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The latest research from Rightmove has revealed that the price of property coming to the market has witnessed its first fall...

Research carried out by Rightmove has revealed the home features which have grown the most in popularity, with garden offices topping...

The leading trade body for the conveyancing industry has launched a new ‘Find an Expert’ service via its website. This will help...

Another piece about conveyancing? Seems like it's been a bit of free-for-all in the last couple of weeks on the woes...

PropTech brand nurtur.group has announced the appointment of Clive Beattie as its new Chief Financial Officer. As we revealed in Estate Agent...

There’s a spotlight now on property listings and as with so many changes in our industry, this is a case of...

Homes that agents are putting back on the market after a fall-through are being relisted for as much as £21,000 cheaper,...

Rightmove has been backed to weather the cost of living crisis and a property market downturn. Analysis by investment service Wealth Club,...

Agents are being urged to discuss pricing with vendors after research shows 52% of listings have been on the market for...

For some time, LinkedIn was seen – fairly or unfairly – as stodgy, dull, corporate and formal. The uncool uncle to...

Thanks to a relentless market, the property market has enjoyed a purple patch over the past few years. But now that...

As uncertainty continues to prevail across the industry, aided by a government in crisis, the challenges in the months ahead feel...

Rightmove’s average revenue per agent has reached record levels as firms continue to spend more on the portal’s services. The property website...

Properties are staying on the market for longer and discounts are rising but fall-throughs are not increasing yet, data suggests. Heather Staff...

OnTheMarket has issued new shares for agents who have signed new long-term listings agreements. The listed portal said in a stock market...

Asking prices for typical first-time buyer homes and equivalent rents have risen three times faster compared with the pre-pandemic years, Rightmove...

Agents are currently achieving 99.4% of the asking price on listings, research shows.  The figure, calculated by agency comparison website GetAgent based...

Agents using Zoopla have already seen an increase in valuation leads just a month after the portal launched a new marketing...

Agents have a “clear opportunity” to nudge high-value homeowners who are considering listing their properties for sale, Zoopla claims. It comes as...

Homes with electric car charging points are commanding a 5% premium, research claims. Motoring website RegCarCheck compared average house prices using data...

Foxtons has agreed to start listings its sales and lettings properties with OnTheMarket. The portal revealed in a stockmarket update this morning...

Rightmove has upped its house price forecasts for this year as new stock supply fails to keep up with demand. The portal...

More properties went under offer in June 2022 than during the same month of the stamp duty holiday rush of last year,...

The number of transactions progressing to completion is being hit by the cost of living crisis and rising interest rates, new...

Trading Standards has indicated that non-compliant listings will eventually be rejected from portals as it urges agents to use their “professional...

Online agent Griffin Property Co has become the latest brand to partner with Help to Buy-style equity loan provider Proportunity. The partnership...

In this piece, the Iceberg Digital team set out the launch of the latest version of Lifesycle - Lifesycle 3. Iceberg Digital...

Agents are being reminded that they still have an obligation to provide all material information as the sector awaits Part B...

More than half of agents disagree that mobile phone signal should be treated as material information in listings. James Munro, head of...

Former Countrywide boss Bob Scarff has warned that estate agents have become too reliant on alerts, emails and text messages for...

A client called asking for advice on their social media marketing strategy. They’d thrown a lot of budget at it, but...

Nest Seekers International is returning to UK TV screens with the announcement of a new BBC Two series. The show, which has...

OnTheMarket has partnered with flexible workspace platform Instant Offices to boost commercial listings. The deal will increase the flexible office space listings being...

Agents can now access an online qualification in listings and market appraisals. Agency training provider The Able Agent has launched what it...

The ongoing debate about how to boost agent and conveyancer relations, and improve the homebuying system for all, continues to rage,...

Purplebricks is to increase its pricing and drop its money back guarantee. In one of the first acts by new chief executive...

New estate agency listings that don’t display a price can no longer be uploaded to Rightmove from today. The portal giant has...

The property market is unlikely to see forced sales but buyers are becoming more price sensitive, Zoopla warns. The property portal’s latest...

