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![Agents accused of under-valuing outside space](/upload/images/shutterstock_1516553480.jpg)
Two property consultancies say outdoor space should have a separate value to the rest of the home when it goes on...
25 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Why does it take SO long to complete a sale? Reapit has an idea...](/upload/images/shutterstock_628553066.jpg)
A veteran PropTech figure with extensive experience of working at leading estate and sales agencies has told the government to act...
22 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![How Much Will Mortgage Rate Hikes Affect the UK Housing Market?](/upload/images/2%20How%20much%20will%20mortgage%20rate%20hikes%20-%20weekend%20features%20By%20Tom%20Bill%20Head%20of%20UK%20residential%20research%20at%20Knight%20Frank.jpg)
Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...
30 March 2024
From: Features
![Client Accounting – what are your options?](/upload/images/2023-24_2%20(FEB)%20-%20IMAGE%20Client%20Accounting%20%E2%80%93%20what%20are%20your%20options.jpg)
The benefits for letting agents to outsource their client accounting is well documented, however with an increasing number of options available,...
31 January 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![PropTech Today - Balancing AI innovation with the human touch](/upload/images/PropTech%20.jpg)
Large language models, machine learning, artificial intelligence, artificial general intelligence, and 'the singularity' change everything, but there again, they change literally...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Alto unveils six changes amid agent feedback](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_712767091.jpg)
Alto has made a range of improvements to its cloud-based agency software based on user feedback. The Houseful-backed brand formed a Software...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Check-Out the Long-Term Benefits of Check-In Reports…](/upload/images/__thumbs/shutterstock_705724939.jpg/shutterstock_705724939__400x263.jpg)
Hands-up who likes doing check-in reports? These start-of-tenancy reports may not be the most popular of activities for the letting agent...
18 October 2023
From: Features
![Join the future of estate agency, today.](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Moveli/360x.png)
Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...
12 September 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Check-out Report Shortcuts Every Letting Agent Should Know](/upload/images/__thumbs/3%20IH%20Check%20Out%20Report%20Shortcuts%20Article%20by%20Richard%20Abbots%2C%20Inventory%20Hive.jpg/3%20IH%20Check%20Out%20Report%20Shortcuts%20Article%20by%20Richard%20Abbots%2C%20Inventory%20Hive__400x225.jpg)
The end of a tenancy can be busy and stressful. As the letting agent, you’ll have many plates spinning to move...
02 September 2023
From: Features
![What is ‘mixed tenure’ and why are mixed tenure developments built?](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Sava/EAT%20image%20(5).png)
The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...
30 August 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![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
![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
![PropTech Today: Technology provides the key to better customer experience](/upload/images/PropTech%20.jpg)
At the recent Home Buying & Selling Group UFI Roadshow in London, it was gratifying to note that panel members and...
25 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![10 reasons to ditch paper-based tenancy documents](/upload/images/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Despite most businesses across industry now adopting some form of digital alternative to traditional work methods, many in the private rental...
03 May 2023
From: Features
![New agency AML product aims to reduce risk of fines](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_AML-400x310.png)
Sales progression service ASAP has launched a new anti-money laundering (AML) product to help agents comply with due diligence requirements and...
20 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Why material information does and should matter to you](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
According to the recent industry research report ‘Back to the Future’ from tmgroup, mio and CDS 40% of property transaction delays...
01 April 2023
From: Features
![Condensation mould – a black mark for property](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Sava/360x280%20heading%20image%20-%20black%20mould.png)
Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...
24 February 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Property Natter - Incoming! It’s hard work to figure out the housing market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/Property%20Natter.jpg)
Lies, damned lies, and statistics this week. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel as though I’m being bombarded...
11 February 2023
From: Features
![Proptech firm unveils 'sale-ready' features for agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropertySearch-400x310.png)
Proptech firm iamproperty has launched a new legal preparation module to its movebutler onboarding and sales progression platform. The aim is to...
30 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Could AI technology replace property portals?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Software-400x310.png)
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology could change the way buyers search for property and alter the way portals operate, a proptech boss...
23 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![When the going gets tough, focus on your leaky bucket](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-2-400x310.png)
As economic signs increasingly point to a contraction in the property market, competition for new business will inevitably heat up. But...
03 December 2022
From: Features
![A third of property listings are 'fake' - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Fake-400x310.png)
Around one-third of properties on the portals are ‘fake listings,’ it has been claimed. Industry analyst Charlie Lamdin, founder of estate agency...
