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In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...

There are many myths about using virtual tours to sell or let properties. The most common perceptions are that virtual property...

Sales remain the predominant source of income for most estate agency brands, research claims. The analysis warns that agents shouldn’t ignore lettings...

Estate agency software provider Street.co.uk has announced an integration with lead generation tool Spectre to help agents secure instructions. Agency firms that...

The pool of candidates for jobs in the estate agency sector appears to be shrinking. It comes after official figures showed overall...

In this latest video interview zoning in on the current property market, and the stats, facts and data behind its present...

Data reforms announced in the Queen’s Speech earlier this month could speed-up property sales, an anti-money laundering (AML) expert claims. While property...

Property sales slumped in April but are still above the pre-pandemic average, HMRC data shows. Provisional UK property transaction figures from the...

Adoption of virtual tours among estate agents remain low but new data suggests they could boost sales. Industry analysis shows just 4%...

Almost three quarters of property professionals agree that estate agent pay is too low. A poll conducted by Estate Agent Today found 73%...

Agents using Boomin have managed to convert more than 20% of SmartVal valuation requests into instructions. The challenger portal and lead generation...

Agency listings appear to be on the rise with major brands seeing a spike in valuations and instructions. Data from national agent Jackson-Stops...

Average asking prices have hit new highs but there are signs of the market easing, Rightmove claims. The portal’s latest listings data...

An anonymous ex-estate agent has revealed how poor pay and high pressure forced them to quit the profession. The mystery agent said...

It is no longer significantly cheaper to rent compared with making monthly mortgage payments, Rightmove claims, but raising a deposit remains...

Estate agents are being urged to reassess their fee structure and not be afraid to reflect the time and level of...

Property data company Dye & Durham has promised to “work collaboratively” with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) after the watchdog...

Google rather than the portals is the starting point for sellers finding an estate agent, a survey claims. A survey among 2,000...

Next month will see new rules around upfront Material Information for property sales and lettings come into force in the UK...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has warned that it may block the merger of two property search firms as it...

Referral fees, lack of trust and too much email have been identified as barriers to greater collaboration between conveyancers and estate...

More than 30 agents and property firms such as auction houses and valuers were reprimanded by HMRC for anti-money laundering breaches...

Supply is slowly increasing but there are signs that buyers are now biding their time. Analysis by property data company TwentyCi shows...

A property lender claims to have identified signs that the property market is slowing. Analysis of Bank of England mortgage approval data...

There are signs that properties are starting to take longer to sell. A lack of stock in recent months has meant agents...

PropTech supplier nurtur.group has appointed Damon Bullimore BriefYourMarket co-founder Damon Bullimore as chief technology officer (CTO). It follows nurtur.group’s acquisition of the...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently announced that he is considering extending Margaret Thatcher’s Right-to-Buy scheme, that gives council tenants the chance to...

Just this month, the Government Property Agency kicked off its search for a digital chief to lead its 10-year technology journey,...

After years of delays and upheaval, the Renters' Reform Bill finally appears to be back on the agenda, in an effort...

A high-profile peer has questioned why estate agency regulation wasn’t extended to property management companies in the Queen’s Speech this week. Lord...

New research has revealed the regional hotspots where Japanese knotweed has been identified. The data could be of interest to estate agents...

Prime property purchasers are typically paying a 122% premium to be in the top 10% of buyers, research suggests. London agent Benham...

Millions of people use online property portals every year to conduct their property search, whether it be for sales or for...

Agents have pledged to keep a close eye on planning reforms amid a proposed overhaul announced in the Queen’s Speech yesterday. Prince...

Speedy property sales may not be as good as they seem, an industry figure has warned. Recent figures released by Rightmove indicate...

London accounted for almost half of million-pound plus property sales over the past 12 months but the most active borough at...

Former Hamptons and Countrywide executive Phil Tennant has joined US-style fast buy firm UPSTIX. Tennant has been recruited as chief operating officer...

In this guest piece, the team at Iceberg Digital set out the benefits of Lifesycle 3, which is to appear this autumn. Perfect...

Houses continued to be the preferred property type for prime London buyers last month as flat sales continue to struggle amid...