Agents may have to include the broadband speed and mobile signal for a property on listings in the next round of...

Better LGBT representation is needed among property professionals, both in the workplace and in marketing, campaigners claim. LGBT property networking group Freehold...

Stock shortages are seeing one in 10 homes get snapped up within 14 days of entering the market, GetAgent claims. The agent...

Knight Frank has revised its house price forecasts upwards due to continually low levels of residential stock on the market. The agent...

Proptech firm iamproperty has overhauled its movebutler platform with more material information features and a Love Island theme. The end-to-end onboarding and...

Agents need to use social media for more than just posting property listings, an industry digital marketing expert claims. Craig Vile, director...

OneDome has launched a new product to let pre-qualified buyers register their interest for properties with local estate agents. The Buyer Passport...

Portals are aiming to boost consumer awareness of new material information rules rather than refusing non-compliant listings. Agency listings have been required...

Agency data and prospecting platform Homesearch has launched a new guide to help firms continue securing instructions during the so-called summer...

Homeowners are being warned that their properties may inadvertently end up the Secret Property section of Boomin’s portal. Boomin’s Secret Property tool...

Fine & Country claims it has overtaken the established prime agency brands in recent months when it comes to listings. The premium...

The head of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has suggested the material listings rules should be...

OnTheMarket has reported an increase in agency branches listing on the portal but posted an operating loss after a busy year...

If there’s not a book called ‘The Art of Collaboration’ then there should be. Update: a quick Google search shows there...

The lack of agency stock for sale has pushed the gap between asking and sold prices to record lows, research claims. Research...

Housebuilders are being offered a new way to sell developments on Zoopla with zero marketing costs. The portal has launched a Pay-On-Exchange...

Why the urgency? Because the appetite is strong. Research by the Conveyancing Association reports that 98% of consumers are overwhelmingly in...

Rural areas are dominating the boost in property supply. Agents have reported an improvement in sales stock in recent weeks. Analysis by Knight...

AllAgents has revealed the 10 worst rated agency brands on its customer review platform, with Purplebricks leading the worst performers. The reviews...

The property market is starting to get hit by price cuts and slower sales times. Research by Zoopla has highlighted that one...

Estate agents use property technology each and every day for residential property transactions, but is there more they can do with...

There are many myths about using virtual tours to sell or let properties. The most common perceptions are that virtual property...

Agents from Leaders are getting into the Platinum Jubilee spirit across the country. The brand’s branches have added a royal touch to...

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 pool of candidates for jobs in the estate agency sector appears to be shrinking. It comes after official figures showed overall...

Adoption of virtual tours among estate agents remain low but new data suggests they could boost sales. Industry analysis shows just 4%...

Agency listings appear to be on the rise with major brands seeing a spike in valuations and instructions. Data from national agent Jackson-Stops...

Fine & Country has been revealing the secrets of running an premium estate agency. The agency brand is currently hosting a Masterclass...

Spicerhaart’s annual conference and awards ceremony returned earlier this month after a three-year hiatus caused by the pandemic. The company’s two day...

Average asking prices have hit new highs but there are signs of the market easing, Rightmove claims. The portal’s latest listings data...

Homeowners may have become less willing to pay upfront fees to sell their home. Despite efforts by online-only brands such as Purplebricks...

Google rather than the portals is the starting point for sellers finding an estate agent, a survey claims. A survey among 2,000...

Next month will see new rules around upfront Material Information for property sales and lettings come into force in the UK...

Supply is slowly increasing but there are signs that buyers are now biding their time. Analysis by property data company TwentyCi shows...

There are signs that properties are starting to take longer to sell. A lack of stock in recent months has meant agents...

A County Down-based estate agent has acquired a local rival and launched a new “stop-gap” accommodation service for buyers and sellers...

The limited amount of property stock continues to push up house prices despite cost of living concerns, surveyors claim. The latest RICS...

Millions of people use online property portals every year to conduct their property search, whether it be for sales or for...

