In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss how the digital realm is transforming Estate Agency. The...
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24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Whether we’re selling properties, managing buildings, servicing heavy goods vehicles or flogging widgets, we’re all operating in a digital world. This is...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Renting a flat or house in the UK has never been more difficult. The market is tight, supply is limited and...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Industry leaders in both real estate and PropTech view AI/Automation and Big Data as the two major gamechangers in the next...
21 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Let's be honest – landlords are the lifeblood of any letting agency. Winning and keeping their business keeps the wheels turning...
09 February 2024
From: Sponsored Content
In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss a beacon of hope for agencies looking to thrive...
17 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The private rental landscape has been undergoing a profound transformation, with technology playing a pivotal role in shaping the way tenancies...
13 December 2023
From: Features
Property visits remain one of the greatest time intensive activities for the letting agent. From prospecting visits, show rounds, inventories and...
02 December 2023
From: Features
It’s not uncommon to see a seasonal slump around December and the Christmas period. Last year, Propertymark reported an average of...
02 December 2023
From: Features
You’ll know by now that I’m a fully signed up member of the PropTech fan club. And I’ve had an exciting...
28 October 2023
From: Features
Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities are constantly developing, helping to improve efficiencies across all sectors and disciplines. Recent data* highlights that the...
21 October 2023
From: Features
Proptech – it’s a people thing. It might seem like a strange thing to say but the best of tech is a...
14 October 2023
From: Features
The stats on the slowing market are widely known, but a slowdown is by no means doom and gloom – it’s...
14 October 2023
From: Features
In the property industry, technology must work in a way that is right for agents, helping to free them up to...
04 October 2023
From: Features
30 August 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
Now more than ever, property professionals across the sector need to pull together and collaborate more closely to make business gains,...
15 July 2023
From: Features
CRMs can be superheroes for your business, but not all of them possess the necessary powers to save the day. As...
11 July 2023
From: Sponsored Content
From valuations to viewings, conveyancing to completions, technology has transformed our sector dramatically and permanently. After comparatively slow beginnings, PropTech really took...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Heather Staff and it says Co-Founder of Street Group...
18 May 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they review how Estate Agents can increase their revenue. If you're...
17 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Yes it should….and we’re getting closer. Where there’s no chain involved, here at AVRillo, we can be ready to exchange contracts in...
22 April 2023
From: Features
Agents will receive automatic updates for ‘on market’ and ‘sold/let’ by area under the latest innovation from prospecting tool, Spectre. It will assist...
18 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Hearing a lot about integration and wondering what it all means for your firm? Don’t panic. Take a look at what Paul...
13 April 2023
From: Breaking News
One of the main advantages of a PropTech solution is being able to automate the time-intensive and repetitive jobs that employees...
24 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Search Acumen has begun beta-testing of ChatGPT within its data platform for conveyancers, which it hopes will reduce working times and...
09 March 2023
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket Software is to launch a new estate agency automation platform that will feature a sales progression tracker and Home Management...
08 February 2023
From: Breaking News
As we’ve mentioned in other blogs, even though we’re going through uncertain times, this is the right time not only to...
11 January 2023
From: Features
The Land Registry has taken what it describes as a major step to fulfilling its automation ambitions. Applications submitted to HM Land...
05 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Automated rental payment specialists PayProp recently held a high-profile event in London - PayProp Connect - which included a number of...
02 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Agency website and lead generation software provider Homeflow has acquired lead management and automation business of Area Technologies. Homeflow said the move...
10 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Conveyancing is an integral part of the house buying and selling process. But it is a slow process, with the length...
26 October 2022
From: Features
In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, the firm's CEO sets out what Lifesycle actually is. Is it...
26 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Over the last five years, the Government has introduced a range of measures to regulate the property market, particularly in the...
12 October 2022
From: Features
In this piece, the team at Iceberg Digital sets out why Lifesycle has managed to roar to record sales in recent...
28 September 2022
From: Breaking News
In the current challenging economic environment, agencies need to ensure more than ever that they’re getting the most out of every...