07 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![ViewMyChain integrates with Reapit to reduce fall-throughs](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyChain-1-400x310.jpg)
Chain management tool, ViewMyChain has been integrated with agency software provider Reapit. The integration means Reapit users will have a single sign...
22 September 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
![How tech can lead the way in speeding up the home buying and selling process](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropTechTodayLogo-New-400x310.png)
I am somewhat disappointed, yet not surprised, when I see the headlines ‘blaming’ various fractions of a property transaction as the...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![How conveyancers are using due diligence to attract estate agents leads](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Checkboard/checkboard%20380x280%20EAT%20Image.png)
Smart conveyancers are making themselves indispensable to estate agents by doing their due diligence for them. Until now, estate agents and conveyancers...
01 August 2022
From: Sponsored Content
![Student accommodation: how to manage mass check-outs without a mess](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/Students02_400x310.png)
As the mass student exodus from rented accommodation begins throughout the UK, Richard Abbots of Inventory Hive offers advice on how...
02 July 2022
From: Features
![Why free online logbooks are little more than Dropbox](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineAgentConcept-400x310.jpg)
There have been many articles about ‘digitising upfront information’, following the publication of DLUHC’s Levelling-Up white paper and National Trading Standards...
25 June 2022
From: Features
![The art of collaboration - why it can help benefit the home buying and selling process](/upload/images/Back-link-images/hand%20shake%202.jpg)
If there’s not a book called ‘The Art of Collaboration’ then there should be. Update: a quick Google search shows there...
11 June 2022
From: Features
![Why speedy transactions could be leaving the door wide open to fraudsters](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EvictionNotice-400x310-min.jpeg)
In this guest piece, Colum Smith, a property expert at law firm Taylor Rose MW, sets out why speedier transactions could...
07 May 2022
From: Features
![Q&A - how can agents and conveyancers work better together?](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Interview-Speaker-400x310.jpg)
In this Q&A, I catch up with Jesper With-Fogstrup, chief executive officer of Smoove (formerly ULS Technology until a very recent...
23 April 2022
From: Features
![The biggest problem with PropTech? All the choice it offers!](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTech-Innovation-400x310.jpg)
Technology developed for the estate agency industry has advanced and expanded seismically over the past decade as software vendors develop their...
06 April 2022
From: Features
![Zut alors! French entrepreneur aims to guillotine UK agency fees](/upload/images/Locations/MapofEurope-400x310.jpg)
A French billionaire who made his money from estate agency is promising to transform the UK property industry with his unique...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![The death of data migration – is there a solution for agents?](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTech-Toolshed-400x310.jpg)
One of the most valuable assets to any company is the data it stores. According to a recent study completed by...
30 March 2022
From: Features
![Behind The Scenes video series looks at how agents work](/upload/images/library/MillennialAgent-Tech-400x310.jpg)
Zoopla’s cloud based software service Alto has launched a video series giving a behind the scenes look at estate agencies around...
28 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: The barriers of non-communicating PropTech](/upload/images/Site%20logos/ProptechToday-1-400x310.png)
PropTech solutions have continued to ingratiate themselves in both the forefront of an agency within advertising mediums and in the backend...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Knowledge is power - why PDTF is a positive step forward for buying and selling](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-Meeting-400x310.jpg)
‘Knowledge is power’ goes the old saying, and one variation on that theme is a quote from academic, Robert Boyce, who...
19 February 2022
From: Features
![Purplebricks reviews dispute takes new twist four years on](/upload/images/library/Purplebricks-2019Logo-400x310.jpg)
A long running dispute between reviews website allAgents and Purplebricks has come back to life - with a new twist. In 2017...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![We survived 2021, so what has 2022 in store for estate agents?](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Diary-400x310.png)
With the drastic changes enacted on the industry over the past two years thanks to the pandemic and political events such...
22 January 2022
From: Features
![Get ready: Blockchain is coming to a property transaction near you](/upload/images/library/Blockchain-1-400x310.jpg)
Imagine a world where you, as an agent, could focus on what you do best. Building and managing relationships, showing properties,...
19 January 2022
From: Features
![Goodbye Purplebricks - name disappears in rebrand of Canada firm](/upload/images/library/Purplebricks-2019Logo-400x310.jpg)
The name of Purplebricks - which once claimed its business model was a global success - has now been removed in...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today - open APIs, not the plug and go that you may think](/upload/images/Site%20logos/ProptechToday-1-400x310.png)
Do you have an 'open API'? We use 'X' who have an 'open API' so we would need you to integrate with...