A former letting agent claims to have removed the need for estate agents to use floorplan software. Mark McCorrie, who describes himself...

In this guest piece, the team at Iceberg Digital set out the benefits of Lifesycle 3, which is to appear this autumn. Perfect...

Many agents will remember the nerves and jubilation of their first property sale. Estate Agent Today has launched a new video series...

Online and hybrid agents have rapidly increased their market share over the past year, research claims. Analysis of new Zoopla, Rightmove and...

There seems a consensus amongst agents, analysts and amateur pundits alike that the market will stay relatively strong for some months,...

Agency trade bodies have backed the “clarity” provided by Trading Standards after it deemed “price on application” listings unlawful. It comes as...

Agents helped vendors sell homes at 97.9% of asking price on average last year, research claims. Analysis of portal and Land Registry...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) deemed yesterday that the use of POA or “price on application”...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has deemed that the use of POA or “price on application”...

An industry veteran who helped train Purplebricks agents has partnered with easyProperty to foster its franchisee talent. The online hybrid agent is...

The property supply shortage may be easing but Zoopla has warned it will still take some time for stock to be...

Agents lost out on £600,000 worth of owed commission from withdrawn listings last year, industry data suggests. Withdrawn sales are an occupational hazard...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

Property portals are preparing to support agents in complying with a new era of upfront material information. From the end of May,...

The debate within estate agency on upfront information rumbles on and now there are calls for greater levels of transparency from...

Agents are being offered a free video that could help persuade homeowners who are unsure about listing their property. Industry trainer and...

Buyers are happy and ready to pay for more upfront material information when it comes to purchasing a property. It comes as...

Off-market property platform Invisible Homes is planning to expand throughout London over the next year and to cover the whole of...

From the beginning of April, long-awaited rules from the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) came into effect....

A new ‘local and independent’ boutique estate agency has been founded in the heart of Wimbledon Village, with a vision of...

Agency stock is shifting faster and buyers who hesitated last year are now finding it harder to afford similar priced properties,...

The supply shortage may be coming to an end. That is the view from the latest RICS Residential Market Survey. The research among...

An industry expert has questioned the fairness of a “two-tier system” that has emerged between new builds and second-hand homes when...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has said it may consider complaints about ‘misleading SSTC listings’ on portals but suggests it may...

Trading Standards has advised agents to update listings once they reach the "sold subject to contract" (SSTC) stage. It comes after legal...

Agents are being offered an easier way to offer 3D virtual viewings that could get homes listed more quickly. Spatial data technology...

Agents and conveyancers have signed up to a new buyers’s and seller’s property information form that is described as having been...

They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...

A number of pro-active conveyancers are joining a new conveyancing directory being set up by one of the leading figures in...

Challenger portal group OneDome has linked with a chain repair service to provide what it calls an end-to-end property offering. The OneDome...

Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce has for the first time given some figures on the usage of some of the key...

With Boomin nearly turning one, I decided to catch up with Michael Bruce, the co-founder of the property website and more...

Agents are being advised to revise their processes now to accommodate changes to the information required on property details, which begin...

A prominent industry supplier has produced startling statistics about the numbers of fall throughs in just the first 10 weeks or...

Boomin claims that one of the online influencers it has commissioned to create YouTube content has won has many viewers as...

Rising inflation may soon overtake house price growth even in the most buoyant areas of the UK, a property market analysis...

For the second time in recent weeks, Purplebricks has de-listed a property after an unacceptable comment by the seller on social...

Propertymark is urging agents to respond to a consultation exercise being conducted by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents...

The chief executive of Boomin says agents have asked him to do something about rival portals “pocketing income from mortgage referral...

We know from our customer research that being able to showcase property that looks the best it can online is the...

The war of words between various property review platforms continues apace. The latest accusation concern comparison website GetAgent, and specifically reviews of...

The OneDome group websites - OneDome itself and nethouseprices - are launching their largest ever advertising campaign. It will target buyers and...

Ben Ridgway and Jamie Cooke, co-founders of iamproperty Group brought together industry leaders in a recent roundtable to discuss the challenges...

