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In the bustling world of social media, success isn't just about posting content; it's about fostering engagement, maintaining consistency, and implementing...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss Uzair, an industry-specific artificial intelligence (AI). Iceberg Digital, the creators...

A team from The ValPal Network joined industry Facebook ads expert Paul Long on a webinar designed to equip every agent...

It was US disability rights advocate, Helen Keller, who said: ‘alone, we can do so little, together we can do so...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

 In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they review the dynamics of the property market, and the current...

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

It’s the start of what promises - perhaps ‘threatens’ is a better word - to be a challenging second half of...

By adopting a top-notch Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, you're not only opening doors to acquiring new customers and nurturing existing...

OnTheMarket has launched a new nurturing service to help estate agents generate fresh revenue from their existing database and win more...

As we move into a more challenging market this summer with interest rates still on the rise, house prices relaxing and...

Facebook ads are one of the most cost-effective forms of online advertising. A little budget goes a long way on Facebook,...

I don’t want to frighten any professional scribblers and wizard wordsmiths out there, but as a matter of geeky interest, this...

Being owned by Google, YouTube is the world’s 2nd largest search engine, you can find all the logical reasons online, just...

HMRC has fined estate agents over £500,000 for anti-money laundering (AML) breaches in the past two months. Yet despite property managers...

The property sector braced itself for the chill wind of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement this week. His pre-Budget comment that he...

Making predictions for the year ahead is notoriously difficult and leaves me open to having egg on my face, but I’m...

The ValPal Network's (TVPN) services have generated 1.4m leads for agents over the past 12 months – with most coming outside...

I can’t really write about anything else this week, can I? Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will have...

Let’s be completely honest - as challenges go, estate agents are up against it trying to persuade reluctant vendors to take...

Many experts are predicting that house price growth will slow for the remainder of the year as the cost of living...

It was a relatively quiet week for fundraising by agents and property professionals but no less important and inspirational. If there are...

In this piece, Nathan Emerson, CEO of Propertymark, discusses how the trade body is working to ensure member agents get the best of...

Facebook has been a platform which has opened the door to those looking to advertise their services in exceptional ways. Digital...

I look back on when my dad helped me buy my first car and shared his pearls of wisdom on what...

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

The ValPal Network, a PropTech supplier working with over 4,000 agency branches across the UK, has calculated the key hour for...

PropTech supplier nurtur.group - which owns Fine & Country and the Guild of Property Professionals - has acquired Brief Your Market,...

Normally estate agents are rightly proud of their professional abilities to provide expertise to vendors when it comes to selling -...

The Connells-owned high end agency Hamptons is to sponsor what it calls a “garden sanctuary” at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show...

Only one in eight sellers use the estate agent through which they purchased their home to begin with. That’s a staggering loss of...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...

Trust has always been vital for building and nurturing good relations between an agent and their customer. Maintaining trust will keep...

There is no denying that managing properties is labour intensive. As real estate agents you are responsible for administering and addressing...

Business intelligence is paramount to companies looking to gain a competitive edge, particularly in saturated markets like estate agency. Each client...

Trust the process: subscribe your landlords and tenants to Task Plans and receive automated prompts when it’s the right time to...

Let it never be said that this column isn’t here to help out agents directly. In this week’s Natter, I speak...

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

Free to list portal Residential People has launched a market intelligence platform called Prospr. This has been developed with the aim of...

A leading industry supplier says there’s been a jaw-dropping 495 per cent year-on-year increase in digital spend from agents - and that...

A former senior Foxtons and Douglas & Gordon agent has hit out at “the relentless key performance indicator culture” of some agencies. Matthew...

We’re officially transitioning to summer – marked by the clocks going forward and warmer weather – just as restrictions start to...

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

The acquisition of Countrywide by Connells might just be the deal of the century in the British estate agency industry. That’s the...

Let’s address the elephant in the room first - the property sector and how we market properties is changing. Gone are the...

It’s been some time since online agencies have ventured into crowdfunding to raise investment, but easyProperty has now done so -...

While the property industry has suffered far less than other sectors during the past year, it would be short of the...

Free to list portal Residential People is launching a new cloud-based platform which it says will help agents use Amazon-style technology...

The Federation of Independent Agents trade group has unveiled a new automated nurture product available exclusively to members - and it claims...

Newspapers are pushed through the door, whereas websites have to pull in visitors - it’s a simple but fundamental difference with vast implications...

The founder of OneDome says a likely housing market slowdown is the perfect time for agents to optimise revenue by investing in PropTech. Babek Ismayil believes...

Residential People, one of many free-to-list platforms in the hectic portal marketplace, is set to launch which it calls its “AI...

Many agents are brilliant at giving a personal touch and are professional in the way they treat customers, but I would...

The property market has bounced back with all of the expected resilience and flexibility that is its hallmark since it reopened...

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the way every industry operates and the property sector is no exception. Following an enforced seven-week...

A new PropTech product claims to help agents generate and nurture leads - even while they sleep. MovePal generates leads through Facebook...

Seller and landlord leads are what makes estate agency tick. Without them, new business is nowhere to be seen and you...

Be proactive, have a plan, and keep prospecting.  After the easing of lockdown measures, it’s safe to say the property market picked...

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

Although the shake-out in the industry is ongoing - online agency Settled and established new-build agency Cushman & Wakefield have both...

There’s been a surge in buyers wanting to view properties - but agents must sit on their hands and wait for...

As the impact of coronavirus unfolds, we are in constant conversations with customers to understand the challenges they’re facing and to...

The people behind an online valuation service is warning agents that having a widget on their website is not enough by...

How can estate and letting agents nurture leads who aren't ready to sell or let a property instantly? It's a question many...

In a previous Natter, I promised to talk more about CRMs – and here I stick to that promise. Following on from...

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

Two of the PropTech sector's highest profile digital marketing suppliers are integrating in a bid to help agents nurture the leads...

Welcome to another ADC, the weekly round-up each Friday of agents’ great fund-raising work.  This week we show the diversity of charitable...

We all know the three essential things an estate agent must have on their website include the ability to be able...

Increasingly cash-strapped traditional estate agencies should consider abandoning their High Street offices and work from serviced offices or similar lower-profile and...

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,...

Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward let us range, Let the great world spin forever down the ringing grooves of...

The growing size and scale of the private rented sector is not new news. Headlines shout about the changing profile of...

Three former staff members of Countrywide have been recruited to management positions in Haart.  James Dowling, Jason Carlisle and Matthew Jenvey are...

With almost a fifth of house sales in Britain collapsing every year, it’s now more vital than ever that we –...

The answer to the question is that we all should; both in terms of the contribution we can make to the...

It will come as no surprise for those who have read the recently published Which? annual customer service survey which polled...

The presupposed notion still exists that new online agents are ‘tech savvy’ whilst the seemingly old fashioned high street agents are...