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In this guest editorial, experienced property solicitor Lorraine Richardson argues that reservation agreements - designed to reduce the number of fall-throughs in...

A cloud-based software provider has claimed that agents need to prepare for the future – and a very different working day...

Agents are always on the lookout to save time and money wherever they can, to improve, streamline and enhance their business. And...

Regulators are warning the UK’s property, finance and legal sectors to be aware of the possible impacts of the exit from...

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

The entrepreneur behind the live chat service Yomdel is to retire from the business.  Andy Soloman, the founder of the managed chat...

A career in property can be fun and rewarding, but it’s a busy world to live and work in. As we...

Representatives of Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket, Boomin and OneDome portals are to be quizzed in an industry Question Time session next month. Russell...

Viewings are in the news right now and with good reason.  As the impact of the stamp duty holiday fades, and transaction...

Zoopla has revealed that some 200 agents have joined its new Product Research Panel, testing new innovations introduced by the portal. First...

Boomin has announced the appointment of six agents, described as independent representatives, who are now on the new portal’s strategic board. The...

A new service launched over the weekend, proposing to charge buyers £30 for a “guaranteed” viewing, has split opinions amongst estate...

Fledgling portal Boomin is launching what it claims to be the most interactive and accurate online valuation tool on the market.  It...

Let it never be said that this column isn’t here to help out agents directly. In this week’s Natter, I speak...

Strike - which over the weekend announced a new £11m investment package - has now revealed it has a new chief...

Channel 4 Ventures is one of a number of investors who have collectively put the equivalent of £11m into the online...

The chief executive of Purplebricks says research into pricing strategies has suggested around a third of sellers at least consider using...

Zoopla has launched a new advertising innovation which it says will help both agents and housebuilders as they seek to capitalise...

The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...

Back in April, leading portal Zoopla launched a new multi-million-pound marketing campaign, its biggest ever, to help agents capitalise on the...

Around 18 months ago, just a few months before the pandemic hit, I did a Natter with the team at software...

A former commercial director of Zoopla, who worked at the portal for 12 years, has been named as managing director of...

Boomin says it’s added over 600 new agency branches during May, with the latest signing being the large Pattinson independent with...

Zoopla has unveiled new features which it says will deliver more value to agents. In-Search Ads gives agents and housebuilders the option...

Independent agents come in all shapes, sizes and looks, many with their own USPs and little quirks. It is this variety...

The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...

Tech is a fantastic enabler but should never be a complete replacement for the human interactions that add real value to...

Agents’ views are being sought by Propertymark on how best to improve the housing supply in Northern Ireland. The province’s Department for...

Sarah Edmundson, the chief executive of the Agents Together charity - set up by the Bruce brothers, Michael and Kenny -...

We recently conducted a survey and discussion session with estate and lettings agencies called Agency panel - Cut through the noise...

In recent years, the property market has been taking steps to become more digital – with HM Land Registry leading the...

Three of the leading portals have made major announcements as the fierce rivalry between the big players continues apace.  Firstly Zoopla claims its latest...

Over the next few years, the property sector is set to change for the better – all thanks to PropTech. While the...

Zoopla has issued a statement saying it’s entering into a long-term partnership with the Leacders Romans Group, which will be “curated...

OnTheMarket has signed an exclusive commercial partnership with property data specialist Sprift, to provide free market appraisal guides. These can be customised...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Ben Ridgway, Group Managing Director at iamproperty. What is iamproperty...

Boomin founder Michael Bruce says his new site has enjoyed a stronger start than any other portal in terms of visits, viewings,...

In a video interview for Letting Agent Today, Neil Cobbold, Chief Sales Officer of PayProp, speaks to property professional Chris Buckler...

Zoopla says house builders “are at the heart of everything we do” and it is revamping its New Homes marketing offer...

Century 21 UK is the first agency in the country to white label an app which covers transaction components from property...

It’s hard to remember a time at any point in the last 20 years when agents have been looking for a...

