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Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
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Searches that are bound by the Search Code, protecting the seller, buyer and lender, are property and not client specific. As...
21 November 2020
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A leading board member of NAEA Propertymark warns a small number of rogue agents continue to flout anti-money laundering regulations - and...
04 November 2020
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Integration, collaboration and connected platforms – some great buzzwords, but what do they actually mean and do they really help agents? One...
21 October 2020
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With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...
24 September 2020
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At mio, we often have conversations with Estate Agency firms who have a dedicated sales progresser in their team. Whilst there...
09 September 2020
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There will not be a single business within the property sector that did not start the year in vastly different circumstances...
05 September 2020
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A developer working in collaboration with Silverstone race circuit is creating homes inside the track, near one of the motor racing...
25 August 2020
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A new PropTech platform says its central feature will be the launch of a Multiple Listings Service. This will allow agents “to...
04 August 2020
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jon Horton, Product director of sales progression platform, mio What does...
17 July 2020
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Purplebricks is selling its Canadian business. The sale comes little over a year after the troubled agency closed both its failed Australian and...
15 July 2020
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With stamp duty cuts and 90% mortgages on their way back, anyone could think the housing market was about to go...
15 July 2020
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What work did I do through lockdown? I went to work for a company who provide Domiciliary care for the vulnerable and elderly...
09 July 2020
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Let’s face it sales progression is difficult and frustrating: 1)The process has never been properly joined up - the average chain has...
07 July 2020
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"New property website launches. Not immediately sure what it does differently, what its USP is or who will use it, but...
01 July 2020
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Collaboration creates a bigger market Iain White, of the Innovation Collaboration Group “the Estate Agency industry must recognise that collaboration will...
30 June 2020
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With three months of lockdown behind us, commission income is vital, and sales progression is more important than ever. Emma Vigus, Managing...
27 June 2020
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Tuesday mornings at 6am is usually my time to review all the latest PropTech news. This fires off ideas for my...
17 June 2020
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The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...
06 June 2020
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The Covid-19 crisis has forced the UK property industry to rethink the way it operates. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the...
03 June 2020
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It’s been revealed that the home moving advice service set up by Phil Spencer is entering a collaboration with awards and...
19 May 2020
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The OneDome and Nethouseprices websites claim to have seen a surge in agents joining in recent weeks as an alternative to...
20 April 2020
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Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...
15 April 2020
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Hello and welcome to this week’s list of good work - yes, despite the virus lockdown. Earlier this week we featured many...
03 April 2020
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Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...
19 March 2020
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In the last few Natters I’ve focused on the slow death of local newspaper advertising, and how many agents are now...
29 February 2020
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The Federation of Independent Agents has revealed the names of a string of new member companies from across the UK. Founder Graham...
11 February 2020
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The people behind an online valuation service is warning agents that having a widget on their website is not enough by...
05 February 2020
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We are facing a new world in the lettings industry, with the proportion of households in the private rented sector (PRS)...
08 January 2020
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First things first, a big happy New Year to everyone. Welcome to 2020! It looks set to be another interesting year...
04 January 2020
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“There won’t be a single home but millions of different homes”, is one quote. “There will be an end to gadgets”, is...
18 December 2019
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Outsourcing important business functions such as marketing, HR and IT to attract cost savings, leverage expertise and gain greater competitive advantage is...
14 December 2019
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When we launched Reapit’s Foundations Platform as a Service (PaaS) in November, it may have seemed like a recent development in...
11 December 2019
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio What is mio and what...
10 December 2019
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PropTech services The ValPal Network and Loop Software have launched an integration which they say will reduce admin and maximise valuation opportunities...
09 December 2019
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28th NOVEMBER 2019: Christopher Watkin’s recent thought-provoking interview with Dan Marsden sheds light on the property industry today and offers an...
27 November 2019
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A sales and lettings agency in the Cotswolds has taken on a fleet of fully electric company cars. The Volkswagen eGolfs selected...
27 November 2019
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love2move, an online network which allows high street agents to offer a white-labelled hybrid service, has teamed up with the Mortgage...
14 November 2019
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You’ve probably heard about unified communications (UC) before. But why are your competitors and other organisations moving towards centralised comms platforms? What are...
06 November 2019
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I have been banging on about partnerships and collaborations for years now. Whether it’s between two real estate firms, two PropTech firms,...
09 October 2019
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? David Masters – Account Manager for the Midlands What is ‘company...
08 October 2019
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In a previous Natter, I promised to talk more about CRMs – and here I stick to that promise. Following on from...
21 September 2019
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Once a year you might be perfectly justified in putting your feet up for a weekend and enjoying some great sport...
12 July 2019
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With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...
06 July 2019
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05 July 2019
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PropTech start-up BestAgent is to stage a day-long event for suppliers to the agency industry later this month. This follows BestAgent founder...
11 June 2019
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Fine & Country has a new office in Hampshire as a result of an independent which has joined its network. Hampshirewide is...
11 June 2019
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Emoov and Countrywide: what a pair, observers might say. They present a tale of two failures - although, in the case of...
08 June 2019
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The Innovative Collaboration Group - a collection of high-profile tech suppliers to the agency industry - has unveiled a raft of new...
30 May 2019
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The UK PropTech Association, set up in early 2017 with the objective of promoting engagement between tech business and the property...
