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British homebuyers take an average of 25 seconds to decide whether a house is right for them, according to Purplebricks. As a...

Good property marketing photos have arguably never been more important in an increasingly visual and tech-led world. We saw just the...

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

A PropTech entrepreneur is advising agents not to settle for simply having their websites up and running, and instead using CRM...

I recently saw a fly-through video for a home on sale for well over £2m. The imagery was good (made better by...

There may well have been times in recent weeks when any agent would have been forgiven for wanting a break -...

A recent survey run by mio revealed that almost 50% of home movers selected their estate agent because they liked them....

You could make about 65 more cold calls, or hold 13 more viewings, or you could take a power-nap every day...

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

The Competition and Markets Authority says it has pushed Facebook into taking new action to combat fake reviews - an issue...

As a property agent, fancy marketing terminology such as ‘omnichannel’ might not hold too much interest for you right now. We’re in...

In this week's Natter, I focus on the inspiring story of Clare Hughes, who has bounced back in the last 12 months...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

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

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

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...

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

Firstly, let’s get the obvious out of the way. Lockdown 2, as it’s being known, is now with us, but fortunately...

A new portal-style PropTech product has launched and wants to recruit estate agents to its fold - despite describing the way...

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...

Whisper it quietly but in just 10 days time we have the final Bank Holiday before Christmas. We would like to mark...

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

A new analysis of corporate estate agencies’ social media followings and websites shows the big winners to be Savills, Foxtons and...

“Let’s Zoom later”, “are we Zooming in the morning or afternoon?” “Yeah, I zoomed the client earlier” – variations on these...

We all know the world has gone digital—nothing new there. Every time you jump online, you’re one of 4.5 billion internet...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column . Before we get on with it, a reminder to...

Estate Agent Today understands that three senior figures have departed from a key central London branch of Knight Frank. Each of them was...

An estate agent has sold a home off-market by posting teaser photographs on Instagram.  The buyer - who was in the French...

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

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

The high-end estate agent who has quit his post after being found to have posted pictures of clients’ houses on Instagram...

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

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

A leading estate agent has urged others in the industry to follow his example and make local TV programmes to build...

A prominent regional agent says the industry owes it to vendors to try competing marketing outlets for property, and not to...

The competition is hotting up between Zoopla and OnTheMarket for new homes listings. Today Zoopla has revealed that it has seen a...

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

England rugby fans will have been disappointed to find out that Saturday's planned World Cup group stage clash with France in...

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

The Guild of Property Professionals is launching its second tour of 2019 with an added bonus - a free training session...

Zoopla is mining data from users of its website to target sellers on Facebook and Instagram, producing leads and making it unnecessary for agencies to...

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

Zoopla has announced an improved app which “enhances the house-hunting journey with a fresh design, improved navigation and an intuitive interface” -...

Facebook is set to enter the cryptocurrency business with the big reveal of its formal plans scheduled for some point this...

Hello, welcome to a new week and to PJT, your regular Monday round-up of jobs news in the industry. Do please let...

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

Instagram (or, as the younger generation would have it, Insta) is, by any measure, massive.  Only launched in October 2010, it’s a...

There’s no end to the PropTech and photography solutions available to estate agents these days to help them sell good, old-fashioned...

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

Hello and welcome to this year’s first edition of Property Jobs Today, reporting on the first industry moves of 2019. We’re told...

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

A new internet and DAB radio station specialising on the subject of property will launch from purpose built studios next month. Property...

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

In the past decade or so there has been a movement towards the use of digital signage screens within a number...

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

As promised a few weeks ago, this week’s Natter concentrates on the importance of content, design and social media, three easily...

Gone are the days of having to rush back to your office every time you win an instruction to market the...

The online agency HouseSimple is to use a video blogger to stay in a property on sale and promote it via...

In a sign of how technology has become a mainstream part of the house sales process. the consumer group Which? has...

Facebook appears to be interested in entering the sales and lettings world with its first advertising product geared solely towards industry professionals. The...

You saw it, right? This article from Monday’s Guardian? It says that one in five estate agents are at risk of...

I was recently contributing to whitepaper by a major bank about the future of the property industry and, as I was...

There’s been another flurry of publicity for Purplebricks following the posting of photographs and statements online by a blogger whose property...

What would Norwich’s own Alan Partridge say? An estate agency in the city is offering residents a one-off opportunity - the...

In the world of property and estate agency, competition is always fierce. It’s the same when it comes to your website....

In a digital age where we have an abundance of information at our fingertips via desktops, tablets and smartphones, our attention...

An estate agent has conducted an interesting test on whether photographs on agents’ details may be improved by being edited on...

There’s been a lot of talk lately about artificial intelligence (AI). We’ve seen it feature prominently this year on film (in...

So, has everyone been enjoying the fine summer weather we’ve been experiencing? Oh, wait…fear not, I will attempt to inject a...

Hello and welcome to my brand new blog! Every month I’ll be giving you an insight into the varied, exciting and...