maclean MP is probably looking forward to...
By Graham Norwood
Like most parts of the UK, the one I live...
By EAT & LAT Team
A QR code on a sales board can land agents...
By Andy Jones
Andrew Jones, Group Director, Corporate Lettings & Build to Rent,...
By Chris Brown
An improvement is defined by the Cambridge dictionary as ‘an...
By Verdi Taylor-Bishop
Tackling economic crime is part of the day job for...
By Adrian Gill
The long-awaited Renters Reform Bill was finally introduced in Parliament...
By Steph Rady
Our data shows vast regional differences in current house prices...
By Chris Poole
Step right up and witness the extraordinary world of Estate...
By Nick Ball
Ever taken on a property where the sale has got...
By Heather Staff
This May, we saw almost twice as many properties listed...
By Steph Rady
As we move into a more challenging market this summer...
By Michele Gettins
By Michele Gettins, Chief Marketing Officer at iamproperty Data is a...
By Nick Ball
Upfront material information is now firmly on the property industry’s...
By Richard Abbots
Despite most businesses across industry now adopting some form of...
By Alexandra Bullmore
THE grounding of foreign travel during successive lockdowns meant many...
By James Brook
As an estate agent, you know that securing the sale...
By Nick Ball
According to the recent industry research report ‘Back to the...
By Nat Daniels
It's not often that I have sympathy for our glorious...
By Olivia Docker
Recent tragic deaths of women walking home alone, notably Sarah...
By Michele Gettins
From Million Dollar Listing to Selling Sunset, we’re used to...
By Jason Harris-Cohen
New 2023 research from Open Property Group found that just...
By Richard Abbots
As the first signs of spring begin to appear, we...
By Heather Staff
Did you know that 46% of withdrawn properties will return...
By Interview by Nat Daniels
Deepak Chandrababu is no stranger to problem-solving. He’s been doing...
By Richard Milner
Listings are down, mortgage rates are high, regulations are becoming...
By Landlord Buyer team
Analysis by professional cash buyer and portfolio landlord, Landlord Buyer...
By Nick Ball
Award-winning sales progression platform mio has uncovered the home moving...
By Alex Gooch
From the 23 January 2023, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations...
By Neil Cobbold
We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this...
By Adrian Gill
Two of the biggest challenges facing the property industry right...
By Silvia Lopez-Hernandez
Outbound and inbound marketing have many elements in common, but...
By Lucy Noonan
With the property market showing signs of a slow-down and...
By Gill Waller
As another year ends it is essential to take time...
By Lee Dahill
As we’ve mentioned in other blogs, even though we’re going...
By Jamie Cooke
Consumer demand for auction can no longer be ignored. Month...
By Lee Dahill
What are you going to do when something unplanned, unexpected,...
By James Dilgul
With the sudden rise in energy prices in the last...
By Gill Waller
With the reported increase in agency staff turnover we thought...
By Jason Harris-Cohen
Mortgage rate hikes have already halved landlord profits according to...
By Martin Cheek
Dozens of estate agents have been fined a combined total...
By Mark Armstrong
Conveyancing is an integral part of the house buying and...
By Tom Durrant
It’s the oddest thing. Surely, the most fundamental requirement of...
By Jon Horton
For the third year running, mio, tmgroup and Conveyancing Data...
By Philip Farrell
Over the last five years, the Government has introduced a...
By Steph Rady
Is Facebook giving you a headache? If you’re in the...
Over the last two years, the property industry has experienced unprecedented...
By Lee Wainwright
After two years of extraordinary activity in the housing market...
By Lee Dahill
Brand marketing and personal marketing very often work well together...
By Richard Abbots
Tenants are becoming more discerning – not just about the...
By James Dilgul
On 23 June 2022, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing...
By Steph Rady
What do Tilly Ramsay and Kim Kardashian have in common? Other...
By Mark Armstrong
For years now estate agents have been on a journey...