In this guest piece, Colum Smith, a property expert at law firm Taylor Rose MW, sets out why speedier transactions could...

Agents helped vendors sell homes at 97.9% of asking price on average last year, research claims. Analysis of portal and Land Registry...

The property market could be set for further upheaval when the Bank of England makes its latest interest rate decision today. The...

Property data and estate agent prospecting platform Homesearch is expanding north of the border. After three years of operation in England and...

More than half of properties across England and Wales only meet insulation standards of 1976 or older. The startling figures, based on...

Elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly are due to be held on 5 May and agents are hoping that housing remains...

Agents lost out on £600,000 worth of owed commission from withdrawn listings last year, industry data suggests. Withdrawn sales are an occupational hazard...

Mortgage brokers have warned that an increase in downvaluations is starting to hit the property market. Lenders and their valuers are cutting...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

April looks set to go down as the busiest month for house sales of the year.  And with record numbers of properties predicted...

Property portals are preparing to support agents in complying with a new era of upfront material information. From the end of May,...

Zoopla has launched a new tool that promises to speed up and improve how agents receive leads. The portal previously sent leads...

The number of complaints about estate and letting agents increased last year but fewer gripes were upheld. Data based on members of...

Rising house prices boosted HMRC’s coffers during the previous tax year. Analysts suggest the booming housing market has meant HMRC has attracted...

A ‘quick buy’ service launched by veteran proptech innovator Giles Mackay is now looking to help fix broken chains. UPSTIX, which launched...

Record numbers of buyers are now purchasing homes chain-free research suggests. Analysis by Hamptons has found that an increase in the share...

The trend for remote working could continue to influence the property market into next year, Rightmove claims. The portal’s data shows there...

In this Q&A, I catch up with Jesper With-Fogstrup, chief executive officer of Smoove (formerly ULS Technology until a very recent...

House price growth hit a five-month high in February, according to Land Registry data but there are warnings that this will...

Law firm Taylor Rose MW has acquired a stake in proptech firm SlothMove in an effort to help combat property fraud. SlothMove...

Increasingly cautious mortgage lending could dampen the property market and cause more sales to fall-through, it has been warned. Recent house price...

The proportion of homes sold to landlords has hit a five-year high but buyers are paying above asking price due to...

An industry expert has questioned the fairness of a “two-tier system” that has emerged between new builds and second-hand homes when...

The lack of housing stock, rising inflation and rising mortgage rates could all lead to agents running out of stock in...

An industry group is predicting that record numbers of homes sold this year will be off-plan. The National Association of Property Buyers...

The typical time taken to sell a property has got so long that people could learn a language before a transaction...

Technology developed for the estate agency industry has advanced and expanded seismically over the past decade as software vendors develop their...

Estate agency marketing tool Spectre is planning to boost its data science team as it predicts greater use of artificial intelligence...

Estate agency veteran Robin Paterson has joined new ‘quick buy” service UPSTIX. Paterson, a former chief executive of Hamptons and managing director...

Agents are being offered an easier way to offer 3D virtual viewings that could get homes listed more quickly. Spatial data technology...

A government aim to improve the home buying process by making Local Land Charge search results instantly available is well underway,...

They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...

Rightmove has created a league table to identify where new buyer competition is hottest across the UK housing market. Across the country...

One of the most valuable assets to any company is the data it stores. According to a recent study completed by...

Foxtons has given details of what some believe is market-leading use of technology to drive its sales and lettings effort. In a...

Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce has for the first time given some figures on the usage of some of the key...

Zoopla’s cloud based software service Alto has launched a video series giving a behind the scenes look at estate agencies around...

The self-employed model, after years of not really catching on fully, was given a major boost by the pandemic and the...

Agents are being advised to revise their processes now to accommodate changes to the information required on property details, which begin...

The latest government house price data has sparked a fear that the market may be heading towards an affordability crisis. The Office...

LonRes has teamed up with compliance consultancy iCompli to launch a  range of services which they say will keep estate agents...

A prominent industry supplier has produced startling statistics about the numbers of fall throughs in just the first 10 weeks or...

The jury is still out on whether the Ukraine crisis will damage public confidence in the UK housing market. Rightmove’s property data...