Of the many industry buzzwords, I suspect “upfront information” was up there as one of the most widely used in 2021....

A new housing market snapshot from Zoopla suggests that in the supply of homes coming to the market has triggered a...

The government is considering seizing British property owned by Russian oligarchs on the sanctions list without paying compensation. The Financial Times says Housing...

A popular myth suggesting 50 per cent of homes sell with a second agent, is simply untrue. That’s the claim from property...

Well-known property expert and video interviewer Chris Watkin independently investigates how one piece of software is having such a big effect...

A national newspaper has lifted the lid on what it alleges to be the backgrounds of high-end self-employed agents who feature...

One of the UK’s leading economic experts is to be the speaker at a Rightmove seminar this week, considering whether events...

A webinar this week is set to see the release of more details of changes to property listings being demanded by...

In the last two years digital Property Logbooks for our homes have moved from concept to reality with almost a quarter...

A PropTech supplier has been quick off the mark to launch a tool which it says will help agents satisfy new...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent Team has released background information on how it came to make changes to...

A leading property lawyer says some agents will struggle to meet the demand for more ‘material information’ put forward by Trading...

OnTheMarket has inked a deal with Kremer Signs to supply agents with Smartboards to be added to For Sale signs -...

In the first few months of 2022, agents have experienced some of the lowest stock levels in several years. The number...

Industry figures have come out in favour of the long-term programme of new compulsory information to be contained on property listings. From...

Trading Standards and the government have jointly announced compulsory new data which must appear on property listings. A property's council tax band or...

Rightmove - which issues its annual figures to shareholders later this week - has released a bullish snapshot of the housing...

Seven years after it launched on the London Stock Market, speculation continues that Purplebricks may be about to de-list and return...

Strike, formerly known as Housesimple, is the latest online agency to claim it’s going to secure a 10 per cent market...

The number one portal is making a big marketing and research push to get reluctant owners to put up the For...

OnTheMarket says buyer and seller confidence has not been adversely affected by the first base rate rise in more than three...

Selling a home - the period from listing to completion - is now back to its pre-pandemic levels of 16 weeks...

Some regional property markets are perilously close to running out of any stock to sell. That’s the news from property data...

The government’s call for a pack of property information to be made available upfront during the sales process has been welcomed...

Purplebricks is claiming that literally thousands of High Street agents from conventional bricks-and-mortar firms are applying to the agency. It says this...

Two of the country’s highest profile agencies have signed up to a fledgling website which allows users to find, research, buy or...

The supply of new properties coming to the market is up on this time last year in every single region of...

Was Purplebricks right to delist a property from its website when it discovered the vendors - a Christian couple - were opposed...

A leading buying agency says that while prime central London’s property market shows clear signs of recovery, a weak area remains...

In this guest piece, the team at Lifesycle discuss a recent experiment they did with AI and estate agents' data and...

Purplebricks’ decision to de-list a property after the Christian vendors made anti-gay comments has won widespread support from industry figures, including...

Will he stay or will he go? You don’t need me to say who ‘he’ is - it’s the only story...

Purplebricks is reported to have removed a property listing from its website when it discovered the vendors - a Christian couple...

The Nationwide has released data listing the most and least affordable locations in Britain - background information for agents. Some entries are...

A survey suggests that an overwhelming proportion of estate agents believe the government should make the provision of upfront property information...

OnTheMarket has entered a PropTech commercial partnership with Autoenhance.ai Limited, the AI photo editing platform.  Autoenhance was founded by PropTech entrepreneur Jamie...

OnTheMarket chief executive Jason Tebb is warning that we might be near the top of the market. His portal’s latest sentiment index...

A new survey of people who have sold their home in the past six months has given a strong backing to...

It’s the last call for agents to sign up to a ‘Battle For Listings’ webinar to be held tomorrow (10am-11am) by reservations...

A new agency service has been launched seeking to attract vendors of second-hand residential park homes.  Quickmove Properties has partnered with park industry...

A hybrid agency that charges no fees to vendors but instead relies on referral fees for income has officially rolled out...