By Richard Abbots
With the government releasing details on the Fairer Private Rented...
By Sarah Davies
You may be thinking that cost and hassle outweighs the...
Automation is the direction the industry is moving in and...
By Steph Rady
A client called asking for advice on their social media...
By Danny Wyrwoll
Unless you have been living under a rock since the...
By EAT & LAT Team
In the third part of this exclusive series with Homesearch’s...
By Simon Bushell
Rising property prices in the UK mean that occupiers are...
By EAT & LAT Team
In this article, Kristian Stott, Head of New Business at...
By Alex Siedes
We are all acutely aware of the surge in demand...
By Mitch Handley
With Earth Day in April and Environment Day looming in...
By EAT & LAT Team
In this latest video interview zoning in on the current...
By EAT & LAT Team
Next month will see new rules around upfront Material Information...
By Tara Sparrow
Millions of people use online property portals every year to...
By EAT & LAT Team
In this video interview – part of a regular monthly...
By Chris Mason
Accountancy terminology can be a turn off to many business...
By Mark Armstrong
Technology developed for the estate agency industry has advanced and...
By Richard Price
One of the most valuable assets to any company is...
By Gary Wright
Earlier this month, the government’s energy regulator Ofgem announced a...
By EAT & LAT Team
In this special video interview, Angels Media's Lee Dahill chats...
By James Dilgul
A shift is occurring in the rental market across the...
By Lee Wainwright
We know from our customer research that being able to...
By MRI Software
For all sales and letting agents, accelerating your business to new...
By Adrian Gill
The hot topic of rent controls has remerged in recent...
By Gráinne Gilmore
The rental market is recalibrating after Covid, and this is...
By MRI Software
MRI Software explores the use of PropTech to enhance the...
By Nigel Ross
Data, when used to its full potential, holds the key...
By Dan Salmons
Imagine a world where you, as an agent, could focus...
By Mitch Handley
When we all thought that the Covid-19 pandemic was coming...
By Mark Armstrong
As we slide into Christmas, with the busiest levels of...
By EAT & LAT Team
MRI Software’s newest Agency Solutions expert, Michael Connolly, made the...
By Alexander Siedes
With tenancy fraud on the rise, landlords are increasingly wary....
By James Dilgul
While the Christmas season is usually heralded by an influx...
By Mark Armstrong
It’s been a busy and arguably fruitful year for the...
By John Dobson
The phrase ‘time is money’ is particularly pertinent for estate...
By Daniel Hamilton-Charlton
We have been speaking with many agents over the past...
By Mitch Handley
Virtual tours are becoming an increasing necessity for agents when...
By Karl Ullrich
With quality built into every stage of the production process...
By Alexander Siedes
In the UK, 3.5 million households — which is over...
By Phil Natusch
As you are no doubt aware, building mutually beneficial relationships...
By Richard Milner
There is no denying that managing properties is labour intensive....
By Jamie Cooke
The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA), also known as Conditional...
By Mark Armstrong
2021 redefined what it meant to offer exceptional customer experiences...
By John Dobson
Like most industries, estate agency is changing. A general trend...
By Phuong Thi Kieu
As we move into the autumn of 2021, what the...
By Adrian Gill
Affordability has always been a hot topic when it comes...
By Chris Hodgkinson
It’s certainly the case that awareness of part exchange isn’t...
By Simon Hochhauser
The worst of the Covid-19 pandemic appears to be firmly...
By Simon Bushell
Almost a million tenants have built up rent arrears since...
By Heidi Shackell
Over the last three years there has been a quiet...
By Sam Hunter
There’s a lot being said about how the workforce will...
By Nick Ball
Last month it was reported that up to 500,000 people...
By Trevor Youens
Guided by our philosophy of being open and connected, at...
By Matt Trevett
Since 2017, The DPS has used the data we collect...
By Tara Sparrow
Around 2.66 million landlords were operational in Great Britain in...
