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

The digital transformation of the property industry is not a new chapter, but an ongoing journey in which the winners are...

Accessibility to charging facilities is becoming an increasingly important factor for home buyers in affluent neighbourhoods where electric vehicle adoption is...

In this article, Kristian Stott, Head of New Business at iamproperty, analyses the digital revolution in our lives and in property and why...

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

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

Adoption of virtual tours among estate agents remain low but new data suggests they could boost sales. Industry analysis shows just 4%...

In June, the biggest pilot scheme of a four-day working week anywhere in the world will begin in Britain, with more...

PayProp’s recent Rental Confidence Index survey polled property professionals about their biggest concerns for 2022. Unsurprisingly, new regulations were a top...

Ben Ridgway and Jamie Cooke, co-founders of iamproperty Group brought together industry leaders in a recent roundtable to discuss the challenges...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur with a lengthy pedigree as an estate agent says agents should use more technology in a bid...

We have been speaking with many agents over the past months and the story appears the same with them all. There...

In this latest video interview, exclusively available for EAT & LAT readers, Lee Dahill speaks to Ben Ridgway, managing director of...

Like most industries, estate agency is changing. A general trend to a more hybrid model, accelerated by the pandemic has resulted...

Industry-wide adoption of Unique Property Reference Numbers could be one step closer after an announcement by a major trade body. The Conveyancing...

Apart from a buoyant market, high transaction levels, and consumer confidence in the property market, one considerable additional benefit which has...

A call has gone out for Property Logbooks to receive official recognition as “digital assets” by the Law Commission: the move...

The market share of the online and hybrid agencies combined has risen to 8.1 per cent in the second quarter of...

The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...

It doesn’t seem that long ago that 2D floorplans were considered cutting edge – but it’s safe to say they’re now...

The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...

Banking has gone through radical changes in the past few years, in step with technology and the sheer amount we can...

In the first of our revamped PropTech Today series - which will see six industry experts discussing a range of issues...

With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...

The findings of the new ‘Thriving in a Pandemic’ report, recently published by tmgroup and mio, have highlighted that the market...

Boomin has revealed its launch date after months of high-profile publicity. It’s to be three and a half weeks from now on...

Pre-pandemic, virtual and video viewings were a nice little add-on for some agents, but they were far from universally used and...

An online petition has been started by an independent estate agent seeking a radical overhaul of how homes are sold in...

Technology has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years, undoubtedly improving many parts of the moving process for both estate...

Countrywide and Foxtons have thrown their weight behind an idea to identify every single UK residential property with a unique number. The...

The ‘future of residential’ is a huge term to contend with but one that was addressed last week through our RE:Connect...

There’s no doubt that the property market underwent a tumultuous year in 2020, where efficiency was required more than ever. Since the...

Many independents will be based in the capital, but given its size and breadth they may get drowned out even more...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

After you. No, after you. That is often how innovation seems amongst the real estate elite. And this week I see it...

The founder of OneDome says a likely housing market slowdown is the perfect time for agents to optimise revenue by investing in PropTech. Babek Ismayil believes...

Conveyancers have considered whether the long-standing ‘caveat emptor’ or buyer beware principle in a property purchase should be replaced by ‘vendor...

The proliferation of free and accessible digital services has - at face value - brought us many great things: same-day deliveries,...

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am James D. Marshall, Founder and CEO of Pupil. What...

Online auction service Iamsold secured £52.7m in total for vendors in September, an increase of 16 per cent on the same period last...

There will not be a single business within the property sector that did not start the year in vastly different circumstances...

Life as we know it has changed – for everybody – and what tenants want, need and expect in this post-pandemic...

London agency JOHNS&CO says the performance of its staff during the Coronavirus period has led it to launch what it regards as...

It must have been a close thing on Friday as to whose faces were looking the most glum - those at...

Have you ever wondered how industry-specific software and property portals have influenced the typical estate agency of today? A new book, which...

As we adjust to a life post-Covid-19, letting agents, landlords, and tenants are thinking - ways to speed up the process...

The Covid-19 crisis has forced the UK property industry to rethink the way it operates. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the...

Much like PropTech, Open Banking has been used as a buzzword in recent years. However, when it comes to the rental...

The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...

Quite a few years ago, I spoke at a conference for auctioneers. It was a traditional affair. Rural location. Nice hotel....

The annual conference of the National Association of Estate Agents takes place on February 27 - the date when the future...

Over the past decade, the short-term rental industry, now eponymised by Airbnb, has experienced meteoric growth. This has been driven by the...