A webinar in mid-January will help agents get an edge on securing leads and ensuring transactions are not lost. That’s the claim...

Zoopla’s chief operating officer says the portal has made progress for agents in 2021 but recognises there’s more to do next...

The chair of the strategic board of fledgling Boomin says most existing portals are merely operating like digital newspapers with listings,...

Christmas - time for a much-needed rest for our industry after getting through a workload which reached almost unprecedented levels in...

Leasehold, quite rightly, remains not just an emotive topic given what has happened over the past decade, but it’s very much...

A good website is no longer optional for estate agents, as no single aspect of marketing to new customers is more...

There’s been yet another month of declining property listings according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors market snapshot. Those responding...

Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Estate Agents: “We’re on a mission to revolutionise the traditional concept of estate agency.   We don’t have...

There are many features and functionalities a website must have to be successful. Ultimately, the purpose of your website should be...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I can’t remember the last time I had a business...

The investment arms of Savills and the Daily Mail General Trust have pumped more cash into online agency Yopa which has...

Despite the progress made in so many areas, particularly in terms of leasehold reform – although we are calling upon the...

The market may be soaring in most of the country but there are still locations where significant numbers of properties sell...

Knight Frank says it’s already being contacted by prospective vendors wanting their homes to be listed for sale next spring. James Cleland,...

A torrid period for Purplebricks' share value means it opens stock market trading today with a price of just 33p.  This is less...

There’s been a huge rise in references to electric car charging within property listings submitted to Rightmove. The number of homes listed...

Virtual tours are becoming an increasing necessity for agents when listing properties for sale or let. Covid has of course accelerated this...

Zoopla says its new In-Search ads have secured over 38m impressions since their launch.  ‘In-Search’ ads are hosted on Zoopla’s listings search...

A small property portal has accused Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket of listing properties with asking prices far in excess of market...

Another market snapshot has identified low supply as the chief characteristic of the sales landscape this autumn. Landmark Information Group’s latest Property...

Spicerhaart - which is radically reshaping its structure to encourage hybrid operations and working from home as part of a new...

Media reports from the US state of Virginia say an 84-year-old man killed his estate agent after buying a property ‘sight...

An analysis of estate agencies in 21 major cities suggests a big rise in competing companies, prompting risks of fee wars between...

OnTheMarket figures for the first half of this year show stronger revenue and improved profits. Agency numbers have increased modestly since January...

An estate agent who has now gone self-employed after working on the staff of Connells and Spicerhaart says her move is...

It’s been revealed that HM Revenue & Customs scours the listings on both Rightmove and Zoopla to assess whether property investors...

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

I recently took part in a webinar hosted by ICG (The Innovation Collaboration Group) – titled ‘New estate agency revenue streams...

A burglar who ransacked an independent agency’s branch office and stole equipment worth almost £2,000 has escaped prison. Bilal Hemmi of Windsor...

The Advertising Standards Authority has stepped in following a complaint about a property advertised by Connells-owned Countrywide estate agents. The issue revolves...

Rightmove - which for some time has linked solely with iamsold to provide the controversial Modern Method of Auction system to...

Rightmove is at the centre of a revolutionary advertising initiative involving Channel 4’s Location, Location, Location. Using Artificial Intelligence technology, a digital...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? As Chief Business Development Officer I am responsible for Simplify’s...

One of the west of England’s largest independent agencies has signed a two year deal with Zoopla, running across portal listings...

West London agency RiverHomes is rebranding in what it describes as a bid to more closely reflect its unique expertise on...

Zoopla has calculated how much the average house price has risen every single day since the start of the pandemic in...

The recent stamp duty holiday and the subsequent conveyancing logjam this triggered has acted as a wakeup call for the industry....

Agents are being warned about removing personal data and information from marketing material. Paul Offley, compliance officer at The Guild of Property...

Photography has become an increasingly important weapon in an agent’s armoury in recent years as listings compete for space on portals,...

An estate agent has been ‘marketing properties so well’ in a Worcestershire town that it has temporarily ‘sold out’ of all...

