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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,...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? David Masters – Account Manager for the Midlands What is ‘company...

In a previous Natter, I promised to talk more about CRMs – and here I stick to that promise. Following on from...

Once a year you might be perfectly justified in putting your feet up for a weekend and enjoying some great sport...

With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card?             Becky Howes, mio Account Manager What...

PropTech start-up BestAgent is to stage a day-long event for suppliers to the agency industry later this month. This follows BestAgent founder...

Fine & Country has a new office in Hampshire as a result of an independent which has joined its network. Hampshirewide is...

Emoov and Countrywide: what a pair, observers might say. They present a tale of two failures - although, in the case of...

The Innovative Collaboration Group - a collection of high-profile tech suppliers to the agency industry - has unveiled a raft of new...

The UK PropTech Association, set up in early 2017 with the objective of promoting engagement between tech business and the property...

My article last week has sparked some really great engagement, which I’m delighted about!  Thank you to everyone who commented or dropped...

Foxtons and Quintain have both recently made an important decision about their technological innovation, the same decision must also be made...

Four high-profile industry figures have sent an open letter urging agents to think about what they call “smarter marketing” in a...

Whether it is legacy providers with new, young businesses, or large banks with PropTech startups, all types of cross-collaboration are vital. It’s...

Thinking about the state of communication across residential property chains is enough to induce a severe migraine. We work in a world...

Many of the industry’s best known and widely respected suppliers have set up a new group which they say offers agents...

No doubt we’ve all seen the recent Purplebricks news - shares have, according to the BBC, ‘plunged after it slashed its...

For my final EAT contribution of 2018, I’ve put together a list of Christmas gifts that you could buy your PropTech-loving...

So this is (almost) it. Next week may be a quiet one for business as vendors and landlords alike begin to...

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...

Last week, the first of a new kind of industry event took place; an open debate between agents and PropTech suppliers. Strong...

The Land & New Homes Network has announced a part exchange and assisted move collaboration with Relocation Agent Network in a...

DISCLAIMER: The author of this article retains no responsibility for any reader discomfort experienced when recalling the seemingly endless horrors of...

Fake news has become the popular catchphrase of a certain orange-tinted president in recent years. And everyone, from tech giants like...

An upcoming event will see a panel of well-known agents and suppliers appeal for better collaboration between industry stakeholders, particularly CRM...

You will notice that there is a new author for this regular column for Estate Agent Today. Last month I was...

The World Cup may be entertaining us for the next few weeks but whatever England’s fate may be, one thing is...

Having recently attended FUTURE: PropTech in London, it struck me just how far the integration of property and technology has progressed...

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

Connells Group - which includes Connells, Sequence and other brands - says it recorded over 9,000 new homes sales in 2017. This...

In last week’s column, I asked 14 industry leaders to give their predictions for the year ahead. Well, it seems a handful of...

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

A new EU crackdown on money laundering requires estate agency businesses to adopt a collaborative approach if they are to avoid...

The rise of Airbnb has been majestic, going all the way from conception to becoming a common noun in less than...

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...

In this week’s Natter I’m going to get all political. Don’t worry, I won’t be giving my opinions on Brexit, Trump...

“When an industry is new, still finding its feet, finding its purpose, the tendency is for those few people within it...

You saw it, right? This article from Monday’s Guardian? It says that one in five estate agents are at risk of...

The UK PropTech Association (UKPA), of which I am a member of the steering committee, is an organisation with a purpose...

The Guild of Property Professionals, which earlier this month merged with easyProperty, has now announced a new link up, this time...

It has been announced that Uber, the taxi company, has teamed up with build to rent firm, Moda Living, to ‘revolutionise renting’.    This...

Two figures with high profiles in the world of PropTech have formed a consultancy to try to sell their services to...

News was released this week of a new PropTech partnership: banking disrupter Revolut has joined up with mortgage brokerage, Trussle, to offer...

A substantial new research body is to be launched this summer with a remit of looking at six overlapping aspects of...

This week, it would be very easy for me to focus on the startling figures that easyProperty logged with Companies House...

Richard Morris MD at Hartleys Estate Agents, part of the Newton Fallowell Group, approached Mid West Displays looking for a team...

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...

Zoopla Property Group is seeking to integrate uSwitch, its price comparison service, with MoveIT, its agents’ platform for ancillary revenue generation. It...

With an anticipated “Call for Evidence” from the Dept of Business Innovation & Skills looking into the home-buying experience ETSOS is...

This week, 25 years ago the world's first website went live to those of us who were around then.  Amazingly, despite the...

Plans for the Northern Powerhouse scheme, designed to rival London and the South East as the main driver of economic growth...

It's great to hear how new proptech is being embraced by a number of front line agents in order to network...

Birthdays aren’t just something for family and friends to celebrate.   Businesses too can justifiably use these milestones to remember their roots and...