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Estate agency software and CRM provider Street.co.uk has unveiled new features on its built-in artificial intelligence (AI) Content Writing Model. Revealed among...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
As the Group HR Director of LRG – an organisation of over 3,000 employees – and perhaps more importantly, as a...
09 March 2024
From: Features
"Property is in the blood," my dad frequently reminds me, albeit for two generations—his and mine. During the property boom of...
24 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Keller Williams has expanded its content and insights partnership with Dataloft after a successful trial period. The brand said 20 agents have...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Property visits remain one of the greatest time intensive activities for the letting agent. From prospecting visits, show rounds, inventories and...
02 December 2023
From: Features
Synergies between sport and business have long been compared, particularly in the highly competitive world of property. Athletes and those involved...
29 November 2023
From: Features
In today's world of rising costs and economic uncertainty, estate agents are seeking innovative ways to maximise their resources while delivering...
07 October 2023
From: Features
Agency software provider Alto has announced a new partnership with home setup provider Just Move In. Customers of the Zoopla-backed firm will...
13 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Agency software and CRM provider Street.co.uk has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) to help users write property descriptions. Street AI uses...
17 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Whether you realise it or not, APIs have helped make your day possible. Reflect on everything you’ve done today online. On your...
04 August 2023
From: Breaking News
29 July 2023
From: Features
PropTech Today - Why investing in the right PropTech is like having an extra pair of hands - or two…
Have you heard of the Pareto Principle…? Named after economist Vilfredo Pareto, it describes the imbalance of most work-related events -...
21 July 2023
From: Breaking News
In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they review the feature of the Lifesycle CRM, and its importance...
14 June 2023
From: Breaking News
One of the most valuable, most successful and most recognisable brands worldwide is Coca-Cola. And we have all wondered, at least...
20 May 2023
From: Features
Rightmove has been named as the most effective portal for driving leads but there is a sense of frustration about fake...
19 May 2023
From: Breaking News
With rising mortgage rates and the cost of living expected to be the biggest cause of a slowdown in the housing...
06 May 2023
From: Features
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
From Google to Uber, convenience is embedded into contemporary culture. As a society, we’re propelled by on-demand living, with instant solutions for...
02 May 2023
From: Breaking News
2023 has been coined as ‘the year of AI adoption’, and with this technology trickling down to almost every sector, its...
07 March 2023
From: Sponsored Content
The property industry's self-destructive, point-scoring way of working just doesn’t cut it. When low stock means low cash flow low, agents and...
01 March 2023
From: Sponsored Content
For agents who take full advantage of new developments in technology in 2023, it’s a chance for them to move ahead...
04 February 2023
From: Features
In recent weeks, the big buzzword across all industries has been AI, as it has the real potential to transform the...
25 January 2023
From: PropTech
Scammers are “bombarding” homeowners with fraudulent offers on green energy or insulation to allegedly boost their property value and cash in...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
When the weather turns like it has, we use more energy to keep our homes cosy. However, this places increasing strain...
17 December 2022
From: Features
The festive season may be a time to slowdown and reflect on the past year but estate agents are planning to...
07 December 2022
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket Group is set to host a “Meet Our Partners” virtual series of webinars for agents to hear from the commercial...
02 December 2022
From: Breaking News
With the reported increase in agency staff turnover we thought it would be a good idea to look at how you...
09 November 2022
From: Features
Given their leading role in the recent upfront information revolution, interest in the work of the National Trading Standards Estate &...
05 November 2022
From: Features
Letting agents and landlords who know how to avoid deposit disputes at the end of a tenancy can save time, money,...
15 October 2022
From: Features
It’s fair to say that ours is an industry which has a language of its own, and often revels in the...
08 October 2022
From: Features
Let’s be completely honest - as challenges go, estate agents are up against it trying to persuade reluctant vendors to take...
06 October 2022
From: Breaking News
In this latest Day in the Life of...Natter, I get an insight into one of the most vital cogs of the...
27 August 2022
From: Features
Last weekend, Nat Daniels' latest Property Natter column focused on the average day in the life of a conveyancer. In this feature,...
20 August 2022
From: Features
In a welcome return to a favourite series of mine - and a timely one at that, given the current back...
13 August 2022
From: Features
The check-out report is a critical point in the tenancy and has the power to make the moving-out process run smoothly...
09 August 2022
From: Sponsored Content
With the government releasing details on the Fairer Private Rented Sector, landlords and letting agents are looking for ways to maintain...
03 August 2022
From: Features
It may be cliche to say, but technology is advancing at such a fast pace. So fast, in fact, that according...
29 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Estate agents are being urged to be supportive after a LinkedIn post highlighted the current pressures that conveyancers are under to...
11 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Former Countrywide boss Bob Scarff has warned that estate agents have become too reliant on alerts, emails and text messages for...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The ongoing debate about how to boost agent and conveyancer relations, and improve the homebuying system for all, continues to rage,...
02 July 2022
From: Features
Agent marketing platform Growth Track has rebranded with a new offering aiming to save firm’s money and boost their digital presence. Now...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
For years, the issue of phone etiquette created tension between estate agents and the legal profession, the former claiming lawyers won’t...
28 May 2022
From: Features
Referral fees, lack of trust and too much email have been identified as barriers to greater collaboration between conveyancers and estate...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
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
In a new column, solicitor Colum Smith, an expert in combating fraud at Taylor Rose MW Solicitors, explains why those looking...
26 March 2022
From: Features
We know that agents rely heavily on property software solutions to run their agency, particularly to ease the burden of administrative...
01 March 2022
From: Sponsored Content
Until a few years ago, you would have been forgiven for not knowing who or what Coadjute was. But the company, founded...
