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Haart - one of the brands owned by Spicerhaart, which laid off staff in the first hours of the pandemic -...

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

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

In response to the current coronavirus pandemic, which is having such an impact on all parts of life, including the property...

Rightmove’s growth rate is at an all-time low, despite what some consider to be an unbeatable lead amongst portals in the...

Analysis by an online valuation and lead generation service shows that requests from prospective sellers and landlords are increasingly happening in...

The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....

“It appears conveyancers either aren’t too concerned with PropTech right now, or they don’t yet have all the information needed to...

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

love2move, which offers High Street agents a white-labelled digital platform that allows them to offer online services to vendors, has revealed...

Property voyeurism and the festive season have long been bedfellows for many Brits. The heady combination of over-indulgence and regret, close proximity...

Zoopla says it now offers the fastest listings search of all three leading UK property portals on mobile devices. In turn, it...

Relocation Agent Network has revealed a new competition in which member agents can win tip to £5,000. RAN currently offers four customer...

The ValPal Network, which consists of over 800 agency brands with more than 4,000 offices, has launched a new product which...

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

In a marketplace as competitive as the property industry, you may think that generating leads is the most important focus for...

The free-to-list property portal Residential People says it now has over 740 independent agents in the UK on board - and...

As we move closer to the halfway point of 2019, property market conditions for agents and their clients remain challenging. Brexit may...

Consumer habits have changed massively over the past few years, and regardless of which market you operate in, being able to...

Zoopla has been spelling out more details of prospective buyers’ and renters’ patterns of portal-watching and how they relate to leads...

Four high-profile industry figures have sent an open letter urging agents to think about what they call “smarter marketing” in a...

Many of the industry’s best known and widely respected suppliers have set up a new group which they say offers agents...

OnTheMarket has stepped up its attack on Rightmove with a stridently-worded email to agents explaining how a drop in leads from...

OnTheMarket says it now has listings agreements with more than 12,500 estate and lettings agency branches. In a statement to shareholders and...

Agents need to focus on more targeted marketing using a mix of traditional and modern methods to optimise their position in...

Rather like doctors, estate agents are present at critical points in our lives – moving in together, bidding farewell to a...

Almost one in five online sales valuations generated by The ValPal Network over a two-year period resulted in a completion with...

Fake news has become the popular catchphrase of a certain orange-tinted president in recent years. And everyone, from tech giants like...

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,...

Agents are being offered a new way to capture details of prospective clients thanks to a partnership between The ValPal Network...

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

Clients of software provider Reapit can now integrate with leading sharing and online valuation service The ValPal Network. The objective is to help Reapit...

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

In an exclusive and candid interview with Estate Agent Today, Countrywide chairman Peter Long has admitted that the company had been...

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

The Property Franchise Group has launched five new websites, one for each of its high street brands.  These are CJ Hole, Ellis & Co,...

Winter seems to be firmly with us now, if the plunging temperatures are anything to go by. After a ridiculously mild...

Many industries in the UK are currently facing a tumultuous time as the great unknown of Brexit looms on the horizon...

Foxtons is reported to have teamed up with Oracle to improve its targeted digital marketing and lead generation. Oracle’s Marketing Cloud product...

Supporting the adoption of technology does not mean we have to stop protecting the core values of the property industry. In...

A network which helps estate agents win more instructions in the land and new homes sector is launching a lead generation...

Peter Robinson, CEO of AIPP – Association of International Property Professionals – shines a light onto the international property market. Some UK...

For my latest Property Natter I have sought the opinions of two well-known property consultants - Michael Day, managing director of...

The first week of February has seen some extraordinary goings on in the property sector, from which two stories particularly stand out...

It’s all been kicking off in recent weeks, hasn’t it? Marmite wars, the endless Trump v Clinton debate, Samsung phones blowing...

As promised, this week’s Natter is dedicated to a question and answer session with Peter Brodnicki, the man who has been...

An online search engine claims it will allow estate agents to “make significant cost savings in advertising portal fees” with the...

Cost-effective marketing will always be an important part of growing an estate agency business. I'm often asked about the ways in which...

Hybrid estate agency EweMove has unveiled its new website which claims to set a new bar for agents looking to use...

Marketing and property often go hand in hand. But from time to time you might come across certain marketing terms that...

Well, the hosts have left the party early. England have crashed out of their own Rugby World Cup after a demoralising...