The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...

Propertymark has shortlisted five of the 700 or so PropTech suppliers in the UK, as part of the trade body’s REACH...

Today is the day that non-essential retail reopens as part of the government's roadmap out of lockdown. For the majority of the...

The last property event I attended in person – and I think the last physical property event held all told –...

Here are the first three TV adverts for Boomin, the new property portal which launches on Friday.The new website launches early...

The Law Society is to pilot upfront conveyancers’ information for home buyers and sellers. This will involve the TA6 form which contains...

OnTheMarket has completed its purchase of PropTech firm Glanty - a deal which began 15 months ago.   OTM took an initial 20...

epropservices, parent company of The Guild of Property Professionals and Fine & Country, has acquired estate agency website supplier Starberry. The firm is...

Rightmove has revealed its figures for the full year 2020 - down in terms of profit and revenue because of the impact...

An open letter from Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce shows how fierce the competition is going to be in the portal field...

Conveyancing volumes rose 27 per cent in just one month as the sector attempts to cope with huge demand prompted by...

OnTheMarket says it’s going to increase investment in new products and services, and invest further in ‘internal website development resources’. In a...

On March 23rd 2021, Dezrez and its partners are hosting EAvolution21 the event that showcases the latest in PropTech using an...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...

Connells Group, now on the threshold of taking the ailing Countrywide empire under its wings, has signed a five year partnership...

Technology has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years, undoubtedly improving many parts of the moving process for both estate...

Zoopla has revealed a multi-million-pound programme of future developments which have taken 18 months to finalise. Chief executive Charlie Bryant has told...

Boomin has announced another 15 independents as members of the site, which is expected to launch in the near future. “The latest...

To kick off 2021, we have a Q&A with one of the most high-profile – and, it has to be said,...

Many independents will be based in the capital, but given its size and breadth they may get drowned out even more...

Ever since the initial ripples of innovation in the 1990s, PropTech has proceeded to reshape our market beyond recognition; going on...

Described on this site as a ‘powerful disruptor’ in March 2020, few would deny that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on...

It is the end of my column for another year, my 4th if I am not mistaken.  This year has seen a...

OnTheMarket is to undergo a revamp under its new chief executive, former Foxtons agent Jason Tebb - who has been given...

A series of PropTech announcements over recent days suggest the sector is still buoyant with innovation. Firstly it’s been revealed that agents...

Who are you? Hi, I’m Richard Price, Managing Director at Dezrez. Who are Dezrez and what EACRM do you provide? At Dezrez we’re on...

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...

Belvoir has become the latest major agency group to sign up to Boomin as a founder agent.  The properties of all four...

After you. No, after you. That is often how innovation seems amongst the real estate elite. And this week I see it...

As regular readers will know, the Natter kickstarted a series last time out zoning in on local independent agents – the...

Newspapers are pushed through the door, whereas websites have to pull in visitors - it’s a simple but fundamental difference with vast implications...

Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...

Fledgling portal Boomin - launching later this month - has announced another 10 independent regional agencies as founder members. This includes its...

Advanced information released today about Boomin suggests it will seek a much closer relationship with agents than existing portals, with lifetime...

We can all agree that the recovery of the property market since May has been outstanding. The latest data from Zoopla...

2020 has been a testing year right from the start. With Storms Ciara and Dennis causing £184m+ worth of damage to...

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am James D. Marshall, Founder and CEO of Pupil. What...

Integration, collaboration and connected platforms – some great buzzwords, but what do they actually mean and do they really help agents? One...

Lawyers, politicians, bankers, insurance sellers – no matter where you go, there are some professions that are just always going to...

The only certainty at the moment is ongoing uncertainty. It’s something we’ve got used to in 2020, but it’s still not...

In July, here at Environet UK, we transferred 100% ownership of the company to our employees, in the form of an...

Ed Mead has joined a growing chorus demanding government action on the cladding crisis. He is one of the industry’s leading figures from...

