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![Estate Agency Modern Warfare: From Horseback to AI Tanks](/upload/images/AI%20Prop(1).jpg)
In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss advanced technology and innovative business models. In today's UK...
21 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![10 reasons to become a Your Move franchise.](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/LSL/online.jpg)
If you’re thinking about becoming an Estate Agency franchise or converting your existing estate agency business to a franchise, here we...
16 May 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![Industry Alert: The Digital Takeover Transforming Estate Agency now!](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss how the digital realm is transforming Estate Agency. The...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Why do agents outsource their calls](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Orca/Sponsored%20Content%20360x280.png)
As estate agents, it is important to make sure that your business is efficient and cost-effective. One of the ways to...
01 September 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Weathering Economic Storms: Consolidating for Sanity in Estate Agency](/upload/images/shutterstock_2156722179.jpg)
In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they review the dynamics of the property market, and the current...
19 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Levelling up: how a quality CRM provider helps your agency grow](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/ReapIT/RPT%20SC%204%20360x280.png)
Success with your chosen CRM solution should not be a one-and-done package. Once you team up with a stellar CRM provider,...
17 July 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Unlocking success: capabilities an ideal CRM toolbox should offer](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/ReapIT/RPT%20SC%203%20360x280.png)
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
![Phil Spencer - Nurture, Not Nature, Will Help Agents In This Market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/Phil%20Spencer.png)
It’s the start of what promises - perhaps ‘threatens’ is a better word - to be a challenging second half of...
10 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Accelerating growth: the key advantages of implementing a CRM](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/ReapIT/RPT%20SC%202%20360x280.png)
By adopting a top-notch Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, you're not only opening doors to acquiring new customers and nurturing existing...
05 July 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Leveraging technology: choosing the ultimate estate agency CRM](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/ReapIT/RPT%20SC%201%20360x280.png)
In the fiercely competitive property industry, staying ahead of the game is essential for thriving and achieving success. That's where the...
30 June 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Revealed! How movers feel about the home-moving experience](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Award-winning sales progression platform mio has uncovered the home moving experiences of nearly 200 movers and evaluated what this means for...
01 March 2023
From: Features
![Why Material Information could make 2023 a Happy New Year](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PhilSpencer-EAT-LAT-2020-400x310.jpg)
Happy New Year! I hope you’ve recharged the batteries and have a shiny list of resolutions to make 2023 as successful...
04 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Just 16% of agent listings are compliant - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-Image-400x310.png)
Only 16% of property listings are currently compliant with upfront information rules, it has been claimed. Agents are currently required to include...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket launches first ever majority agent-owned CRM platform](/upload/images/Logos/OnTheMarketLogo-New-2022-400x310.jpg)
OnTheMarket Group has launched its own proprietary customer relationship management (CRM) platform for estate agents following a successful trial period. TecCRM, which...
28 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents face compliance risk with 7,000 duplicate records - claim](/upload/images/library/ComplianceImage-400x310.jpg)
Estate agents hold more than 7,000 duplicate database records per branch on average, research claims. Insight from estate and letting agency customer...
01 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Future franchisees offered loans to launch own estate agency](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-NEW-400x310.jpg)
Agency network Mr and Mrs Clarke has launched a new loan product to help aspiring self-employed business owners launch their own...
08 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents urged to ditch hard-drive file storage to remain compliant](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/magneteventpro.jpg)
The days of storing files on hard drives are over for most agents and others must catch up to comply with...
08 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket-backed proptech adds digital signatures](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineAgents-1-400x310.jpg)
OnTheMarket subsidiary teclet has integrated with digital e-signature offering Signable. The partnership will mean agents using teclet’s property management and customer relationship...
30 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Software integration aims to boost agent instructions](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropertyTechnology-1-400x310.jpg)
Estate agency software provider Street.co.uk has announced an integration with lead generation tool Spectre to help agents secure instructions. Agency firms that...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Video interview - why virtual tours are important for agents](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/VirtualViewings-400x310.jpg)
In this special video interview, Angels Media's Lee Dahill chats to Mitch Handley of Inventory Hive about why - post-Covid -...
23 March 2022
From: Features
![Estate Agents warned to ensure screening procedures are up to date as the Government toughens sanctions on Russia](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Smartsearch/Sanctions%20-%20EAT%20sponsored.jpg)
Estate agents and other property businesses need to ensure their customer screening processes are robust and up to date following extensive...