When was the time you actively learned something new from your clients or competitors? If it’s a difficult question to answer quickly,...

A shift is occurring in the rental market across the UK. The Government is planning to reform the sector with increased...

Propertymark is urging agents to respond to a consultation exercise being conducted by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents...

The online agency brand eXp UK claims it’s growing at an industry leading pace - and it puts it all down...

Phil Spencer is teaming up with a PropTech supplier to help buyers have the maximum volume of upfront information. Spencer’s Move iQ...

Ben Ridgway and Jamie Cooke, co-founders of iamproperty Group brought together industry leaders in a recent roundtable to discuss the challenges...

A row has broken out over a company which has made allegations about Trustpilot reviews of OnTheMarket. A company called KwikChex says...

PropTech supplier nurtur.group - which owns Fine & Country and the Guild of Property Professionals - has acquired Brief Your Market,...

Of the many industry buzzwords, I suspect “upfront information” was up there as one of the most widely used in 2021....

A new housing market snapshot from Zoopla suggests that in the supply of homes coming to the market has triggered a...

Hybrid agency EweMove has this morning announced that it’s moving all of its 170 branches to a new fully-automated cloud-based system...

A new analysis has revealed those areas of England and Wales with the largest numbers of Russian-owned homes. Credas Technologies analysed Land...

Estate agents and other property businesses need to ensure their customer screening processes are robust and up to date following extensive...

The hot topic of rent controls has remerged in recent weeks, with passionate voices on both sides of the argument speaking...

For all sales and letting agents, accelerating your business to new heights is a number one priority. You can’t be losing time...

A popular myth suggesting 50 per cent of homes sell with a second agent, is simply untrue. That’s the claim from property...

Properties selling without a chain not only sell more quickly, as one might expect, but also appear to attract a substantial...

Agents have told Housing Secretary Michael Gove that his Levelling Up agenda needs to include positive efforts to bring hundreds of...

Well-known property expert and video interviewer Chris Watkin independently investigates how one piece of software is having such a big effect...

We know that agents rely heavily on property software solutions to run their agency, particularly to ease the burden of administrative...

A webinar this week is set to see the release of more details of changes to property listings being demanded by...

Until a few years ago, you would have been forgiven for not knowing who or what Coadjute was. But the company, founded...

In the last two years digital Property Logbooks for our homes have moved from concept to reality with almost a quarter...

The outcome of the Ukraine crisis is far from certain, but one thing has become abundantly clear. The long-overdue Economic Crime...

PropTech supplier tmgroup is to hold a six-part webinar series called Achieving Change: Think tomorrow, act today. The webinars - from linked...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent Team has released background information on how it came to make changes to...

The rental market is recalibrating after Covid, and this is evident in the latest data from Zoopla’s rental index. For 18 months...

In the first few months of 2022, agents have experienced some of the lowest stock levels in several years. The number...

Agents have 21 per cent fewer homes on their books now than a year ago according to a quick buy company. In...

A lead generation platform that boasts Leaders, EweMove and Northwood amongst its clients says it’s expanding into mortgages. Rentround, now in its...

One of the country’s leading agencies says the recent and expected interest rate rises, and the surging inflation, will not blow...

The Chartered Institute of Housing, set to unveil its latest annual housing review next month, has indicated that to no one’s...

Trading Standards and the government have jointly announced compulsory new data which must appear on property listings. A property's council tax band or...

A PropTech platform claims its “unique” features will help its subscribers get a 1,500 per cent return on investment by the...

Rightmove - which issues its annual figures to shareholders later this week - has released a bullish snapshot of the housing...

Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Propertymark, analyses the impact that the lack of available data is having on...

‘Knowledge is power’ goes the old saying, and one variation on that theme is a quote from academic, Robert Boyce, who...

Alexander Siedes, CEO of Homeppl, reveals the top five ways people try and commit tenancy fraud and how to spot and stop...

Reapit Elements is an open-source, cross-platform design system that gives designers and developers a framework to quickly create responsive, device-agnostic, and...

A financial analyst says there could be tough times ahead for the housing market, despite another upbeat set of figures regarding...

A prominent analyst says he expects a U-turn on the “folly” of interest rate rises sooner rather than later - but...