27 September 2022
From: Sponsored Content
The UK’s real estate sector is set to lose some 127,320 jobs by 2030, according to a new report by Arden...
27 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The worst cost-of-living crisis in generations is everywhere we look and agents – and the property industry more widely – are...
24 September 2022
From: Features
Reapit has launched a new version of its AgencyCloud software tool. The new product from the CRM provider is called Agency Edition...
21 September 2022
From: Breaking News
The results are finally in, and to no-one’s surprise Liz Truss has been named the new leader of the Conservative Party...
07 September 2022
From: Breaking News
PropTech platform Gazeal, which specialises in digital reservation agreements and upfront seller information, has announced that it now has an app available...
11 August 2022
From: Breaking News
For years now estate agents have been on a journey from digital infancy to digital maturity. But what does the future...
03 August 2022
From: Features
Automation is the direction the industry is moving in and it’s gathering pace every day. Forward-thinking agents are using automation and...
20 July 2022
From: Features
The digital transformation of the property industry is not a new chapter, but an ongoing journey in which the winners are...
18 June 2022
From: Features
RE/MAX has signed a software contract with Zoopla-owned Alto. The two-year agreement means that all of RE/MAX’s 250 plus associates across England...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Although Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement did not include many announcements regarding housing, it did provide a good...
23 April 2022
From: Features
A leading online residential conveyancing firm has opened its new headquarters and apprenticeship academy in Wirral, Merseyside, to try and help...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News
PayProp’s recent Rental Confidence Index survey polled property professionals about their biggest concerns for 2022. Unsurprisingly, new regulations were a top...
09 April 2022
From: Features
Peta Milne, founder of Instagram growth and PR service Monimo, and a content writer at Choices Estate Agents, recently sat down...
05 March 2022
From: Features
Hybrid agency EweMove has this morning announced that it’s moving all of its 170 branches to a new fully-automated cloud-based system...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News
For all sales and letting agents, accelerating your business to new heights is a number one priority. You can’t be losing time...
02 March 2022
From: Features
Work patterns and the employee experience have changed dramatically because of Covid, with a substantial rise in home, flexible and hybrid...
13 January 2022
From: PropTech & Innovation
The objective of estate agents in 2022 must be to cut their business costs and employ technology to replace - and...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The last 18 months have been full of ups and downs, but the property market has coped remarkably well during the...
04 December 2021
From: Features
With 2022 swiftly approaching, businesses in the property industry are likely to be reflecting on the trials and tribulations that have...
04 December 2021
From: Features
PropTech has seen a surge in uptake over the last few years for several reasons – be it the Covid-19 pandemic...
13 November 2021
From: Features
A PropTech chief says agents are now competing with each other for substantially less stock on the market - meaning their...
02 November 2021
From: Breaking News
We have all heard the terrible forecasts and listened to Sir David Attenborough’s speeches on the environment and the “we still...
30 October 2021
From: Features
As you are no doubt aware, building mutually beneficial relationships with conveyancers in your local area can not only make your...
27 October 2021
From: Features
PropTech is booming, and its rise was only accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced the real estate industry – as...
26 October 2021
From: Sponsored Content
Like most industries, estate agency is changing. A general trend to a more hybrid model, accelerated by the pandemic has resulted...
06 October 2021
From: Features
As we move into the autumn of 2021, what the coming year has in store for estate agents is something we...
29 September 2021
From: Features
The stamp duty holiday which finally ends later this week might have a lasting legacy - encouraging more agents to use...
29 September 2021
From: Breaking News
In this latest exclusive video interview, EAT’s video reporter Chris Buckler – an agent himself – chats with Peter Grant, chairman of the board at...
25 September 2021
From: Features
A cloud-based software provider has claimed that agents need to prepare for the future – and a very different working day...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Agents are always on the lookout to save time and money wherever they can, to improve, streamline and enhance their business. And...
11 September 2021
From: Features
Tech, as has been shown more than ever during the pandemic, can be a wonderful thing – bringing people closer together,...