02 March 2022
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![Achieve excellent sales and lettings performance with PropTech](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTech-Agent-Hands-400x310.jpg)
MRI Software explores the use of PropTech to enhance the performance of the sales and lettings processes and how to select...
09 February 2022
From: Features
![Data holds the key to the property market's evolution – here's why](/upload/images/library/DataTechImage-400x310.jpg)
Data, when used to its full potential, holds the key to the property market’s growth. The reason for this is the...
02 February 2022
From: Features
![Thousands of HIgh Street agents want to join Purplebricks - claim](/upload/images/Logos/PurplebricksLogo2020-400x310.jpg)
Purplebricks is claiming that literally thousands of High Street agents from conventional bricks-and-mortar firms are applying to the agency. It says this...
01 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed - what customers REALLY think of estate agents](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-Meeting-400x310.jpg)
A new survey of people who have sold their home in the past six months has given a strong backing to...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![5 key questions when buying a new estate agency website](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/ReapIT/Feature%202%20360x280.jpg)
A good website is no longer optional for estate agents, as no single aspect of marketing to new customers is more...
13 December 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Booming opportunity: how technology can empower finance teams to do more](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-2020-400x310.jpg)
In this op-ed, Warwick Haycock, accounting software specialist at The Access Group, looks at how the use of tech can empower...
30 October 2021
From: Features
![CRM software: An essential tool for rental demand](/upload/images/library/PropTech-Agent-Hands-400x310.jpg)
There is no denying that managing properties is labour intensive. As real estate agents you are responsible for administering and addressing...
20 October 2021
From: Features
![Agents need a software system to match the changing working day, says provider](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTechCollaboration-1-400x310.jpg)
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
![Avoid sleepless nights by choosing the right sales and lettings software](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTechCollaboration-1-400x310.jpg)
We are living in the age of information. Our working and personal lives are underpinned by software, data and technology to...
04 September 2021
From: Features
![PropTech: Agents advised not to settle for ‘ordinary’ websites](/img/default/eat.png)
A PropTech entrepreneur is advising agents not to settle for simply having their websites up and running, and instead using CRM...
24 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: how digital innovation is transforming estate agency](/img/default/eat.png)
The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...
05 June 2021
From: Features
![Boomin Bites Back: We’ll NEVER do direct sales, insists founder](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents have contacted Estate Agent Today to say they fear the new MatchMaker service on the Boomin portal could be used...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Boomin dismisses speculation of ‘direct sales’ cutting out agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Boomin has denied that it will ever allow direct property sales, cutting out estate agents. Founder Michael Bruce says the new service...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech is the key to dealing with post-lockdown surge](/img/default/eat.png)
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
From: Features
![Suppliers and trade groups helping agents Conquering Corona](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, our guide to the latest information to help agents and the rest of the...
25 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![How digitisation will change conveyancing – for the better](/img/default/eat.png)
In the field of conveyancing, there’s a new dynamic at play. And that dynamic is customer-driven and customer-focused, using digital technology...
22 January 2020
From: Features
![Higher fees generated through PropTech says senior agent](/img/default/eat.png)
A senior regional estate agent says the appliance of PropTech has helped his company streamline communications, reduce sales times, and generate...
30 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![A winning combination: pick ‘n mix the best practices from Australia](/img/default/eat.png)
The Australian agent is a very different beast to his or her British counterpart - and it’s not just because we...
06 December 2019
From: Features
![Mark Hinkins, Sales Consultant at Rexlabs](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Hinkins and I’m a Sales Consultant...
02 December 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
![Training - how can you be the best estate agent?](/img/default/eat.png)
Here at sales progression and communication tool mio, we recently caught up with Sarah Edmundson, co-director of The AllStars Group, the...
30 November 2019
From: Features
![A winning combination: pick ‘n mix the best practices from Aus](/img/default/eat.png)
The Australian agent is a very different beast to his or her British counterpart - no surprises there. And it’s not...
29 October 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Property Natter - what makes for an effective CRM?](/img/default/eat.png)
In a previous Natter, I promised to talk more about CRMs – and here I stick to that promise. Following on from...
21 September 2019
From: Features
![More portals needed to disrupt Rightmove and Zoopla says new rival](/img/default/eat.png)
A free-to-list property portal says that contrary to opinion within parts of the agency industry, the more portals there are the...
15 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Pioneering PropTech system 'allows High Street agents to fight the onliners'](/img/default/eat.png)
A new bespoke Customer Relationship Management system developed by The Property Franchise Group claims to enable High Street agents to fight...
