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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...

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...