By Daniel Hamilton-Charlton
It’s a big ask to expect anyone to suddenly change...
By EAT & LAT Team
Ben Ridgway gives his views on the current market, material...
By EAT & LAT Team
Back in April, leading portal Zoopla launched a new multi-million-pound...
By John Dobson
The property market was expected to struggle to recover after...
By James Dilgul
Working from home used to get a bad rap. With...
By EAT & LAT Team
The Oxfordshire-based PropTech founders and software developers of Openview, today...
By Adrian Gill
The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds...
By Tara Sparrow
There are an estimated 2.7 million landlords in the private...
By Emma Vigus
A recent survey run by mio revealed that almost 50%...
By Sam Hunter
Before you read on, ask yourself, how many times did...
By James Garvey
It’s nearly two years since The Tenant Fees Act came...
By James Dilgul
On 28 April 2021, Fixflo ran the first in a...
By Mark Armstrong
The last 12 months have heralded significant change across the...
By Will Thompson
Whilst it was once seen as a way to sell...
The private treaty process has been in need of modernisation...
By Emma Vigus
With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people...
By EAT & LAT Team
As the property market continues to boom, competition between portals...
By Matthew Goddard
Have you found yourself asking the question: “what is the...
By Mike Stainsby
The UK property market is always evolving but never as...
By Stuart Armstrong
Earlier this month, Fixflo held a webinar with David Cox,...
By Trevor Youens
With March marking one year since the beginning of the...
By Bryan Mansell
Later this year, on October 22, the ESTAS 2021 will...
By Emma Vigus
The findings of the new ‘Thriving in a Pandemic’ report,...
By Milton Rodosthenous
Recently I heard the stat that over 50% of property...
By Joanne Tattum
The property sector is in the middle of a boom...
By Dave Wascha
When I joined Zoopla, I took the same approach that...
By Sam Hunter
We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of...
By Alexandra Coghlan-Forbes
Knowing adjudication terms and phrases can make all the difference...
By Christopher May
Let’s address the elephant in the room first - the...
By Vicky Quinn-Campbell
We are now over four weeks in to our third...
By Gráinne Gilmore
Homeowners staying at home during another lockdown are doing more...
By David Alexander
There is little doubt that the last year was one...
By Daniel Hamilton-Charlton
The property market became somewhat fractious during 2020. After receiving...
By Richard Price
In the not-too-distant future, it will be possible to order...
By Riemy Wan
January presents an opportune time for agency leaders to resolve...
By David Alexander
This is a time of year when many people consider...
By Sandy Bastin
Deposit disputes can be time-consuming and difficult for all parties...
By Neil Cobbold
It’s that time of year again. Black Friday has been...
By Sam Hunter
You probably don’t have to listen closely to hear estate...
By Craig Fenner
It’s no secret that the recent pandemic has forced more...
By Christopher May
Many agents are brilliant at giving a personal touch and...
By Emma Vigus
Purplebricks recently launched a meditation service to help buyers and...
By Simon Tillyer
The proliferation of free and accessible digital services has -...
By Trevor Youens
Integration, collaboration and connected platforms – some great buzzwords, but...
By Lee Dahill
I wanted to take this opportunity to write an advice...
By Nic Seal
In July, here at Environet UK, we transferred 100% ownership...
By Nat Daniels
Seller and landlord leads are what makes estate agency tick....
By John Cooper
Across the UK and Europe, lockdown measures are changing and...
By Chris Mason
The letting industry has come a long way over the...
By Austin Baggett
From December, the new RICS Home Survey Standard will become...
By Charlotte Lee
Since June 1, under The Electrical Safety Standards in the...
By John Dobson
The last few months have been tough for the property...
By Stewart McRae
It has been three months since the property market was...
By Louise Jefferies
Following the easing of lockdown restrictions on England’s property market...
By James Owusu
What do General Electric, IBM, Microsoft, and WhatsApp have in...