Despite the recent effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is still much opportunity in the market for letting agents to grow...

Another US real estate agency wants to follow Keller Williams, Berkshire Hathaway and others by opening in the United Kingdom. Nest Seekers International...

Two City consultancies instructed by OnTheMarket have talked up the company’s fortunes after the appointment of its new chief executive.  Shore Capital, which in...

I want to talk to you about new ways to sell homes. Let's not encourage people to sell but just swap...

It must have been a close thing on Friday as to whose faces were looking the most glum - those at...

What do General Electric, IBM, Microsoft, and WhatsApp have in common? Yes, they are American companies that boasted revenues of $50...

The founder of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, has this morning revealed his new project to be called Launch B - and he...

A PropTech supplier claims that an agency has secured the first ever transaction where the complete chain used Reservation Agreements.  Harrison Residential,...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

Collaboration creates a bigger market Iain White, of the Innovation Collaboration Group “the Estate Agency industry must recognise that collaboration will...

One of the key members of the Purplebricks board has stood down after two years. Andreas Wiele joined the Purplebricks board in...

With three months of lockdown behind us, commission income is vital, and sales progression is more important than ever. Emma Vigus, Managing...

As we adjust to a life post-Covid-19, letting agents, landlords, and tenants are thinking - ways to speed up the process...

The leader of the Say No To Rightmove campaign has revealed to Estate Agent Today that he has lobbied the portal...

An estate agency with a reputation for PropTech innovation says it now live-streams all instructions in a bid to operate more...

OnTheMarket says it still aims to be the number one portal, but the acting chief executive has revealed a far more...

Lets Bid works in partnership with a variety of Estate Agents across the Uk from big franchise brands like Winkworth /...

The Covid-19 crisis has forced the UK property industry to rethink the way it operates. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the...

I was asked a question by a German journalist yesterday. What is the biggest lesson German and European PropTech founders can...

Family houses are under-occupied and only incentives to downsize can help improve the housing market - with a stamp duty cut...

The man who has been Rightmove’s head of innovation for the past five years has joined an online agency. Hannes Buhrmann has...

A mystery group, believed to consist of high-level former agents and suppliers, is asking the industry for its feedback on current...

First details of the government’s programme to allow businesses to reopen have begun to emerge - with little comfort for estate...

An instant valuation service has launched a new tool aimed at helping agents prioritise leads through prospective vendors uploading photographs to...

An industry stalwart has urged critics of Rightmove to fight for the portal to offer agents a fairer pricing system, not...

We are all operating in peculiar times. Times of great upheaval. Our lives are both in a complete state of flux...

Hello, and welcome to Wednesday’s guidance and advice for agents and suppliers trying to find a way through the current crisis. If...

Just a month ago our homes felt, for many of us, to be a mere pitstop on a centrifuge of work,...

Working from home is something of a leveller right now, applying to people in the capital and in the sticks, but...

Due to the current Coronavirus pandemic, we are all being told to stay at home as much as possible to contain...

One of Britain’s most outspoken and high profile agents has quit Rightmove in spectacular fashion, using an open letter to the...

A Spanish housebuilder’s bespoke system to allow prospective buyers to view properties without visiting is being offered to the UK agency...

More than 18 months on from the acquisition of ZPG for £2.2 billion by Silver Lake Partners, a US private equity...

The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...

The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...

A new homes portal says that in the past year it’s seen a rise of 82 per cent in website visitors and...

For a very long time, it was one of the best ways – if not the best way – of generating...

The Hunters franchise group says it’s now the third largest agency in the UK, and it promises to reveal a major...

In the field of conveyancing, there’s a new dynamic at play. And that dynamic is customer-driven and customer-focused, using digital technology...

Estate Agent Today understands that the fast-growing Federation of Independent Agents’ trade group has announced a new partnership - this time...

Following on from the second half of the last decade, the first few weeks of 2020 have been a bit mad...