07 May 2019
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My article last week has sparked some really great engagement, which I’m delighted about! Thank you to everyone who commented or dropped...
01 May 2019
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Foxtons and Quintain have both recently made an important decision about their technological innovation, the same decision must also be made...
04 April 2019
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Four high-profile industry figures have sent an open letter urging agents to think about what they call “smarter marketing” in a...
27 March 2019
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Whether it is legacy providers with new, young businesses, or large banks with PropTech startups, all types of cross-collaboration are vital. It’s...
27 March 2019
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Thinking about the state of communication across residential property chains is enough to induce a severe migraine. We work in a world...
20 March 2019
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Many of the industry’s best known and widely respected suppliers have set up a new group which they say offers agents...
20 March 2019
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No doubt we’ve all seen the recent Purplebricks news - shares have, according to the BBC, ‘plunged after it slashed its...
27 February 2019
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For my final EAT contribution of 2018, I’ve put together a list of Christmas gifts that you could buy your PropTech-loving...
19 December 2018
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So this is (almost) it. Next week may be a quiet one for business as vendors and landlords alike begin to...
14 December 2018
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A firm is launching a new Home Owner’s Passport this weekend in a bid to speed up conveyancing. With characteristics reminiscent of the much-derided Home...
29 November 2018
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Last week, the first of a new kind of industry event took place; an open debate between agents and PropTech suppliers. Strong...
03 October 2018
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The Land & New Homes Network has announced a part exchange and assisted move collaboration with Relocation Agent Network in a...
20 September 2018
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DISCLAIMER: The author of this article retains no responsibility for any reader discomfort experienced when recalling the seemingly endless horrors of...
12 September 2018
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Fake news has become the popular catchphrase of a certain orange-tinted president in recent years. And everyone, from tech giants like...
08 September 2018
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An upcoming event will see a panel of well-known agents and suppliers appeal for better collaboration between industry stakeholders, particularly CRM...
06 September 2018
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You will notice that there is a new author for this regular column for Estate Agent Today. Last month I was...
21 July 2018
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The World Cup may be entertaining us for the next few weeks but whatever England’s fate may be, one thing is...
15 June 2018
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Having recently attended FUTURE: PropTech in London, it struck me just how far the integration of property and technology has progressed...
09 June 2018
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Smart sensors, and smart technology as a whole, are enjoying a period of accelerated innovation and adoption. It’s my opinion that such...
21 March 2018
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Connells Group - which includes Connells, Sequence and other brands - says it recorded over 9,000 new homes sales in 2017. This...
09 February 2018
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In last week’s column, I asked 14 industry leaders to give their predictions for the year ahead. Well, it seems a handful of...
10 January 2018
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Hands up if you’ve read all of the property reports that have been published in the past week or so? Forever...
29 November 2017
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A new EU crackdown on money laundering requires estate agency businesses to adopt a collaborative approach if they are to avoid...
11 November 2017
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The rise of Airbnb has been majestic, going all the way from conception to becoming a common noun in less than...
08 November 2017
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With more news of PropTech investment, this time with Spotahome and Nested, one can’t help but wonder if this boom period is...
25 October 2017
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When Kenneth Bruce, co-founder of Purplebricks, published an emotional post on social media this week, my first reaction was; what a...
20 September 2017
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“When an industry is new, still finding its feet, finding its purpose, the tendency is for those few people within it...
30 August 2017
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You saw it, right? This article from Monday’s Guardian? It says that one in five estate agents are at risk of...
02 August 2017
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The UK PropTech Association (UKPA), of which I am a member of the steering committee, is an organisation with a purpose...
28 June 2017
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The Guild of Property Professionals, which earlier this month merged with easyProperty, has now announced a new link up, this time...
21 June 2017
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It has been announced that Uber, the taxi company, has teamed up with build to rent firm, Moda Living, to ‘revolutionise renting’. This...
31 May 2017
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Two figures with high profiles in the world of PropTech have formed a consultancy to try to sell their services to...
20 April 2017
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News was released this week of a new PropTech partnership: banking disrupter Revolut has joined up with mortgage brokerage, Trussle, to offer...
20 April 2017
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A substantial new research body is to be launched this summer with a remit of looking at six overlapping aspects of...
12 April 2017
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This week, it would be very easy for me to focus on the startling figures that easyProperty logged with Companies House...
05 April 2017
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Richard Morris MD at Hartleys Estate Agents, part of the Newton Fallowell Group, approached Mid West Displays looking for a team...
21 December 2016
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Who are you? Matt Lancaster, one of the founding partners of Free2Convey and Docs4Home. Tell us about Free2Convey… Free2Convey is the UK’s first free...
01 November 2016
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Zoopla Property Group is seeking to integrate uSwitch, its price comparison service, with MoveIT, its agents’ platform for ancillary revenue generation. It...
09 September 2016
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With an anticipated “Call for Evidence” from the Dept of Business Innovation & Skills looking into the home-buying experience ETSOS is...
01 September 2016
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This week, 25 years ago the world's first website went live to those of us who were around then. Amazingly, despite the...
12 August 2016
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Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London and the South East as the main driver of economic growth...
29 July 2016
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It's great to hear how new proptech is being embraced by a number of front line agents in order to network...