26 February 2022
From: Features
It’s feared one of the country’s oldest estate agencies may have entered receivership. The Drew Pearce company of agents and chartered surveyors...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Alexander Siedes, CEO of Homeppl, reveals the top five ways people try and commit tenancy fraud and how to spot and stop...
19 February 2022
From: Features
In this guest feature, James Dilgul, Head of Marketing at Fixflo, the market-leading repairs and maintenance management software provider, looks at how...
22 January 2022
From: Features
A law firm is warning that one of the key risks facing that industry this year revolves around professional negligence claims against...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...
15 January 2022
From: Features
A warning has gone out to estate agents that “more and more” reports are being filed about cyber attacks on agencies...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A PropTech platform is urging agents to keep in touch with clients on their databases to increase their chances of future...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News
PropTech is booming, and its rise was only accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced the real estate industry – as...
26 October 2021
From: Sponsored Content
Buyers are being warned about scams conning people out of hundreds of thousands of pounds. The Law Society of England and Wales...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News
I’m going to declare upfront that, as an investor, I have a financial interest in the success of MovePal but I also need...
23 October 2021
From: Features
If there is one thing that modern consumers have come to expect, it’s convenience. As a nation, we’re driven by on-demand...
20 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The recent stamp duty holiday and the subsequent conveyancing logjam this triggered has acted as a wakeup call for the industry....
25 September 2021
From: Features
The Victorian phrase “as safe as houses” well surmises the security of the housing market as, whether they are buying or...
09 September 2021
From: Marketing & Social Media
Last month it was reported that up to 500,000 people had been ‘pinged’ by the NHS in a week. While the...
18 August 2021
From: Features
Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, technology has proven to be the answer for many problems faced by sectors across...
30 July 2021
From: Sponsored Content
The biggest challenge facing many agents in the current climate is the general shortage of stock, both for sales & lettings. Let’s...
21 July 2021
From: Breaking News
Let it never be said that this column isn’t here to help out agents directly. In this week’s Natter, I speak...
17 July 2021
From: Features
Working in real estate can be incredibly rewarding, but it takes a lot of hard work to be able to succeed...
13 July 2021
From: Recruitment & Business Matters
“A hybrid offering, which serves customers of all needs and capabilities, is what we should all be working towards.” Following Aconveyancing opening...
12 June 2021
From: Features
A recent survey run by mio revealed that almost 50% of home movers selected their estate agent because they liked them....
09 June 2021
From: Features
A trade union is demanding that the government ban emails from all employers outside office hours - and it wants emails...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Rightmove is to roll-out two-factor authentication within Rightmove Plus to try to protect agents against attempts by fraudsters to steal leads and...
10 May 2021
From: Breaking News
In a return to a favourite series of mine, as it gives an excellent insight into the very many facets of...
08 May 2021
From: Features
Keller Williams now boasts 377 estate agency partners across the UK - agents that have set up and run their own...
01 May 2021
From: Features
With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...
28 April 2021
From: Features
The TDS annual review 2020 indicates that deposit disputes have remained low over the last year, at around 1%. This is...
24 April 2021
From: Features
Potential house buyers may be fine with virtual tours during lockdown periods, but as the country opens up, people are going...
24 April 2021
From: Features
Zoopla has unveiled a subtle rebranding plus new features and functionality - and says it wants to be number one, not...
15 April 2021
From: Breaking News
We’ve all spent the past nine months adapting to a more digital way of life. Whether that’s been working from home,...
10 April 2021
From: Features
Following the fluctuation of the property market during the UK’s first national lockdown, the industry was given a lifeline by the...
13 March 2021
From: Features
Pre-pandemic, virtual and video viewings were a nice little add-on for some agents, but they were far from universally used and...
27 February 2021
From: Features
A conveyancing trade publication wants those involved in residential transactions to be kind to each other - especially as the stamp duty...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Propertymark - still reeling over two senior resignations in less than a week - says its lobbying sessions with politicians are...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News
A high-profile London agency is asking the police and property industry bodies including Trading Standards to investigate a fake company posing under...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Since the outbreak of the pandemic, we have all seen a dramatic change in that way that we live and work,...
06 February 2021
From: Features
Agents can win more instructions by using text messages to prospective sellers as part of a short term ‘nurture’ campaign, according...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Another group of independent estate agents have launched a portal - a rival to a similar project launched by other agencies...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Solicitors’ leaders say members of their industry are suffering mental health problems as a result of the workload to meet the...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Newspapers are pushed through the door, whereas websites have to pull in visitors - it’s a simple but fundamental difference with vast implications...
21 November 2020
From: Features
Purplebricks recently launched a meditation service to help buyers and sellers manage stress. You might disagree with the idea, but moving...
04 November 2020
From: Features
Clear communication and common-sense actions by landlords, letting agents and students at the start of a tenancy can drastically improve the...
31 October 2020
From: Features
Here is a quick read focusing on 5 things you can check your business is doing while on your tea break....
27 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media
Independent agent uses innovative ‘feet up’ campaign to win business. An independent letting agency has invited landlords to put their ‘feet up’...
27 October 2020
From: Marketing & Social Media
Seller and landlord leads are what makes estate agency tick. Without them, new business is nowhere to be seen and you...
23 September 2020
From: Features
Hello and welcome to the new working week. Here’s the latest information on key hires across our industry: if you have similar...
14 September 2020
From: Breaking News
There will not be a single business within the property sector that did not start the year in vastly different circumstances...
05 September 2020
From: Features
Some 275,000 subscribers have signed up for the latest Zoopla email education programme under the Zooploma banner. This one is aimed at...
25 August 2020
From: Breaking News
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
Businesses across all sectors have struggled to adapt to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. One group that have bucked...
01 July 2020
From: Features
The property market is used to change, and I’m confident it will bounce back from any lockdown effects. Despite being acutely aware...