Zoopla has revealed large growth in agency membership and visitor figures for 2019. Since being bought by US equity firm Silver Lake,...

Outsourcing important business functions such as marketing, HR and IT to attract cost savings, leverage expertise and gain greater competitive advantage is...

Zoopla has this afternoon announced a massive growth programme for 2020 with 120 new staff and expansion in most of its...

Here’s the final part of our questioning of the three portals based on comments and queries from our readers - thanks...

When we launched Reapit’s Foundations Platform as a Service (PaaS) in November, it may have seemed like a recent development in...

A new tie-up between Coadjute, a network for decentralised workflow and data sharing within the property industry, and banks including NatWest...

The portals say they are ready and willing to play their part in changes approaching the industry, ranging from new agency...

The Australian agent is a very different beast to his or her British counterpart - and it’s not just because we...

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

In a new video interview, Steve Carroll, director of industry relations at Real Estate Group, tells industry commentator Christopher Watkin why...

Humberts is the latest estate agency to announce that it’s going to offer customers the controversial Modern Method of Auction option. The...

Last week, it was announced that Plentific, the London-based tenant experience, has raised $32 million in Series B funding. Plentific’s model sees...

Hello and welcome to the regular Monday Property Jobs Today feature, your chance to catch up with who’s moving where in...

KPMG published its Global PropTech Survey 2019 last week with the title: Is your digital future in the right hands? Interesting question:...

Two separate former High Street estate agents have sung the praise of switching to the hybrid business model. Appleby’s in Gloucestershire is...

This line is one that I use a lot in my speeches and presentations, often as part of the final slide. I...

This week’s Natter is dedicated to three contrasting agencies doing things differently, from a recently established hybrid to a design-led, Insta-friendly...

I was shocked, not so long ago, by an out of office reply I received upon sending an email to a...

The Australian agent is a very different beast to his or her British counterpart - no surprises there. And it’s not...

It was in this very column, back in July, when I wrote about how the British government was starting to take...

A few weeks ago, I came across a couple of really interesting articles which I immediately thought worth writing a piece...

A relatively new company which signs up vendors and then effectively sub-contracts their sales to strongly-performing local estate agents says it...

The share price of the UK's largest estate agency remained steady yesterday following its appointment of a new chief operating officer. Countrywide...

I have been banging on about partnerships and collaborations for years now. Whether it’s between two real estate firms, two PropTech firms,...

I want to take the time this week to talk about PropTech startups and how they can often be seen to...

A story from America caught my eye this week. It’s about a company called Curbio partnering with another called The Keyes...

In a previous Natter, I promised to talk more about CRMs – and here I stick to that promise. Following on from...

There are those who say that PropTech is at risk of becoming a bubble market, and others who say bubbles don’t...

I remember the day well; the day we all fell foul of addiction, the day our website was launched. Until then, at...

Former Purplebricks US chief executive officer Eric Eckardt is seeking some £6m in funding from across the world for his latest...

I suspect that at some time we have all rented an Airbnb (I am sitting on the couch of one as...

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

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...

Innovate or Die. But What is Innovation? It Isn’t just PropTech A certain Mr Dick Whittington Esquire was once convinced that the...

News this week tells of Zehomes, the German property management company, raising €13 million in Series-A funding, bringing its all-time total...

As the founder of Jupix, I worked in the property industry between 2008 - 2014. I had the privilege to lead...

This week, you find me in Italy. Now that we’ve entered that languid month of August, where all of real estate...

I wrote last week about Keller Williams and how their leader, Gary Keller, is doing an admirable job of driving innovation through...

Have you asked yourself why technology is so important in letting agency today? Just look around and you will know why. Almost...

Keller Williams continues to drive culture, mentality, and process transformation by partnering with DocuSign to enable electronic signatures. It’s another lesson in...

1. Win More Listings For estate agency in the UK, the number one task is to get new properties to market. However,...

I feel I am in a fortunate position. I have been central to the PropTech movement for a number of years,...

