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Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors have launched the fifth iteration of the...

North Berwick in East Lothian, has been named the best place to live in the annual Sunday Times Best Places to Live...

Reading the news on Estate & Letting Agent Today every day (as I’m sure you all do, too), there appears to...

TwentyEA has unveiled a suite of new marketing solutions combining its data tools, giving estate agents greater flexibility over their prospecting...

Anti-money laundering platform (AML) Credas Technologies has launched a material information function, helping estate agents to get ahead of the latest...

Long-awaited guidance on material information in property listings was revealed yesterday but policing of the rules won’t be any different, it...

Self-employed estate agency brand iad UK has launched a consumer app that lets anyone earn money through word-of-mouth referrals. Propertips is an...

Alto has rolled out a range of new features to its software for agents. It takes the number of improvements to the...

The managing director of an estate agency has pleaded not guilty to a charge of assault by beating but did not...

The ESTAS Group has launched an ‘app’ style version of its platform for smartphones. ESTAS Mobile offers all the functionality of the...

By Dawson Scott, CTO of Reapit. As the Chief Technology Officer of Reapit, I have always held the view that the privacy,...

A large proportion of sellers have admitted to hiding problematic parts of their property from potential buyers. A survey of more than...

Agency software provider Alto has launched a new way for users to keep track about its latest product developments.  The Zoopla-backed cloud-based...

CRMs can be superheroes for your business, but not all of them possess the necessary powers to save the day. As...

OnTheMarket this morning claims to be the first major UK property portal to use Artificial Intelligence natural-language technology. The controversial technology is...

Providing material information upfront could help agents charge higher fees and even reduce their carbon footprint, while those not complying could...

Rightmove has been named as the most effective portal for driving leads but there is a sense of frustration about fake...

A new mobile-based agency franchise network has attracted 50 agents during the first quarter of the year and is already planning...

The ESTAS Group has revealed new branding together with the first details of two new products to be added to its...

As an estate or letting agent, you may already know that having a strong online presence is crucial for success in...

Upfront material information is now firmly on the property industry’s radar, with Trading Standards CPR regulations expected to move towards disclosing...

Property industry customer review platform ESTAS is preparing to reveal its regional and national shortlists for their 2023 awards. The nominees for...

It used to be that you couldn’t leave home without two things. Your wallet and your keys. Time has moved on a...

It used to be that you couldn’t leave home without two things. Your wallet and your keys. Time has moved on a...

Happy New Year! I hope you’ve recharged the batteries and have a shiny list of resolutions to make 2023 as successful...

Only 16% of property listings are currently compliant with upfront information rules, it has been claimed. Agents are currently required to include...

When the weather turns like it has, we use more energy to keep our homes cosy. However, this places increasing strain...

There may be plenty of debate about going live with listings on Boxing Day but Hamptons has chosen the national holiday...

The existence of renewable energy sources and parking facilities look set to be among details that Trading Standards will expect to...

There are Christmas gifts aplenty waiting for agents who maintain their focus on marketing plans throughout December, according to The ValPal...

LonRes has launched a new mobile app for its subscribers to access listings while on the move and support agents while...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) has launched a new mobile app for members. It is described as the first of its...

With the reported increase in agency staff turnover we thought it would be a good idea to look at how you...

Zoopla-backed agency software provider Alto has launched new mobile functionality to support agents on-the-go.  Agents will be able to search for contacts on...

Agency proptech supplier Muuvo has made new data available to help agents comply with impending Trading Standards upfront information requirements. The National...

Over the last five years, the Government has introduced a range of measures to regulate the property market, particularly in the...

Around one-third of properties on the portals are ‘fake listings,’ it has been claimed. Industry analyst Charlie Lamdin, founder of estate agency...

Estate agents need to concentrate on quality marketing more than ever before as mortgage interest rates rise and lenders become ever...

A new mobile-based agency franchise network has launched, offering agents zero fees and what it describes as the choice of remote,...

After two years of extraordinary activity in the housing market there are signs that the clouds are gathering as RICS reports...

I came across something which genuinely shocked me the other day. It was research showing that 1.7 per cent of homes listed...

A senior agency executive has backed the controversial issue of including broadband and mobile signal in property listings. The National Trading Standards...

The check-out report is a critical point in the tenancy and has the power to make the moving-out process run smoothly...

Have you ever noticed that it is much easier to fix other people's problems than your own? Whether it is resolving a friend's...