The number one portal is making a big marketing and research push to get reluctant owners to put up the For...

OnTheMarket says buyer and seller confidence has not been adversely affected by the first base rate rise in more than three...

The UK property industry has long been a target of fraudsters due to the low levels of transparency and the fact...

I’m sure most readers would agree with me that cyber-security is vitally important for almost any business, particularly those businesses like...

With the new year in full swing, agents around the UK are likely to be making changes to the way they...

There’s been a huge rise in the amount of money contributed to the housing market by first time buyers. They paid over...

Savills has welcomed its first intake of residential apprentices with seven individuals hired by the business to study and work within...

Reviews website Trustpilot has hit back after being attacked by property website allAgents.  allAgents chief Martin McKenzie is calling for Trustpilot chief...

The estate agent known to his thousands of followers on Twitter as Mayfair Guru is predicting a ‘Roaring 2020s’ for the...

Some regional property markets are perilously close to running out of any stock to sell. That’s the news from property data...

The latest house price data from the Halifax shows another absolute record but with a sharply reduced monthly rise indicating a...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants the government to put a stop to the capital being used for international money...

The average home sale in England and Wales in 2021 achieved 98 per cent of the asking price - slightly improved...

Data, when used to its full potential, holds the key to the property market’s growth. The reason for this is the...

Good-quality APIs can help agents to thrive in 2022 and beyond according to industry PropTech supplier Openview – Powered by VTUK.  API,...

A free to list portal has launched a tool which it claims will predict a seller’s propensity to switch agents.  Residential People...

The supply of new properties coming to the market is up on this time last year in every single region of...

In this guest piece, the team at Lifesycle discuss a recent experiment they did with AI and estate agents' data and...

The PropTech network Coadjute, which says it will ultimately slash the time it takes to move house by as much as...

An hour-long webinar this week aims to inform agents how to deter property fraud by greater emphasis on compliance, due diligence...

The market share of hybrid and online agents has fallen again, this time to 6.7 per cent. That figure - taken at...

With the drastic changes enacted on the industry over the past two years thanks to the pandemic and political events such...

The Nationwide has released data listing the most and least affordable locations in Britain - background information for agents. Some entries are...

Homesearch has won £5m new investment from venture capital firm Octopus Ventures - an organisation that has also backed three businesses...

Government data shows the average UK house price increasing by 10 per cent on an annual basis in November. On a monthly...

Imagine a world where you, as an agent, could focus on what you do best. Building and managing relationships, showing properties,...

Fears that the housing market may be seriously damaged by the worsening economy led to share price falls for Rightmove and others...

If agents wonder why more older home owners don’t sell and downsize, it may be because they’re taking equity out of...

Agents finding it difficult to persuade potential vendors to come to the market this early in the year have new ammunition...

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

Do you have an 'open API'? We use 'X' who have an 'open API' so we would need you to integrate with...

Work patterns and the employee experience have changed dramatically because of Covid, with a substantial rise in home, flexible and hybrid...

The conveyancing technology firm Search Acumen has launched what it calls “an end-to-end solution” in a bid to abolish “antiquated” ways...

New research shows an estimated £200 billion worth of property sat vacant across Britain’s housing market - up 2.1 per cent...

A warning has gone out to estate agents that “more and more” reports are being filed about cyber attacks on agencies...

OnTheMarket agents are to have access to the prospecting tool SmartMail, produced by data firm Sprift. SmartMail is a canvassing and prospecting...

The objective of estate agents in 2022 must be to cut their business costs and employ technology to replace - and...

It’s the last call for agents to sign up to a ‘Battle For Listings’ webinar to be held tomorrow (10am-11am) by reservations...

The last two years have been dramatic and decisive for many people and many businesses. Both have reassessed their work approaches...

A survey of agents suggests the majority believe the process of buying and selling residential properties will be fully digital or...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur with a lengthy pedigree as an estate agent says agents should use more technology in a bid...

For the first time since before the global financial crisis of 2008, the number of first-time buyers is estimated to have...

Rightmove claims its visits over the Christmas period were its busiest ever with what it calls ‘buyer demand’ up 23 per...