14 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Billionaires take advantage of prime London’s Covid price falls](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LondonRichHomes400x310.png)
Prime Central London’s attraction to multi-millionaire and billionaire buyers appears to have soared during the pandemic. High end agency Beauchamp Estates says...
05 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Improving the home buying and selling process - what's the latest?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-MagnifyingGlass--1-400x310.jpg)
Despite the progress made in so many areas, particularly in terms of leasehold reform – although we are calling upon the...
27 November 2021
From: Features
![Property Fraud: A house is sold without owner’s knowledge](/upload/images/library/PropertySold-400x310.jpg)
A BBC investigation has revealed that a man’s house was sold and his furnishings removed without his knowledge, in the latest...
02 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Preparing for 2022 – How current trends will affect estate agencies](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/NewYearGoals-400x310.png)
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
![Foreign buyers return to prime London says leading buying agent](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/london-property400x310.png)
A prominent London-focussed buying agent says she is seeing more foreign buyers returning to the UK capital - with more expected...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Fixflo and MRI – A shared philosophy makes for a strong partnership](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House%20with%20Key.jpg)
Guided by our philosophy of being open and connected, at MRI we are constantly evolving and developing relationships and partnerships with...
11 August 2021
From: Features
![An interview with Ben Ridgway, Managing Director of iamproperty](/img/default/eat.png)
Ben Ridgway gives his views on the current market, material information and PropTech for agents. What is your current view of the...
21 July 2021
From: Features
![Speeding sales, stopping fall-throughs: Big new PropTech investment](/img/default/eat.png)
Amro Partners, the Build to Rent and student accommodation operator, has launched a venture capital arm investing in PropTech and FinTech. Amro...
15 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Digital onboarding service launches with 900 agency branches](/img/default/eat.png)
Movebutler, the digital onboarding platform from online auction specialist iamproperty, says it has some 900 agency branches signed up. These include Martin...
28 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today - bad product or bad plan?](/img/default/eat.png)
In the previous edition of PropTech Today, Nathan Emerson highlighted the importance of effective implementation, linking poor staff engagement to the...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Changes to the moving process that agents and consumers want to see](/img/default/eat.png)
The private treaty process has been in need of modernisation for a long time. When we open an account with a...
28 April 2021
From: Features
![Running, biking, swimming: Hamptons goes the extra mile (or 27,000…)](/img/default/eat.png)
Late last year Hamptons launched ‘Relay around the World’… a fundraising initiative to raise money for Cancer Research’s Stand Up To...
02 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Breakthrough on faster house sales with new digital form](/img/default/eat.png)
An industry group charged with trying to make house buying simpler and quicker says it’s made a breakthrough on ‘upfront’ information...
16 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![The property sector needs to keep up with changing consumer behaviour](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Firm behind iamsold auctions enters private treaty sale sector](/img/default/eat.png)
The firm behind iamsold, the leading operator in the controversial Modern Method of Auction arena, is entering the private treaty sales...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity…as we can see a roadmap to freedom…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello, welcome to our latest charity roundup, and as the weather improves and the vaccine roll-out lifts the spirits, so we...
26 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Connells buys Countrywide - five reasons why it will be a success](/img/default/eat.png)
The acquisition of Countrywide by Connells might just be the deal of the century in the British estate agency industry. That’s the...
23 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Countrywide Deal Done - Shareholders back Connells offer](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide shareholders have overwhelmingly backed the offer by Connells to buy the company. At a special virtual AGM today 99.58 per cent...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – will 2021 be the year of the merger?](/img/default/eat.png)
At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...
30 January 2021
From: Features
![It's A Deal! Hunters set to be taken over but job losses likely](/img/default/eat.png)
It now looks likely that Hunters will be taken over by The Property Franchise Group after several months of talks, subject...
28 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Connells/Countrywide deal going to shareholders next month](/img/default/eat.png)
Countrywide shareholders will next month have the opportunity to vote on the Connells bid to purchase the troubled estate agency group. The...
25 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Is the property industry at a crossroads?](/img/default/eat.png)
The property market became somewhat fractious during 2020. After receiving a much-needed boost with the promise of stamp duty relief, things...
20 January 2021
From: Features
![2021 will not hold back Agents who are prepared to adapt](/img/default/eat.png)
With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Connells reveals its plan for Countrywide branches and staff](/img/default/eat.png)
Connells has revealed that it’s to keep the existing Countrywide branch structure and staff headcount when the acquisition process is completed...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![You guessed it…10 things to watch for in 2021](/img/default/eat.png)
Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas and New Year as Covid rules allowed. Journalism in early January is...