By Paul Clarke
Difference should be celebrated. But in our industry it rarely...
By Tom Harrington
The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England)...
By Angus Sim
Businesses across all sectors have struggled to adapt to the...
By Tahir Farooqui
As we adjust to a life post-Covid-19, letting agents, landlords,...
By Emma Vigus
Imagine a Zoom call where ten people are discussing the...
By Samantha Jones
It’s official – the property market is back open for...
By Trevor Youens
The Covid-19 crisis has forced the UK property industry to...
By Sam Hunter
The Covid-19 crisis hasn’t caused the revolution it has been...
By Jonathan Stein
The fallout from Covid-19 has hit everyone hard. With breaking...
By Debbie Davies
In these unprecedented times, Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) aims to...
By Mark Hinkins
We all know the world has gone digital—nothing new there....
By Nick Lyons
One of the most important aspects of being a successful...
By David Alexander
The last five years have seen unprecedented changes to the...
By Andy Marshall
As the impact of coronavirus unfolds, we are in constant...
By Katy Billany
Over the last two weeks we’ve seen the country come...
By Rob Houghton
New research of the buying habits of first-time buyers in...
By Matt West
We all know how stressful buying a home is, whether...
By Emma Vigus
Your business may be growing quicker than you could ever...
By Katie Buxton
By now, most letting agents and landlords will have heard...
By Steve Rad
The property management industry is evolving at a rapid pace,...
By Tim Lawler
The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK...
By Michael Stoop
At Agents Giving, we work with estate and letting agents...
By Tom Mundy
The ‘on-demand’ economy is reshaping our world. The way we...
By Samantha Jones
Understanding the customer journey plays a huge role in the...
By Lisa Summerton
In the field of conveyancing, there’s a new dynamic at...
By Guy Westlake
Over the past decade, the short-term rental industry, now eponymised...
By Tahir Farooqui
We are facing a new world in the lettings industry,...
By Sam Hunter
Our mental health affects how we think, feel and act....
By Gary Barker
When we launched Reapit’s Foundations Platform as a Service (PaaS)...
By Anton Babkov
The Australian agent is a very different beast to his...
By Milton Rodosthenous
In just over two weeks, the UK population will head...
By Melanie Cowell
It’s easier than you might think. For any agent the challenge...
By Simona Bojāre
You don’t need to go far to find news about...
By Owen Davies
You’ve probably heard about unified communications (UC) before. But why are...
By Sim Sekhon
In recent months, we’ve seen headlines dominated by changes to...
By Paul Freudenberg
Enhanced customer care strategies, relationship-building schemes, cost-cutting measures and new...
By Rollo Miles
There has been a real wind of change in estate...
By Michael Stoop
Raise more money for your charity with help from the...
By Simon Duce
We know that the tenant fee ban has cost letting...
By Lisa Summerton
Picture this: You have finally pushed that sale or purchase...
By Milton Rodosthenous
Earlier this year, the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working...
By Steven Wayne
One of the biggest changes seen in the property market...
By Russell Quirk
In the old days an agent would procure clients based...
By Ian Faulkner
Technology will drive the lettings and property management industry in...
By John Durrant
Rightmove’s blog suggests that pro-standard photos can increase enquiries by...
By Oliver Gleave
As the founder of Jupix, I worked in the property...
By Vicky Quinn-Campbell
It is now over two months since the introduction of...
By Georgina Cox
When an industry disruptor enters a marketplace the impact on...
By Simon Shinerock
Sometimes having prior knowledge of a stressful event can be...
By Marc Trup
The introduction of technology to an industry can be daunting,...
By Sam Hunter
If agents ran their databases more efficiently, the property portals...
By Charlie Lancaster
The modern method of auction is proving to revolutionise the...
By Mike Smithson
When employing a new member of staff there are a...
By Tom Reiss
It’s easy to understand why people are hesitant towards processes...