22 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Do floor plans and photos really help to sell a property?](/img/default/eat.png)
Photos and floor plans remain an essential tool in property marketing. Despite a wealth of choice from aspiring UK PropTech start-ups the...
21 November 2018
From: Features
![Who comes out on top in the battle of the property portals?](/img/default/eat.png)
Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...
17 November 2018
From: Features
![Data is a conversation starter (really!)](/img/default/eat.png)
Rather like doctors, estate agents are present at critical points in our lives – moving in together, bidding farewell to a...
07 November 2018
From: Features
![Top tips - how to make your letting agency more efficient](/img/default/eat.png)
For any business, regardless of size, age or industry, operating efficiently is fundamental to your success. When faced with challenges like we...
31 October 2018
From: Features
![GDPR Weekly: What security measures do agents need to take?](/img/default/eat.png)
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![GDPR Weekly: How should you remove data from your system?](/img/default/eat.png)
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...
12 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Success for The ValPal Network as it teams up with Reapit](/img/default/eat.png)
Clients of software provider Reapit can now integrate with leading sharing and online valuation service The ValPal Network. The objective is to help Reapit...
12 June 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents duplicating over 90% of floor plans](/img/default/eat.png)
Many agents are missing out on significant time saving opportunities when it comes to their floor plans say Landmark, parent of the Metropix...
30 May 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![GDPR Weekly: How often should you ask customers to update preferences?](/img/default/eat.png)
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...
29 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![GDPR Weekly: Granular and delineated databases explained](/img/default/eat.png)
Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...
22 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![Here are four ways data can improve your business](/img/default/eat.png)
How can you use data to benefit and better your business? It’s something you’ll no doubt have asked yourself down the...
21 May 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![Agents on the go - why your smartphone is one of your most valuable tools](/img/default/eat.png)
Gone are the days of having to rush back to your office every time you win an instruction to market the...
16 May 2018
From: Features
![GDPR Weekly: Do you need consent when taking customer details?](/img/default/eat.png)
Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...
15 May 2018
From: Breaking News
![GDPR Weekly: Unsolicited emails and letters - what do you need to know?](/img/default/eat.png)
Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...
24 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![GDPR Weekly: Legitimate interest for estate and letting agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...
17 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![GDPR Weekly: Evidence and documentation of marketing consent](/img/default/eat.png)
Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...
03 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![GDPR Weekly: Do you need consent for direct marketing?](/img/default/eat.png)
Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...
27 March 2018
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: In the age of technology, customer service is timeless](/img/default/eat.png)
We think about technology all the time. At least, I do. And there’s nothing left in property that technology hasn’t touched...
28 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket signs up 81 new listings agreements in first float week](/img/default/eat.png)
OnTheMarket has told the City this morning that it has already signed up 81 new listing agreements by 5pm yesterday, completing...
16 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – the marketing trends to look out for in 2018](/img/default/eat.png)
After the fun and over-indulgence of the festivities, most of us are now back to the world of work. And, with...
13 January 2018
From: Features
![OnTheMarket announces float details - but no timetable yet](/img/default/eat.png)
OnTheMarket has announced some details of its IPO and the launch of its stock market flotation - but it has given nothing...
11 December 2017
From: Breaking News
![CMA reveals details of go-ahead for ZPG/Expert Agent merger](/img/default/eat.png)
The Competition and Markets Authority has released the full wording on its decision to give the go-ahead to ZPG’s acquisition of Expert...
25 July 2017
From: Breaking News
![How can estate agents secure more new build housing instructions?](/img/default/eat.png)
Lots of people buy new-build due to the perceived lack of hassle with maintenance, as they are built to the latest...
28 January 2017
From: Features
![How to win more customers using word of mouth](/img/default/eat.png)
A client recently told me how much their estate agency spends on advertising and marketing every year. It wasn’t pennies, and even...
22 July 2016
From: Features
![Montana Hassan, Gnomen BDM](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you? Montana Hassan Tell us about yourself? I am the Business Development Director of Gnomen, my primary focus is to build strong...
15 March 2016
From: 60 Second Interview
![Property Natter: the interior revolution of estate agents’ offices](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agents with a difference, a twist, a unique selling point, whatever you want to call it, seem to be becoming...
20 February 2016
From: Features
![Property Natter: Marketing Jargon Buster](/img/default/eat.png)
Marketing and property often go hand in hand. But from time to time you might come across certain marketing terms that...
30 January 2016
From: Features
![How ‘lush’ is your CRM?](/img/default/eat.png)
It will come as no surprise for those who have read the recently published Which? annual customer service survey which polled...