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You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...

One of the UK’s largest mortgage lenders has reduced its upper age limit in a blow for home buyers . Halifax is...

Down-valuations appear to be on the rise and it is shocking agents and mortgage brokers. Property professionals have seen an uptick in...

Increasing numbers of mortgage lenders are pulling decent deals as swap rates rise. Santander has become the latest high street lender to...

Knight Frank has launched a bespoke customer portal after 18 months of development. Coined ‘My Knight Frank,’ the firm says it is a digital customer experience platform, accessible...

The Government’s latest attempt to bolster the property appears to be 1% deposit mortgages. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is reported to be considering...

A new product has launched that protects homeowners from the growing threat of property-related frauds. Title Guardian is an app that monitors...

Two more major lenders have cut mortgage rates, prompting hopes that deals could seen come close to 3%. HSBC and Halifax have...

Mortgage brokers have hailed a ‘watershed moment’ as Nationwide became the first lender in months to release a sub-5% home loan...

Mortgage rates could be set to finally fall below 5%, brokers claim. The pricing of home loans has rocketed this year amid high...

The Propertymark Trust is offering grants to agents and family members affect by Storm Ciaran. The Met Office has issued almost 200...

Purplebricks remains in discussions with “credible bidders” about a sale of its business, a stock market update has revealed. An announcement from...

OnTheMarket (OTM) has launched a range of new tools that aim to boost the user experience for consumer and also make...

Winkworth agents ranked second when it came to property exchanges in London last year, the franchise agency brand claims. A trading update...

Two Foxtons directors have vowed to stand down from the agent’s board following opposition to their re-election at the company’s annual...

Over the last five years, the Government has introduced a range of measures to regulate the property market, particularly in the...

A new proptech platform that is building online property profiles for the UK’s 28m residential properties so owners and potential buyers...

Former Countrywide boss Bob Scarff has warned that estate agents have become too reliant on alerts, emails and text messages for...

In this guest piece, the team at Iceberg Digital set out the benefits of Lifesycle 3, which is to appear this autumn. Perfect...

April looks set to go down as the busiest month for house sales of the year.  And with record numbers of properties predicted...

In this piece, the team at Iceberg Digital look at whether the first cracks are appearing in the portals. For the last...

Rightmove has rolled out a new feature within MyRightmove that allows home-hunters organise saved properties into various property lists. The portal says...

In this guest piece, the team at Lifesycle discuss a recent experiment they did with AI and estate agents' data and...

The ValPal Network has announced the release of its MovePal app on the Apple App and Google Play stores. The app is...

We’ve had a terrific display of agency and supplier videos running every weekday since late November - a wonderful lead-in to...

Increasingly rigorous Money Laundering Directives have made regulations in the property industry more stringent than ever, and Estate Agents have a...

An online intelligence platform has started ranking agencies in terms of their SEO and Google searches. The platform - Industry Alerts, which...

The Victorian phrase “as safe as houses” well surmises the security of the housing market as, whether they are buying or...

For many, paying money to use an estate agent is primarily because that company has a database of buyers or tenants....

As estate agencies are covered by Money Laundering Regulations, agents are legally obliged to take customer due diligence measures to limit...

You could make about 65 more cold calls, or hold 13 more viewings, or you could take a power-nap every day...

It’s hard to remember a time at any point in the last 20 years when agents have been looking for a...

We’re officially transitioning to summer – marked by the clocks going forward and warmer weather – just as restrictions start to...

Rezi’s integration with Zapier has transformed the way in which estate agents can now save time, money and resource. Agents are...

Newspapers are pushed through the door, whereas websites have to pull in visitors - it’s a simple but fundamental difference with vast implications...

A PropTech platform that says it halves the time taken for transactions has just completed a multi-million pound investment round. Coadjute - which...

There’s no denying it, job hunting can be hard work – even more so at the moment, with all that’s going...

A new PropTech startup is giving prospective buyers the opportunity to receive due diligence at a fraction of the time and...

“Many hands make light work” – Does John Heywood’s old English proverb from the 1300s apply to modern approaches on how...

One of the many free-to-list portals now vying for attention is offering agents six months free access to a platform boasting...

National property auctioneer Pugh & Co is launching an initiative to partner with estate agents across the UK. Via a new network...

Rightmove says it’s to launch its biggest ever national marketing campaign in a bid to kick-start the market once lockdown eases. The...

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...

Agents are consistently being told that they need to get on board with change. And one could quite easily make the...

New research shows that 77 per cent of consumers use portals to conduct property searches - meaning, surprisingly, that almost a...

OnTheMarket claims its visitor total last month exceeded 30m, a new monthly record and an increase of some 28 per cent...

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

Property portal OnTheMarket has thrown down the challenge to Rightmove by launching two new features for its listing agents. The first, Market...

A well known regional agent has closed one of its offices saying “the old shop window of an estate agency is...

‘Property ghosting’ is a problem that nearly all estate and letting agencies will face at one time or another. Ghosting, which is...

 – use technology to build a trusted brand as a people-focused custodian of client money Non-stop regulatory changes in the industry are...

Figures released from OnTheMarket this morning suggest that its conversion programme for agents shifting from free deals to paid membership is...

A buying agent has revealed how she advises potential clients to use portals when looking for a property to buy -...

OnTheMarket says high take up for its alert service demonstrates that it’s closing the gap on Rightmove. The challenger portal says that...

In another bid to take on Rightmove, OnTheMarket is introducing a new range of advertising products which will enable agents to...

New figures released this morning from OnTheMarket claim its listing inventory bis now over 80 per cent of the size of...

Popular floor plan drawing service Metropix is excited to announce some festive fun to celebrate reaching a significant milestone. #festivefloorplans is being...

An insolvency firm is warning that the real estate sector of the economy is showing a growing number of businesses defined...

An insurance company is launching a policy which it says will protect consumers with comprehensive cover in the event of a...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

Many agents are missing out on significant time saving opportunities when it comes to their floor plans say Landmark, parent of the Metropix...

Property portal OnTheMarket has announced that it now has listing agreements with over 8,500 estate and letting agency branches.  It says that...

Trussle, which describes itself as the UK’s first online mortgage broker, has won £13.6m in financing from international investors led by...

With the rise of Purplebricks in recent years, many will be eager to know what the hybrid agency’s Local Property Experts...

Almost a third of all ‘Suspicious Activity Reports’ concerning possible anti-money laundering infringements and reported to the National Crime Agency have...

After the fun and over-indulgence of the festivities, most of us are now back to the world of work. And, with...

In the UK, there are over 3.9 million homes situated in off-grid areas with no access to mains gas, so it’s...

The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...

One one in every 300 property purchases by overseas buyers trigger a so-called ‘red flag’ with the National Crime Agency -...

easyProperty has unveiled details of its relaunch, declaring itself to be the UK’s second largest hybrid estate agency - second only...

Rightmove has reminded agents of its new 14-week re-listing timescale, first announced just before Christmas as part of its crackdown on...

Zoopla and OnTheMarket have given their first reactions to Rightmove's portal juggling extension of its property re-listing deadline from two weeks to...

Over 50,000 have signed up to the Land Registry’s property fraud alert service following a series of high-profile stories on the...

A new automated sales progression tool being launched today promises to require fewer resources from agents in return for ensuring faster...

A web portal which radically changes the way investors search for their next investment property has signed up 5,000 agents, less...

The presupposed notion still exists that new online agents are ‘tech savvy’ whilst the seemingly old fashioned high street agents are...