By Nick Neill
The estate agency industry is at a crossroads. A turbulent market,...
By Taha Dar
In today’s crowded property marketplace, the needs of tenants have...
By Craig Vile
As we move closer to the halfway point of 2019,...
By Mike Smithson
Consumer habits have changed massively over the past few years,...
By Samantha Jones
In a world where people want instant gratification, it’s important...
By Charlie Bryant
With the UK population spending longer in rental accommodation, due...
By Sara Beth Reynolds
Having a responsive website - one which is designed to...
By Luke Burton
Low risk letting is everyone’s aim, but unless legitimate guidelines...
By Boyd Mayover
Experienced sales trainer Boyd Mayover, co-founder of Sales Doctors, explains...
By Rob Davis
It’s a testing time for the property industry, amid Brexit...
By James Morris-Manuel
Virtual tours are a compelling way of enhancing a property’s...
By Jon Horton
Thinking about the state of communication across residential property chains...
By Hilary Grayson
The end of 2018 was a bit of a rocky...
By Tom Mundy
Competition for landlords will be fiercer than ever this year....
By David Alexander
Nobody likes change. It makes people feel threatened, undermines their...
By Charlie Bryant
In these tougher times, we recognise that helping agents win...
By Mike Smithson
We all know the three essential things an estate agent...
By Ben Marley
Customer experience (CX) will largely determine the future of estate...
By John Durrant
There’s no end to the PropTech and photography solutions available...
By Naomi Wood
Every day thousands of estate agency boards are erected across...
By Ben Robinson
The government has moved to crack down on money laundering...
By Sohail Rashid
With the speed of property sales continuing to slow and...
By Richard Price
It’s safe to say that the majority of agents will...
By Mike Smithson
Having built over 1900 websites for estate and lettings agents...
By Simon Duce
There is a perfect storm brewing in the lettings market,...
By Jonathan Stein
The UK renting demographic is diversifying at a rapid pace....
By Ben Robinson
When was the last time you looked at your business...
By Tim Wright
Photos and floor plans remain an essential tool in property...
By Tom Mundy
People now expect a streamlined, digital-first experience from every single...
By Sandra Jones
Rather like doctors, estate agents are present at critical points...
By Simon Duce
For any business, regardless of size, age or industry, operating...
By Charlotte Lambert
Given that ‘UK buyers are the most digitally active home...
By Ed Mead
The culture of impatience and instant gratification has a lot...
By Ben Marley
More than half of home owners now use online reviews...
By Mike Smithson
Having delivered over 1,800 websites for estate agents over the...
By Jacob Hazeldine
Over the last 10 years, so much has changed within...
By John Durrant
The raison d'être for estate agents everywhere is to get...
By John Dobson
Technology is transforming the way we comply with Anti Money...
By Nick Neill
After gaining my MBA qualification from Edinburgh Business School in...
By James Toogood
Running an effective property business in today’s market relies on...
By Simon Brown
It’s a highly competitive environment out there, where there's a...
By Naomi Wood
As any agent will know, the task of ordering, erecting...
By Julian Foster
We’re lucky enough to interact with thousands of landlords and...
By Tom Cummuskey
The For Sale board is one of the oldest marketing...
By Ellie Hall
Any letting agent appreciates the effort, dedication, and sometimes heartache,...
By Annemarie Proudfoot
Gone are the days of having to rush back to...
By Adam J Walker
I have sold hundreds of lettings businesses over the last...
By Daniel Leeson
In recent months, there’s been a notable move in the...
By Brad Filliponi
You don’t have to look far to see an abundance...
By Craig Vile
One of the most important aspects of running a successful...
By Brad Filliponi
Getting your property marketing right is vital, and the starting...
By Mike Smithson
Having built over 1,800 websites for estate and lettings agents...
By Milton Rodosthenous
Between October and December 2017, some £822 million worth of...
By Adam J Walker
What do you need to know if you are considering...