04 September 2021
From: Features
The growing number of lettings sector rules is a hotly debated issue, while the sales sector has been seeing its own...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News
In this latest video feature, EAT’s video reporter Chris Buckler speaks to Christian Scandurra, Sales Director at VaultEA, and a former...
07 August 2021
From: Features
A recent news story will have set alarm bells ringing for agencies up and down the country, when it was revealed...
31 July 2021
From: Features
Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, technology has proven to be the answer for many problems faced by sectors across...
30 July 2021
From: Sponsored Content
Let it never be said that this column isn’t here to help out agents directly. In this week’s Natter, I speak...
17 July 2021
From: Features
A PropTech entrepreneur is urging agents to maximise their training on existing PropTech to ensure they optimise its effectiveness. Anton Babkov, chief...
02 July 2021
From: Breaking News
The frenzy of activity in the housing market thanks to the stamp duty holiday shows the need for automated processes to...
29 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The Oxfordshire-based PropTech founders and software developers of Openview, today announced they have welcomed Pattinson Estate Agents to their list of clients. Peter Grant, Managing...
21 June 2021
From: Features
Around 18 months ago, just a few months before the pandemic hit, I did a Natter with the team at software...
19 June 2021
From: Features
In the third part of this series, Neil Cobbold – Chief Sales Officer at rental payment automation provider PayProp – explores...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News
As estate agencies are covered by Money Laundering Regulations, agents are legally obliged to take customer due diligence measures to limit...
01 June 2021
From: Sponsored Content
Tech is a fantastic enabler but should never be a complete replacement for the human interactions that add real value to...
29 May 2021
From: Features
An industry provider has created a free e-book for agents explaining the latest must-have - a Tech Stack. Tech provider Rex has created...
18 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Over the next few years, the property sector is set to change for the better – all thanks to PropTech. While the...
15 May 2021
From: Features
You could make about 65 more cold calls, or hold 13 more viewings, or you could take a power-nap every day...
01 May 2021
From: Features
With March marking one year since the beginning of the first national lockdown across all four nations of Britain in response...
31 March 2021
From: Features
Last year saw a monumental shift in almost every aspect of our lives: not least the way we work, socialise and...
13 March 2021
From: Features
Estate agents quitting companies and setting up on their own will prosper only by tapping into the most appropriate level of...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News
It’s now more than a year since the government offered an additional £4 million to councils to combat rogue landlords. At the...
13 February 2021
From: Features
Since the outbreak of the pandemic, we have all seen a dramatic change in that way that we live and work,...
06 February 2021
From: Features
There’s no doubt that the property market underwent a tumultuous year in 2020, where efficiency was required more than ever. Since the...
09 January 2021
From: Features
02 January 2021
From: Features
At the start of December 2020, a select handful of agents attended a private online event to see the latest news...
23 December 2020
From: Breaking News
If this year has taught us anything, it's that estate agents need their software provider and specifically their CRM, to help...
05 December 2020
From: Features
Rezi’s integration with Zapier has transformed the way in which estate agents can now save time, money and resource. Agents are...
27 November 2020
From: Sponsored Content
Tenancy deposit disputes are messy and often frustrating for all involved. While the number of formal disputes remains low, the pandemic...
10 November 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance
Over a fifth of key businesses say they do not trust any element at all of automated anti-money laundering checks and...
06 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Lettings agents, property managers and landlords should all be aware of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018. The Act...
27 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance
The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the way every industry operates and the property sector is no exception. Following an enforced seven-week...
23 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content
Lifesycle, the platform built by Iceberg Digital to help estate and letting agents work smarter, continues to launch new features and...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News
A new Proptech platform is launching next month with claims it will “up-end the way agents do business” and that it will...
13 October 2020
From: Breaking News
How to stay on top of arrears during a global pandemic Many have speculated, though much of it is anecdotal – how...
08 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content
Recently, when giving speeches, I have discussed investment trends and industry trends that the built environment is experiencing. They are quite...