Every agent likes to have their phones ringing off the hook. So London agent Robert Irving Burns must have been excited when...

Buyer demand per property for sale is more than double that of pre-pandemic levels, Rightmove claims. The property portal’s latest House Price...

With the competition for new listings between agents as fierce as ever, it can sometimes feel like a race to the...

Drone technology has come on a long way in recent years, with different use cases across various industries. New developments in...

Rightmove claims to have identified the dream home for buyers. A survey of more than 2,000 visitors to the portal’s website has...

Warwick Estates has revealed the most in-demand features for new-build buyers. The firm has analysed Rightmove data and found that those buying...

A surprise statement from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the stamp duty holiday, which goes on until the end...

A PropTech operator claims that agents currently pay around £250 per lead, averaging costs of different sources ranging from Google Ads...

Parts of Britain are so short of homes for sale they have only half the number of listings to be expected...

A prominent London-focussed buying agent says she is seeing more foreign buyers returning to the UK capital - with more expected...

An agent promoting self-employed business models has launched a course showing how estate agents can earn £100,000 per year. The set of...

360 tour technology company Made Snappy has grown rapidly over the past 18 months and whilst many agents have grasped the...

The very strong housing market seen throughout this year is set to extend into 2022 as a stock shortage is forecast...

House sales slumped nearly two thirds last month as the main deadline for the stamp duty holiday passed.  HM Revenue and Customs...

A long-standing critic of OnTheMarket, who was once excluded from a presentation by the portal’s leadership, has spoken enthusiastically of the...

Things can change. For those who remember, it’s no secret that I became one of the industry's strongest critics of OnTheMarket (OTM). My reasons...

Sinclair Taylor, the first company to offer debt solutions to estate agencies, has been acquired by The Broadriver Group, a diverse...

An independent agency has signed up to an international property sales platform designed to place UK new build developments on the...

Following a month in which the number of property transactions was the highest since records began, it might seem a little...

Yet another housing market snapshot is reporting the stock of property for sale plummeting further downwards.  Property website Home says that while...

The market slowdown continues with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors reporting that new buyer enquiries have reduced for the first...

A bank which a year ago told investors to sell Rightmove shares has now changed its tune - radically. In August 2020...

A much higher than usual proportion of homes on sale in the current market have successfully found a buyer, according to...

With stock remaining perilously short for most agents, the industry has been advised to use data to identify those existing owners...

Available residential property listings across the country are at historic lows according to property data firm Homesearch. The company, which focuses its...

OnTheMarket, which is holding its shareholders’ annual general meeting today, says early figures show the success of initiatives introduced by chief...

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

Properties with professional marketing packs sell up to 48 per cent quicker than those without, according to an experiment conducted by...

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

Anyone working in residential property knows it is taking longer and longer to get from SSTC (sold subject to contract) to...

Estate agents are being advised to emphasise to customers that they are local experts. “Show [the public] that you really know your...

A leading agent says the supply of homes coming to the market is still insufficient to match demand. London estate agent Jeremy...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Jamie Cooke, Co-Founder and Managing Director of iamsold, part...

Purplebricks has addressed its critics on house sales by pledging to return vendors’ upfront fees if the agency fails to find...

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

Purplebricks will this week reveal the result of almost two years of trials into a new pricing structure.  The details will come...

Online estate agency Strike - which used to be HouseSimple - is expanding its sell-for-free service out across the Midlands and...

It doesn’t seem that long ago that 2D floorplans were considered cutting edge – but it’s safe to say they’re now...

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

Property portal app MoveStreets says the latest upgrade to its app sends leads to agents’ inboxes and allows users to instantly arrange...

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

Peter Everett - a veteran High Street estate agent with a quarter of a century at LSL and a decade at...

There’s been a dramatic slump in instructions for online agencies, particularly Purplebricks, according to data produced by one online firm itself. 99Home...

The intense rivalry between portals continues today with Zoopla announcing one of its longest-standing agent customers has renewed for five more...