A new tie-up between Coadjute, a network for decentralised workflow and data sharing within the property industry, and banks including NatWest...

Everyone thought John Bercow was short. It probably didn’t help that I was on stage just before him. 5ft 6 versus...

It’s been clear for a while that the additional regulation landlords and agents are facing has helped professionalise the private rental...

Here at sales progression and communication tool mio, we recently caught up with Sarah Edmundson, co-director of The AllStars Group, the...

KPMG published its Global PropTech Survey 2019 last week with the title: Is your digital future in the right hands? Interesting question:...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Jason Wilson, mio Account Manager What is mio and what does...

Property management service Move with Us has announced a new partnership with chain management service View My Chain. Move with Us, founded...

There are those who say that PropTech is at risk of becoming a bubble market, and others who say bubbles don’t...

Keller Williams continues to drive culture, mentality, and process transformation by partnering with DocuSign to enable electronic signatures. It’s another lesson in...

1. Win More Listings For estate agency in the UK, the number one task is to get new properties to market. However,...

Rightmove’s half year figures this morning continue to show strong growth in profits and revenue - but there are the first...

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...

It’s London Tech Week, everybody! The sprawling city-wide event taking in dozens of conferences, events, workshops, panel debates and so on,...

In the first Q&A Natter for a while, I catch up with Angelica Donati - CEO of Donati Immobiliare Group, PropTech...

One of my biggest concerns in all of my writing, speaking and influencing around PropTech is that for the people we...

Rightmove has taken steps to improve its email security and accuracy through the adoption of what has been called a “machine...

In the past year it seems every other story has been about PropTech - the big stuff like Purplebricks and the...

Photos and floor plans remain an essential tool in property marketing. Despite a wealth of choice from aspiring UK PropTech start-ups the...

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

The time has come for full PropTech/property integration and only those who open themselves to the globe will be part of...

A leading agent has urged major portals Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket to feature virtual viewings content more prominently on their platforms. Writing...

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

The rise and fall - and perhaps rise again - of Countrywide has been of enduring interest to the agency industry...

There is a lull in my imminent flat sale. Just no activity at all, despite a price reduction!  So, I am forced...

Smart sensors, and smart technology as a whole, are enjoying a period of accelerated innovation and adoption.  It’s my opinion that such...

New research appears to show that Purplebricks, HouseSimple, Yopa and other prominent online agencies are most popular with vendors selling in...

The UK PropTech Awards are fast approaching. The window is open for applications and nominations and on May 2, the winners...

Firstly, a huge thanks to everyone who shared and commented on my first blog and for all those that emailed me...

PropTech has been the industry soundbite for the last couple of years. For many of my fellow agents, I think it’s one...

If Countrywide thought its fortunes would immediately improve following the departure of chief executive Alison Platt, it has to think again...

There was an excellent article, published last week, based around an interview with Chandra Dhandapani, CBRE’s chief digital and technology officer.  The...

Well, I don’t know about you but after the holidays I've got an imprint just below my navel where my belt...

In 2018, Google will introduce changes to the way it ranks websites, meaning sites will be ranked on the quality of...

Hands up if you’ve read all of the property reports that have been published in the past week or so? Forever...

With more news of PropTech investment, this time with Spotahome and Nested, one can’t help but wonder if this boom period is...

When Kenneth Bruce, co-founder of Purplebricks, published an emotional post on social media this week, my first reaction was; what a...

Parliament is sitting again and the entire lettings industry is waiting with bated breath for more detail on the government’s proposal...

Even if you didn’t watch it, you’ve almost certainly heard about it by now.  The recent BBC Watchdog exposé of Purplebricks has...

Given the shift change in the estate agent world at the moment, with online models becoming more prevalent (think easyProperty’s £60...

Supporting the adoption of technology does not mean we have to stop protecting the core values of the property industry. In...

A company which last month launched a service which it claims allows High Street estate agents to compete with online and...

Ten years ago this month (April 2007) tenancy deposit schemes were first introduced in England and Wales.  You need to go a...

Some of the industry’s leading technical experts are this morning launching a new group, the UK PropTech Association, which has already...

A solicitor has asked how the ban on the sale of new-build apartments and houses to holiday home buyers in a...

Working relationships between estate agents and conveyancers can be mutually beneficial with the referral of work between parties. However, they are missing...

‘Digital technology in the property industry is here to stay’ was very much the opinion drawn from the recent FUTURE: PropTech...