The latest figures for mortgage approvals show demand as being relatively unchanged - a development welcomed by agents. House purchase mortgage approvals...

A conveyancer has contacted Estate Agent Today suggesting that the Simplify Group IT data crisis could be the death knell for the company...

Propertymark’s chief executive has rejected claims that his organisation’s housing market data inaccurately states the numbers of prospective buyers for each...

A webinar in mid-January will help agents get an edge on securing leads and ensuring transactions are not lost. That’s the claim...

Areas with the biggest house price growth of 2021 have seen the value of homes rise by three times the national...

This year, Londoners purchased 112,780 homes outside the capital, the highest number since 2007. New data, from Connells-owned agency Hamptons, shows that...

Fine & Country says it’s celebrating the launch of offices in 12 new locations across Spain this year. The brand says that...

With the business model for self-employed agents hotly debated within the industry, new data has suggested that most freelance professionals are...

A consultancy specialising in data protection issues has sharply criticised the Simplify Group for its ongoing lack of communications over its...

Rightmove has revealed the UK’s property hotspot of 2021 - where prices have risen 31 per cent in just a year. The...

MRI Software’s newest Agency Solutions expert, Michael Connolly, made the leap from working on the front line of an estate agent...

Lenders’ umbrella group UK Finance has given its housing and mortgage market forecasts for 2022 and 2023 together, plus a year-end report for 2021. It estimates...

A good website is no longer optional for estate agents, as no single aspect of marketing to new customers is more...

Data out today from Rightmove shows the predictable seasonal effect of around 0.7 per cent knocked off the typical asking price. The...

EAT readers may have seen a piece in Friday’s property section of The Times about the long-running Simplify saga, which has...

We all know what did happen in 2021 - Covid and more Covid, the stamp duty holiday frenzy, a soaring rental...

As the UK housing market faces an ongoing boom, there’s one profession that’s certainly rushed off its feet — estate agents....

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on all aspects of our lives, but undoubtedly one major negative side effect...

Compliance check list - are you New Year ready? The start of a new year is a great time for estate agents...

An England football manager who resigned after a newspaper sting is in a podcast series launched by Boomin and Purplebricks founders Michael and Kenny...

With tenancy fraud on the rise, landlords are increasingly wary. So, they want to work with agencies who do everything they...

Increasing numbers of commentators are forecasting that the Bank of England will not, after all, raise the base rate next week. It...

Property fraud is on the rise and early in 2022 agents will have an opportunity to attend a webinar featuring a...

A petition is being started, urging the government to ban the payment of referral fees to estate agents. It’s reported to have...

The last 18 months have been full of ups and downs, but the property market has coped remarkably well during the...

There are many features and functionalities a website must have to be successful. Ultimately, the purpose of your website should be...

New data from Rightmove has analysed millions of supply, demand and pricing data points across the property market, to assess activity...

House prices will rise next year says Rightmove - but it warns that tax hikes will curb price rises, particularly later in...

Propertymark has criticised the government over poor house building figures. New figures from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show...

Data released by Zoopla suggests that demand for new builds outside London remains above the five year average, but has failed...

Rightmove claims to have found the happiest place in the UK - and it’s in Northumberland. The market town of Hexham has...

Agents must have a robust plan in place in case they are subjected to a ransomware cyber attack, says the Guild...

Boomin has revealed an upgrade to its SmartVal feature, which tries to blend real-time online valuations with local expertise from member...

The equity release market is on course for a record year after customers took out £1.049 billion in property wealth in...

The police have been called in to investigate the ongoing cyber-security incident which has led to many firms in the Simplify...

Just as city centre traffic is reminiscent of life before the pandemic, the rental market in central zones of UK’s largest...

Trust has always been vital for building and nurturing good relations between an agent and their customer. Maintaining trust will keep...

The conveyancing IT crash plaguing the Simplify Group of companies continues into its ninth day; however there is an update for...

A new league table of earnings by estate agents, based on basic salary and commission combined, suggests that UK agents earn...

A PropTech platform is urging agents to keep in touch with clients on their databases to increase their chances of future...

It’s been a busy and arguably fruitful year for the property market, with an eager consumer base pushing forwards with their...

The phrase ‘time is money’ is particularly pertinent for estate agents. Since the stamp duty holiday ended, the forecast drop in...