The recent announcement of a clicktopurchase partnership demonstrates some much-needed progression from Rightmove. In doing so, however, it could be said it...

The city of Norwich has become the sixth part of the UK to switch from council Local Land Charges to digital...

Specialist providers catering for the over-50s has welcomed a move by high-end estate agency Knight Frank to move into equity release. Commenting...

With this summer marking forty years since Margaret Thatcher came to power, her legacy continues to invoke both celebration and consternation...

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

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...

A 176 year old agency is claiming success with its first online auction lot selling for over twice the guide price. It...

I want to take the time this week to look at an area of PropTech and real estate which is seeing...

An interesting analysis of Rightmove’s performance on the stock market has led to questions about the long-term profitability and viability of...

It’s London Tech Week, everybody! The sprawling city-wide event taking in dozens of conferences, events, workshops, panel debates and so on,...

PropTech start-up BestAgent is to stage a day-long event for suppliers to the agency industry later this month. This follows BestAgent founder...

Emoov and Countrywide: what a pair, observers might say. They present a tale of two failures - although, in the case of...

In today’s crowded property marketplace, the needs of tenants have changed. With a greater emphasis on quality of living, tenants are increasingly...

One of my biggest concerns in all of my writing, speaking and influencing around PropTech is that for the people we...

We’ve reached the final instalment of my market transformation do’s and don’ts.  In previous articles, we’ve looked at: Do encourage, don’t deter;...

Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...

It was long awaited, much anticipated and, thankfully, incredibly well attended. FUTURE PropTech 2019 was a big hit and a truly global affair. For...

I hope you had another wonderful Bank Holiday weekend; only three weeks to hold on until the next one. Personally, it...

During our school days, most of us did that task where we imagined and drew the homes of the future, but...

My article last week has sparked some really great engagement, which I’m delighted about!  Thank you to everyone who commented or dropped...

The new Federation of Independent Agents - scheduled to launch this week - has revealed a partnership with reviews platform Feefo. The...

It’s not often we can enjoy beautiful sunshine on bank holidays, but I suppose this one was a particularly blessed weekend,...

With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...

Low risk letting is everyone’s aim, but unless legitimate guidelines are followed it’s difficult to know if a tenant will prove...

It has been a long time coming, but the tenant fees ban, which forbids landlords and letting agents in England from...

Foxtons and Quintain have both recently made an important decision about their technological innovation, the same decision must also be made...

It’s a testing time for the property industry, amid Brexit fears, a slowing market and the looming tenant fees ban.  There’s no...

New figures from the Equity Release Council suggest more growth in this sector, alarming those agents who see this as a...

Whether it is legacy providers with new, young businesses, or large banks with PropTech startups, all types of cross-collaboration are vital. It’s...

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

This month’s MIPIM conference in Cannes once again played host to the final round of the much coveted MIPIM Startup Competition.  The...

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

Who are you? Mikus Opelts, CEO of Giraffe360 What is Giraffe360 and what does it do? Giraffe360 is a unique digital photography subscription service...

When you recruit a new member of staff, training should be one of your main priorities.  After initial training, ongoing training and...

Rightmove has this morning given its 2018 report to shareholders, laying bare the huge financial wealth of the company which dominates...

No doubt we’ve all seen the recent Purplebricks news - shares have, according to the BBC, ‘plunged after it slashed its...

The chief executive and founder of a developer and property investment group says Purplebricks is “an excellent business” but its recent...

It’s been a theatrical week in Westminster with talk of defections and duplicity worthy of Shakespeare. Yet the estate agency world has...

In these tougher times, we recognise that helping agents win new inventory is the key to their businesses.  There were more than...

Interesting news this week from South Africa where the PropTech startup, Flow, has raised R20m in the country’s 'biggest PropTech seed...

The head of an online agency has accused the National Association of Estate Agents’ conference of being “a sea of old...

We all know the three essential things an estate agent must have on their website include the ability to be able...

