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Mortgage rates may be falling but tougher lending criteria is stifling many borrowers, including high earners. Research by Investec has found the...

"Property is in the blood," my dad frequently reminds me, albeit for two generations—his and mine. During the property boom of...

After a bumpy six months media-wise, I was fascinated to see that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle chose a tech-based project...

Ceredigion estate agent Cardigan Bay Properties has been recognised as one of the top start-ups in the UK. The brand overcame competition...

Former Fine & Country global chief executive Simon Leadbetter is set to embark on his first national tour with his own...

A new property platform aiming to help homeowners sell off-market properties has attracted 10,000 registered buyers in its first few months...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they preview Estate Agency X 8, 2023 Estate Agency X is back and better...

Knight Frank’s head of London residential sales Rory Penn has been named ‘Property Adviser of the Year at the Spear’s Awards...

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

In this article, the team at Iceberg Digital outline why agents should consider attending the Estate Agency X event as well...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I chat with Fine & Country UK’s managing director Nicky Stevenson, one of the most...

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...

The events of the last 12 months have potentially shaped the future of our sector for years to come. There has been...

It’s been some time since online agencies have ventured into crowdfunding to raise investment, but easyProperty has now done so -...

1. How would you say Century 21 franchisees have adapted to the challenges during 2020?  If someone had told me at the...

MPs want the government to publish the names of estate agencies and other companies claiming furlough funding. The all-party Public Accounts Committee of...

A high-profile publicity campaign has culminated in the launch of a new CRM which calls itself as “a transformative new technology, empowering...

A leading enthusiast of the self-employed agency business model says even in these challenging times people can make a success of...

A new Proptech platform is launching next month with claims it will “up-end the way agents do business” and that it will...

Hello, and if it’s the start of a new week it’s time for Property Jobs Today, giving you the inside track...

US-originated estate agency Keller Williams claims to be the fastest growing in the UK as a result of 29 agents joining...

Property expert Phil Spencer will soon be sharing his unique insight into Move iQ’s engaged consumer audience alongside advice from other...

The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...

'It's a recipe, not a menu' is a mantra championed by a host of Keller Williams' millionaire estate agents. But what are...

Agents are being offered a two week free trial of a service giving mobile telephone signal strength information and broadband connectivity...

It's been two years since the SDL Group launched its franchise block management business, SDL Property Partners, the first of its...

In the firmest sign yet that PropTech has entered the mainstream, Housing Minister Esther McVey recently launched an expert advisory council...

Everyone thought John Bercow was short. It probably didn’t help that I was on stage just before him. 5ft 6 versus...

Housing Minister Esther McVey has launched an expert advisory council that the government says is “dedicated to the digital transformation of...

As real estate firms begin to execute their Q3 strategies and think more closely about Q4, there is one major question...

Akshay Ruparelia, the 21 year old who founded the online agency Doorsteps while he was still in sixth form, has called for...

One of the most experienced and high profile figures in the industry says individual agents working for online companies are typically...

Nicky Stevenson has had a very varied and interesting career in property. She started out as a lettings negotiator for Nicholas...

This week, I want to take a look at the Israeli startup, Venn, an urban revitalisation firm which has recently received...

All the most successful startups of recent years – from Airbnb and Uber to Just Eat and Deliveroo – have melded...

The founder of Zoopla has explained how the portal got its name and branding, and the philosophy behind it when it...

This article was originally written for City AM in response to an article it published attacking letting agents. See more here.  A...

The Secretary of State for Education has written to the head of an online estate agency to ask him to share...

An interesting debate has been sparked in PropTech this week. It started with an interview, published on YouTube, in which Kristjan Byfield...

The controversial crowdfunding site Crowdcube has listed the founder of online estate agency Doorsteps as one of its five ‘entrepreneurs of...

The Minister for Digital and the Creative Industries, Margot James, has used social media to say she is “thrilled to see...

It’s that time of year again where we start saying goodbye to 12 months of hard work and start looking forward...

The chief executive of failed online agency Emoov has been named this week as one of the 500 top “tech influencers”...

Emoov has this afternoon appointed administrators as a result of not being able to secure a buyer - the move had...

A new prime London hybrid agency wants what it calls “disillusioned property professionals” to join the firm and take advantage of...

Zoopla Property Group's founder and chief executive, Alex Chesterman, is to step back from day to day operations at the end...

An online estate agency run by one of the country’s youngest entrepreneurs has agreed to change a reference about savings on...

Two high-profile PropTech entrepreneurs have raised £150,000 to help fund what they call “the first global PropTech platform.” James Dearsley and Eddie...

It’s no secret that technology has changed the way businesses operate, in all sectors. With that has come changes to the...

Emoov founder Russell Quirk says that in some cases social media might give a more accurate picture of an estate agency’s...

For many estate agents seeking to become entrepreneurs, the idea of starting their own business is undoubtedly daunting, especially when going...

One of the country’s leading PropTech entrepreneurs has responded to recent criticism of online estate agencies and their allegedly-poor record of...

The death of traditional TV – where viewers sit down together to watch shows at defined times – has been much...

One of the largest investment firms in the United States has taken a stake in the London-based venture capital firm Pi...

I have high expectations for this year’s PropTech events and property conferences.  Those that I attended in 2017 demonstrated a real step...

After the fun and over-indulgence of the festivities, most of us are now back to the world of work. And, with...

Crowdfunding is nothing new. As I pointed out in a previous Natter, it dates back centuries, playing a part in the...

It used to be so easy. Around 20 years ago there were what we now call full-service estate and letting agencies, and...

One of the more puzzling questions in London's estate agency industry has been resolved - how a company which appears to...

As Trussle and Placester add to 2017s bonkers tally of PropTech investment, isn’t it time we end the conflict between Tech...

A leading buying agency says there might be at least one upside to having The Donald in the White House -...

One of the earliest entrepreneurs to found a website to allow for-sale-by-owner property listings back in 2000, predicts current online agents...

What a mad, bonkers year it’s been. We’ve had, in no particular order: Trump, Brexit, Leicester winning the Premier League, a...

As the PropTech industry continues to expand, with dedicated events and more innovative startups entering the world of UK property, online...

Settled, which was set up in 2015 and earlier this year announced it was hunting for an additional £1m in funding,...

Online agency Settled has been described by a major national newspaper as having “halved the time it takes to sell a...

eMoov has announced that it has secured a loan of £500,000 to help it expand into lettings, international transactions and license...

Property has dominated many of the entries in the Sunday Times’ much-respected Rich List, which names the 1,000 wealthiest individuals with...

It almost goes without saying that PropTech is a hot topic these days - this year alone we’ve seen multi-million pound...

In today's budget, the Chancellor, George Osborne, has announced a number of measures which will impact the property industry.  The Chancellor confirmed...

In January readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given the opportunity to give their views on proposed...

It’s time to take a pause, to reflect and put into context—and what a year it has been for our industry...

The owners of EweMove, the quirkily-branded hybrid sales and lettings agency, have been crowned Entrepreneurs of the Year at the National...

Andy Clarke, who held a key product development role at OnTheMarket since before the challenger portal’s launch 11 months ago, has...

Here's a thought. The Chancellor may have done the buy-to-let industry a small favour with his emergency Budget in July. What...

Frazer Fearnhead, a founder of The House Crowd property crowdfunding platform, has been sharply criticised in a ‘car crash’ moment on BBC...