Surprise figures released through Freedom of Information requests show that the number of homes in England and Wales with owners registered...

The average asking price across the UK is now £43,000 higher than it was in late 2019 according to data and...

The average asking price of homes coming to the market has dropped by over £2,000 in the past month - the...

PropTech has seen a surge in uptake over the last few years for several reasons – be it the Covid-19 pandemic...

Franchise giant Winkworth says at least eight new offices will open next year, following an upbeat performance in 2021. In a trading...

HM Land Registry will accept only digital register update applications from November 2022. Most applications received currently are submitted as PDFs or...

There’s been a significant rise in buyer interest in the energy efficiency of properties - but so far it’s making no...

There’s been an update this morning on the dramatic systems crash that has hit the conveyancing services operated by the Simplify...

PropertyHeads, a platform describing itself as a social network for house buyers and sellers, has a new PropTech partnership. It’s linked with...

Rightmove has revealed the strongest markets for sellers and buyers this autumn.  Grays in Essex has topped the list of the strongest...

A leading estate agency says the government may have to use stamp duty and council tax as incentives to persuade owners...

Fledgling portal Boomin has published figures - but not the long-awaited ones about its users or agents.   Instead, it’s released data...

In this article, the team at The Lettings Hub - which aims to offer tech-driven solutions for the rental market - outline...

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has defied expectations by keeping base rate at its historic low of 0.1 per...

Despite the roaring housing market, a new report says that no fewer than 70,500 real estate and property businesses are showing...

Tech stack is a term often used nowadays to describe all the software tools within a business. Calling it a stack...

In this op-ed, Warwick Haycock, accounting software specialist at The Access Group, looks at how the use of tech can empower...

The Pandora Papers - the biggest ever leak of offshore data - has revealed that the UK’s property market is being...

As you are no doubt aware, building mutually beneficial relationships with conveyancers in your local area can not only make your...

In the UK, 3.5 million households — which is over one-third of UK households — are either privately or socially rented,...

The average cost of buying and selling a home in England this year has soared from £6,877 before the end of...

There’s been another step to make house sales more secure and speedier, with a pilot scheme starting next month. Five major identity...

PropTech is booming, and its rise was only accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced the real estate industry – as...

Rightmove says sellers who have upgraded their Energy Performance Certificate rating to a C - from a D, E or F -...

I’m going to declare upfront that, as an investor, I have a financial interest in the success of MovePal but I also need...

Business consultancy Hargreaves Lansdown is predicting house prices will still rise, even after a possible hike in interest rates later this year or...

An alert has gone out to sales and lettings agents to be more diligent with their checking of data, and to...

House price inflation accelerated to 10.6 per cent in August, up from 8.5 per cent in July as buyers rushed to...

Over-65s saw their property wealth increase by £800 a month recently thanks to frenzied demand during the stamp duty holiday, an equity release...

Another market snapshot has identified low supply as the chief characteristic of the sales landscape this autumn. Landmark Information Group’s latest Property...

PropTech and CRMs should be about far more than merely gathering data - they should be telling agents which prospects are...

In this thought leadership article, Videosign CEO Steven Tallant looks at electronic signatures and conveyancing and whether the time is nigh for the...

Estate agents who differentiate themselves from competitors should not be afraid of charging more - and should have confidence when doing...

2021 redefined what it meant to offer exceptional customer experiences for consumers across multiple industries, but particularly for the residential property...

The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA), also known as Conditional auction, can sometimes get a bad rap. However, much of the...

The  housing market is not immune from the supply shortage hitting the economy, according to Knight Frank - with London the...

It’s been revealed that HM Revenue & Customs scours the listings on both Rightmove and Zoopla to assess whether property investors...

The existence of online agencies means some consumers believe real life estate agents are unnecessary in a deal - but the rest of...

Many agents working in the industry, whether for large corporates or smaller independents, might one day have ambitions to branch out...

The property industry and its many stakeholders are key participants in a global digital transformation that has been underway for quite...

The telecoms solutions company behind "Phone-in-a-Phone" (PiP) now brings property professionals the UK's first mobile-only business phone system in an app...