What do BREXIT and PropTech have in common?  I got thinking about this question for a number of reasons this week but...

At the end of January the Asian PropTech company PropertyGuru announced the imminent launch of beta-phase testing of its cutting-edge new product, PropertyGuru Lens. This...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT.  Everyone here let us know about their jobs news by emailing press@estateagenttoday.co.uk - please do...

The online publication aimed at London’s high-rolling property professionals, Prime Resi, has named what it believes to be the capital’s 10...

By thinking outside the box, agents can truly embrace the idea of space-as-a-service and create entirely new, and highly valuable, streams...

If Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is as sophisticated as they say, Porter Pioneers’ launch could leave agents kicking their feet.  Those of...

There’s been another raft of movers and shakers in the industry in recent days, so this is a busy Property Jobs...

“Estate Agents must be suffering from supplier fatigue. Where do you even begin? Most agents haven’t got the time.” So started the...

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

It’s time to think about planning the 2019 events calendar. This year, there are more PropTech conferences scheduled than ever before,...

In the past year it seems every other story has been about PropTech - the big stuff like Purplebricks and the...

For my final EAT contribution of 2018, I’ve put together a list of Christmas gifts that you could buy your PropTech-loving...

Purplebricks says it has £100m net cash to exercise “relentless innovation” and benefit from an industry shake-out that will ”expose undercapitalised traditional...

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

Zoopla claims a new Property Valuation Report being trialled in nine areas will win more leads for agents.  The PVR will use...

Thanks to vast improvements in processing powers, the use of virtual reality (VR) in some sectors is becoming more evident than...

In his keynote speech at the recent Negotiator Conference, Professor Andrew Baum sparked debate throughout the property industry. Baum’s speech, which began...

Last year it was ‘disruptor’ and before that came ‘exclusive’ - now, according to one estate agency at least, the over-used...

To say legendary ZPG founder and CEO Alex Chesterman left big boots to fill when he stepped back from day-to-day operations...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly important role in our lives – from virtual assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa and...

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...

How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...

This won’t be a long article. Just to the point and hopefully with a nice angle to it.  I get asked at...

A recent 'red flag alert' report from an insolvency firm warned that the number of real estate businesses defined as being...

I am currently in the back of a taxi. The deadline for this piece is looming and I am desperate to...

Not so long ago, the best estate agents were those who did the best work for their clients and therefore built...

No, I haven’t lost the plot. Such a thing exists – and if you’re familiar with North London, there is a...

The last couple of weeks’ articles were penned very much for a specific agent readership, something I am trying to be...

When Professor Andrew Baum’s PropTech 3.0 report was first published, a small event was held to celebrate the very first academic...

Last week, the first of a new kind of industry event took place; an open debate between agents and PropTech suppliers. Strong...

Some conveyancers must publish some price and service information on their websites and in other media from December 6, according to...

Propteq Global Property Technology and Innovation summit takes place in London on 26 - 27 Sep. 75 of the world's leading...

DISCLAIMER: The author of this article retains no responsibility for any reader discomfort experienced when recalling the seemingly endless horrors of...

Last week, I wrote about the speed of innovation in the Far East. This week I’d like to do the same...

A 'new breed' estate agency with no shop front, which uses bloggers to market its properties, has announced the opening of...

A few stories caught my eye this week from China, all of which announce the arrival of cutting-edge technological innovation in...

I received a press release yesterday - one of many that get sent my way - and, as I always do,...

Why do we choose to engage with one application more than another, or find ourselves returning to the same piece of...

My eye was caught yesterday morning by news that PropTech company, Agent Software, is claiming that ‘some agencies deliberately over-value properties...

When Oakland A’s, a small-market team, stunned the baseball world 16 years ago by transforming itself into world-beaters on a shoestring-budget,...

At first sight, to suggest this is a good time for an agency business to go for an IPO - that...

Hello again from Italy. Only another week or so left out here, working every day from the same table at my...