For years now estate agents have been on a journey from digital infancy to digital maturity. But what does the future...

Agents risk losing the personal communication element that drove transactions before the development of technology, an industry veteran has warned. The claim...

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

Anti-money laundering (AML) platform Thirdfort has secured funding from three high profile estate agents. Knight Frank, Chestertons and Savills’ proptech subsidiary Grosvenor...

There has been so much coverage recently over how painfully slow conveyancing is at the moment - 18-20 weeks is now...

If there’s one thing that received a boost as a result of Covid and lockdowns, it’s podcasts – which reached whole...

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

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

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

There have been many articles about ‘digitising upfront information’, following the publication of DLUHC’s Levelling-Up white paper and National Trading Standards...

The digital transformation of the property industry is not a new chapter, but an ongoing journey in which the winners are...

In this article, the team at Iceberg Digital highlight how one agent has benefitted from using software that has enabled him...

Almost half of the UK public think young people cannot afford to buy their own home because they spend too much...

A mobile phone may be a decent perk for agents and seen as essential for communicating while out on the road. But...

In June, the biggest pilot scheme of a four-day working week anywhere in the world will begin in Britain, with more...

A leading online residential conveyancing firm has opened its new headquarters and apprenticeship academy in Wirral, Merseyside, to try and help...

Those aficionados of the Sound of Music will recognise the tag line above. It came to my mind when thinking about...

A PropTech platform claims its “unique” features will help its subscribers get a 1,500 per cent return on investment by the...

Reapit Elements is an open-source, cross-platform design system that gives designers and developers a framework to quickly create responsive, device-agnostic, and...

I’m sure most readers would agree with me that cyber-security is vitally important for almost any business, particularly those businesses like...

Could estate and letting agents sell their branch office window space for third party advertising, above and beyond promoting the properties...

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

The online agency Strike - which has a business model selling homes for free and relying on referral fees for revenue...

As the UK housing market faces an ongoing boom, there’s one profession that’s certainly rushed off its feet — estate agents....

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on all aspects of our lives, but undoubtedly one major negative side effect...

A survey of sellers shows that 61 per cent of them visit the agent’s website before instructing them. According to respondents the...

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

I’m going to declare upfront that, as an investor, I have a financial interest in the success of MovePal but I also need...

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

2021 redefined what it meant to offer exceptional customer experiences for consumers across multiple industries, but particularly for the residential property...

The property industry and its many stakeholders are key participants in a global digital transformation that has been underway for quite...

The telecoms solutions company behind "Phone-in-a-Phone" (PiP) now brings property professionals the UK's first mobile-only business phone system in an app...

Estate agents, even before Covid-19 reared its ugly head, were flexible, hybrid workers. It is a job that requires a significant...

Strike, the digital-first estate agent previously known as Housesimple, has been selected to join Tech Nation’s Future Fifty programme. The online agent, which...

The worst of the Covid-19 pandemic appears to be firmly in the rear-view mirror as we move into the last quarter...

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

Day in, day out, I see how good estate agents really are.  Whether it’s in my day job on Location, Location, Location...

A TV advertising campaign begins today to promote SmartVal, its real-time valuation tool available on the Boomin portal. The advertisements will start...

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

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

OnTheMarket’s new market appraisal guides - first announced some months ago - have this morning gone live.  In June OTM announced a...

A bulk quick buy company has surveyed purchasers who have been deterred from continuing their transactions to discover what the biggest...

Working from home used to get a bad rap. With the phrase mocked as ‘shirking from home’, homeworkers were often seen...

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

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

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

On 28 April 2021, Fixflo ran the first in a series of quarterly legal update webinars with David Smith, Partner at...

Brexit means that the UK’s anti-money laundering laws are no longer governed by the European Union (EU), but any estate agents...

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

The private treaty process has been in need of modernisation for a long time. When we open an account with a...

The founder of Zoopla has returned to the property market with a new proposal to disrupt how agents buy and sell homes. Alex...

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

Another TV programme will this weekend examine the fate of Suzy Lamplugh, the London estate agent who disappeared 35 years ago...

With one of the world’s most successful vaccine rollout programmes under way in the UK, the chances of a complete lockdown...

An agent working for a Countrywide brand in Lancashire has been given a suspended jail sentence after being found guilty of...

It’s now more than a year since the government offered an additional £4 million to councils to combat rogue landlords. At the...