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As we adjust to a life post-Covid-19, letting agents, landlords, and tenants are thinking - ways to speed up the process...
24 June 2020
From: Features

The fallout from Covid-19 has hit everyone hard. With breaking news today that agents are able to look at how to...
13 May 2020
From: Features

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...
28 March 2020
From: Features

A high profile and widely-respected estate agent is predicting a huge demographic change to one of the country’s wealthiest enclaves -...
18 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...
15 February 2020
From: Features

We are facing a new world in the lettings industry, with the proportion of households in the private rented sector (PRS)...
08 January 2020
From: Features

The portals say they are ready and willing to play their part in changes approaching the industry, ranging from new agency...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News

In a new video interview, Steve Carroll, director of industry relations at Real Estate Group, tells industry commentator Christopher Watkin why...
23 November 2019
From: Features

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...
24 August 2019
From: Features

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...
29 June 2019
From: Features

With the UK population spending longer in rental accommodation, due to the upfront expense of buying a home, their time and...
01 May 2019
From: Features

Instagram (or, as the younger generation would have it, Insta) is, by any measure, massive. Only launched in October 2010, it’s a...
02 March 2019
From: Features

Online agency platform Love2move insists that its current bid to attract investors will not be damaged by the adverse publicity surrounding...
25 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Interesting news this week from South Africa where the PropTech startup, Flow, has raised R20m in the country’s 'biggest PropTech seed...
20 February 2019
From: Breaking News

Purchasing a property. It’s a key life goal that so many Millennials aspire to - yet one that has become frustratingly...
02 February 2019
From: Features

Millennials aged 18 to 34 are putting plans for romance, children and even hobbies on ice as they make huge sacrifices...
30 October 2018
From: Breaking News

With all the recent change and upheaval in the rental sector it may be time to consider how letting agencies will...
04 August 2018
From: Features

A survey shows only 18 per cent of vendors favour reviews over personal recommendations when it comes to choosing an estate...
25 June 2018
From: Breaking News

It’s no secret that technology has changed the way businesses operate, in all sectors. With that has come changes to the...
23 June 2018
From: Features

Having recently attended FUTURE: PropTech in London, it struck me just how far the integration of property and technology has progressed...
09 June 2018
From: Features

100 years ago, 90% of the UK population rented a home. Today, that figure has flipped, and over two thirds are...
26 May 2018
From: Features

There is a common misconception that the private rented sector (PRS) is entirely made up of young professionals and students. While...
18 May 2018
From: Sponsored Content

A flat in Brixton is being raffled for £5 a ticket by a start-up entrepreneur who claims this is just the...
23 April 2018
From: Breaking News

At any given moment it’s difficult to say which issue dominates our marketplace, but I think it’s fair to acknowledge during...
31 March 2018
From: Features

A range of factors - including fierce competition under the supplied housing market, rising property prices and political uncertainty – have...
08 February 2018
From: Sponsored Content

Some 41 per cent of parents are not in a position to provide any financial support towards helping their child get...
20 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A think tank says the penalties now levied against second home owners - such as the stamp duty surcharge and phasing...
21 August 2017
From: Breaking News

I was recently contributing to whitepaper by a major bank about the future of the property industry and, as I was...
27 April 2017
From: Breaking News

First time buyer registrations in the past month have jumped nearly 20 per cent across the UK and almost 30 per...
25 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks' entry into selective areas of the US market comes just as new evidence suggests the use of estate agencies by...
09 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Looking ahead to the Spring Budget this week, the Chancellor Philip Hammond will be obliged to face up to the implications...