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers says it wants legal practice websites to list cost information, including whether they have referral arrangements. The...

There have been two stories dominating the PropTech headlines over this past week. As WeWork places a gentle arm around the...

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, the place where you find all the key agency industry moves over recent days. Please...

‘Up’ is the key word in Rightmove’s figures for the first half of 2018, released to the City and to shareholders...

One of the property industry’s best known figures, Richard Berridge, has teamed up with estate agency My London Home to lead...

Since January 2018, nine of the UK’s biggest banks have allowed competitors direct access to customer data as part of the...

Before I get into the nitty gritty of the government (well, one of its startup accelerator schemes) giving away £20,000, let...

I loved my Foxtons office. I started in the Battersea branch. It was the old-style office; traditional carpets, actual properties in...

The German publishing company Axel Springer has increased its stake in Purplebricks to 12.5 per cent - and says it may...

By now we’ve all seen news about the long-term decline in property sales and competition from online alternatives leading to ‘more...

A decade ago we were still years away from Purplebricks, Countrywide was a colossus in the industry, no one had thought...

Cast your mind back to July 2008 – Gordon Brown was Prime Minister, the Euros were in full swing in Austria/Switzerland...

The time has come for full PropTech/property integration and only those who open themselves to the globe will be part of...

What a big week for PropTech! With the very first MIPIM PropTech conference, taking place in Paris today and tomorrow, comes...

The pace of change is extraordinary. As we reach the middle of one conversation, rumblings of the next already begin. I think...

Having recently attended FUTURE: PropTech in London, it struck me just how far the integration of property and technology has progressed...

A property portal that describes itself as free-to-list has launched today, taking the industry by surprise - however, at least one...

Is there really any true value to an estate agent in our current climate? Will there be a role for traditional agents...

Last time out I looked at the growing importance of content, social media and design – but these should only form...

Respected industry spokesperson Kristjan Byfield is continuing his fightback against the negative coverage of the agency industry in the mainstream press...

Well last week was interesting. The column about my decision to put the property on with a letting agent went viral.  This was...

That’s it. I’ve given up. The lull has continued and it’s becoming quite a bore.  The price drop hasn’t worked. The revamped...

The prospect of technology transforming the selling and buying process, including more power for portals and especially online agents, dominated parts...

There is a lull in my imminent flat sale. Just no activity at all, despite a price reduction!  So, I am forced...

The Future: PropTech conference takes place in under a fortnight’s time on May 2 and over 1,200 delegates have now been...

As the estate agency business in England moves towards being more robust with professional qualifications and higher standards being introduced, there...

To say I had a lot of reaction to last week's column about selling my flat would be an understatement. I've never...

Just like that, the Easter Bank Holiday has come and gone and I find myself now looking ahead to the Summer.  The...

It’s all very easy, talking and evangelising about the use of technology in the property market, but, now that I’m selling...

As always seems to be the case with Purplebricks, the hybrid agency has had a good week...and a bad one. Undeniably impressive...

Last week, a story was published by CNBC about a couple who sold their home, for above the asking price, without...

Purplebricks has given details of how it intends to use some of its new investment, and in particular is spelling out...

Purplebricks has announced what it describes as “a strategic investment from Axel Springer, Europe’s leading digital publisher” - but this comes...

For part two of the 'Day in the life of' series, I spoke to Peter Kavanagh, who first joined Romans in...

Three weeks has flown by (I missed an early deadline last week - apologies) and I find myself writing the next...

A property technology analyst has floated the idea that portals could become eclipsed by powerful alternatives such as Google, triggered by...

Smart sensors, and smart technology as a whole, are enjoying a period of accelerated innovation and adoption.  It’s my opinion that such...

Greetings from Cannes, where the sun is finally shining over MIPIM. I’m sure many of you are out here, too, and...

The UK PropTech Awards are fast approaching. The window is open for applications and nominations and on May 2, the winners...