London property is still a draw for the wealthiest in the world according to Knight Frank. Despite international travel restrictions, the number...

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

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

An app that promotes both on- and off-market homes to prospective buyers has linked up with a moving service PropTech platform.  Houso...

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

Despite the vast amount of publicity given to the concept of virtual viewing, a survey suggests relatively few properties on sale...

eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US - says it now has 200 self-employed agents operating under its...

Rightmove is to review the processes of an online platform which directly uploads sellers' property details via an app. Two years ago...

In the previous edition of PropTech Today, Nathan Emerson highlighted the importance of effective implementation, linking poor staff engagement to the...

Digital marketing agency Angels Media and digital platform Gazeal have announced an exclusive strategic partnership to help improve and speed up...

A Channel 4 property TV presenter is to become an estate agent. Kerr Drummond, who hosts Coast vs Country, has joined the...

One of the country’s leading estate agents claims some solicitors are charging exorbitant fees on transactions as they near the latest...

A controversial league table of corporate agents’ market share is deliberately excluding Purplebricks and other online agencies.  This is despite Purplebricks this...

An analysis of over 1.6m listings by Rightmove shows a big return to normality - demand for smaller city centre properties...

The Trading Standards agency team has outlined to Estate Agent Today the process it will follow to improve what it calls...

An agency says sellers should improve the attractiveness of their properties for sellers - so it's linked with a florist to offer...

The controversial demands of Trading Standards for more “material information” to be provided upfront in property details have been criticised by...

Gathering and analysing feedback at all stages in the customer journey is highly important. So, where do we begin? For many estate...

A leading industry trade body is warning that remote-working agents and smaller independent agencies are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...

The number of properties coming on the market is still not meeting the huge demand from buyers, but the level of...

A first-time-buyer couple in a part of the country renowned for its second homes and shortage of stock has praised a...

Rightmove is to roll-out two-factor authentication within Rightmove Plus to try to protect agents against attempts by fraudsters to steal leads and...

Changes to the way the property market operates over the last year - with increased flexibility and remote interactions - has...

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

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

Parts of the UK property market face a supply shortage with a quarter fewer properties listed for sale in England and...

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

Online agency Strike has used specialist eye-tracking software to analyse what attracts a buyer’s attention when scrolling through homes online — and...

With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...

Software provider Rex has launched three new live dashboards for agencies, one of which covers agent performance. Rex says the dashboards -...

New figures from Zoopla today emphasise just how frenzied the housing market remains. Here are the figures: - so far in the first...

Free-to-list portal OneDome has signed up the 55 branch agency network Chancellors. The agency will consequently list all of its residential sales...

Momentum is building for agents to provide more information on property details and portals - not wait until a prospective buyer...

A major agency is reporting a “frenzy” with branches inundated with enquiries as soon as homes are listed. Nicky Stevenson, managing director of...

National Trading Standards wants agents, portals and industry groups to come up with ways to provide basic essential material information ‘upfront’.  The National...

There’s been a surge in activity in London’s prime housing market according to LonRes. The property data company says that new instructions in March...

An analysis of the average time taken for properties from 10 leading estate agency brands to complete shows a significant increase...

Rightmove’s new Modern Method of Auction service launches on Monday.  The service - which Rightmove calls Online Conditional Auctions - will involve...

New research shared with Estate Agent Today suggest that in areas of the country almost four in 10 homes for sale...

Our recent state of the property nation survey, which yielded nearly 350 responses from directors to junior negotiators, and many others...

We’ve all spent the past nine months adapting to a more digital way of life. Whether that’s been working from home,...

The launch of Boomin has been and gone with, perhaps, something less than its expected fanfare of publicity. Of course there are...

Licensing of the short-term lets sector in Scotland was due to be introduced next month. However, it was recently announced that...

The Bruce brothers' new portal Boomin has launched a day early - and no, this isn't an April Fool. The site went live...

A company in the German Axel Springer publishing empire - which also invested in Purplebricks in the past - has put...

With just days before the launch of new portal Boomin, Rightmove says it’s hit a record 9.1m visits in a 24...