02 January 2021
From: Features
![Agents can do more to speed up transactions by adopting technology](/img/default/eat.png)
Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Rogue agents flouting AML rules ‘will be prosecuted’ says NAEA chief](/img/default/eat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Keeping the property market moving](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Revealed - the ‘so what’ of software integration](/img/default/eat.png)
Integration, collaboration and connected platforms – some great buzzwords, but what do they actually mean and do they really help agents? One...
21 October 2020
From: Features
![Agents Do Charity - during an Indian summer...](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the start of the weekend and that means it's time for Agents Do Charity. Each week, we publicise...
18 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Major Countrywide shareholder demands “bold action to save company](/img/default/eat.png)
One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...
19 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Sales progression – who should be doing it?](/img/default/eat.png)
“Many hands make light work” – Does John Heywood’s old English proverb from the 1300s apply to modern approaches on how...
01 August 2020
From: Features
![Jon Horton, Product director of sales progression platform, mio](/img/default/eat.png)
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
From: 60 Second Interview
![What next for Purplebricks after latest international sell-off?](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks’ sale of its Canadian operation for some £35m begs the question - where can it now recoup some of its losses...
16 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks sells its Canadian business for £35m](/img/default/eat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Improving pipeline management with mio](/img/default/eat.png)
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
From: Sponsored Content
![Converting your pipeline to income faster](/img/default/eat.png)
As we emerge from lockdown, quickly progressing sales to completion is vital to replace lost commission income. What role can mio...
15 June 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Property Natter – who are the challenger portals?](/img/default/eat.png)
The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...
06 June 2020
From: Features
![Why I've Quit Rightmove, by one of the country's top agents](/img/default/eat.png)
One of Britain’s most outspoken and high profile agents has quit Rightmove in spectacular fashion, using an open letter to the...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Woman says she had ‘no idea’ about £505,000 stolen from Yopa](/img/default/eat.png)
A woman claims she had no idea that her husband stole almost £1.5m from two high-profile employers - one of them...
27 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agency denies any responsibility for cyber security breach](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agents concerned over security breaches will be closely analysing what happens with a case concerning a London firm’s compromised email...
30 January 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
![Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager for the South West of England](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager for the South West of...
07 January 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
![EA Today: mio welcomes a refreshing take on estate agents’ attitudes to sales progression](/img/default/eat.png)
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
From: Sponsored Content
![Purplebricks in Canada - is it the agency’s secret success story?](/img/default/eat.png)
Controversy and Purplebricks have gone hand in hand since the agency was first launched in 2012, through its float on the...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Case study: Connells reaping the time-saving benefits of new sales and communication tool](/img/default/eat.png)
Case study: Connells reaping the time-saving benefits of new sales and communication tool Since adopting mio in September 2018, Josh Lally, Senior...
07 October 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Property Jobs Today - the latest industry moves revealed](/img/default/eat.png)
Welcome back to Property Jobs Today - your Monday roundup of all the latest employment news from the industry. If you have...
07 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - Day in the life of…a PropTech founder](/img/default/eat.png)
In a revival of the Natter’s day in the life of series, I catch up with Rajeev Nayyar, managing director of...
05 October 2019
From: Features
![How can the government help the millions of 'trapped' movers?](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s no doubt that we live in politically charged times and every day appears to bring something new to the ‘party’. For...
05 October 2019
From: Features
![Lettings technology - making money, saving costs and improving service](/img/default/eat.png)
Technology will drive the lettings and property management industry in the future. There is already a plethora of various software and other...
28 August 2019
From: Features
![Next generation CRM – what do agents need to know?](/img/default/eat.png)
As the founder of Jupix, I worked in the property industry between 2008 - 2014. I had the privilege to lead...
14 August 2019
From: Features
![Tricks of the trade: buying agent reveals tips for purchasers using portals](/img/default/eat.png)
A buying agent has revealed how she advises potential clients to use portals when looking for a property to buy -...
13 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech firm offers agents ‘most important service since dawn of internet’](/img/default/eat.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![A moving tide of regulation making its way towards estate agents](/img/default/eat.png)
It may well seem that the government is pre-occupied with one issue, and one issue alone. While preparations for Brexit take up a...
01 June 2019
From: Features
![Property Jobs Today - all the latest industry moves](/img/default/eat.png)
Welcome back to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today (PJT) after a Bank Holiday break. Each week, we round up...