An agency says individual agents operating as self-employed can earn up to £64,000 more per year than fully-employed counterparts. Nested says the average UK...

Fledgling portal Boomin says its new SmartVal tool has received over 10,000 requests since launching in early September. SmartVal is powered in part by...

Like most industries, estate agency is changing. A general trend to a more hybrid model, accelerated by the pandemic has resulted...

It’s a truism that most property enquiries from buyers these days come through portals but there are several reasons why agents...

A new Rich List of the most expensive streets has been revealed by Zoopla.  Kensington Palace Gardens in London holds the title...

Rightmove is at the centre of a revolutionary advertising initiative involving Channel 4’s Location, Location, Location. Using Artificial Intelligence technology, a digital...

A leading market commentator is warning that transactions and prices will fall without the stimulus of the stamp duty holiday. Karen Noye,...

Foxtons has launched a new high-end department called Foxtons Private Office in a bid to woo the richest domestic and international...

Rightmove has estimated how many people benefitted from the holiday and the estimated total saving in England. It says some one million...

We’re not sure if agents will agree with this but a high profile consumer group has come up with the final...

As we move into the autumn of 2021, what the coming year has in store for estate agents is something we...

Foxtons has given details of the PropTech it uses to help improve leads and business decisions.  The agency, which has some 50 offices...

The self-employed partnership known as The Agency UK - founded by three refugees from Purplebricks - has announced a major expansion. The...

The recent stamp duty holiday and the subsequent conveyancing logjam this triggered has acted as a wakeup call for the industry....

Agents are being warned about removing personal data and information from marketing material. Paul Offley, compliance officer at The Guild of Property...

A PropTech firm backed by Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman has launched a new anti-money laundering (AML) tool for estate agents. Thirdfort has...

A leading planning consultancy has claimed that ‘the myth’ that housing developers are hoarding land after gaining planning consent in order...

Affordability has always been a hot topic when it comes to the property market, and this is doubly true for first-time...

In a 'coup' for property data firm Homesearch, Keller Williams UK, which has some 400 agents under its banner across the UK,...

Record numbers of properties sold above asking price in August, agents claim. Data from NAEA Propertymark shows that despite the summer lull,...

As virtual tours start to get even more popular, and in some cases become the norm for the majority of letting...

With the competition for new listings between agents as fierce as ever, it can sometimes feel like a race to the...

Industry-wide adoption of Unique Property Reference Numbers could be one step closer after an announcement by a major trade body. The Conveyancing...

Being able to show proof of funds in a quick, transparent and simple way is more crucial than ever to keep fall-throughs...

Warwick Estates has revealed the most in-demand features for new-build buyers. The firm has analysed Rightmove data and found that those buying...

2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...

The Victorian phrase “as safe as houses” well surmises the security of the housing market as, whether they are buying or...

Franchise giant Winkworth says it has backed the start up of a commercial company advising on investment in retail or business...

Exchanges of properties in prime central London, following the end of the largest part of the stamp duty holiday, suggest the...

Business intelligence is paramount to companies looking to gain a competitive edge, particularly in saturated markets like estate agency. Each client...

Over the last three years there has been a quiet revolution in the tenant referencing market. Starting with the 2019 tenant...

Newly instructed properties across the country dropped by 10 per cent in August compared to July’s numbers, according to Homesearch. The company,...

More buyers in prime central London are choosing larger properties - a function of the pandemic and the race for space. That’s...

A TV advertising campaign begins today to promote SmartVal, its real-time valuation tool available on the Boomin portal. The advertisements will start...

A new forecasting model from a consumer website is predicting that house prices will rise by an average 30 per cent...

We are living in the age of information. Our working and personal lives are underpinned by software, data and technology to...

Tech, as has been shown more than ever during the pandemic, can be a wonderful thing – bringing people closer together,...

A small survey commissioned by a PropTech firm appears to show that a majority of respondents believe estate agents lack expertise...

A PropTech operator claims that agents currently pay around £250 per lead, averaging costs of different sources ranging from Google Ads...

Parts of Britain are so short of homes for sale they have only half the number of listings to be expected...

Mortgage approvals declined over the last month as the tapering stamp duty holiday deterred home purchases, according to data from the...