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A survey of 100 agents commissioned by industry supplier Landmark suggests most believe the current onboarding process is ripe for simplification.  Some...

The phrase ‘time is money’ is particularly pertinent for estate agents. Since the stamp duty holiday ended, the forecast drop in...

A prominent law expert is claiming that a high profile case of property fraud, reported earlier this week, involved a “devastating...

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

There are a huge array of products and services covering the entire journey of lettings, from prospecting all the way through to...

Hello and welcome to our final Property Jobs Today before the start of autumn - and it’s good to see people...

Are you experiencing Estate Agent burnout? As The Stamp Duty Holiday has begun to tail off, it didn’t bring the relaxation in...

Ben Ridgway gives his views on the current market, material information and PropTech for agents. What is your current view of the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Matt Ratliff, Chief Technology Officer of Sort Group. How has your...

Boomin says it’s added over 600 new agency branches during May, with the latest signing being the large Pattinson independent with...

While running customer identification and verification checks is part and parcel of the onboarding process for estate agents, under UK anti...

A new home buying platform being set up by a challenger portal has revealed details of its mortgage offer to users. OneDome...

Tech is a fantastic enabler but should never be a complete replacement for the human interactions that add real value to...

Movebutler, the digital onboarding platform from online auction specialist iamproperty, says it has some 900 agency branches signed up. These include Martin...

In the first of our revamped PropTech Today series - which will see six industry experts discussing a range of issues...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Ben Ridgway, Group Managing Director at iamproperty. What is iamproperty...

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...

The Chancellor’s recent announcement that the stamp duty holiday would be extended for another three months was undoubtedly great news for...

Technology has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years, undoubtedly improving many parts of the moving process for both estate...

There’s no doubt that the property market underwent a tumultuous year in 2020, where efficiency was required more than ever. Since the...

After you. No, after you. That is often how innovation seems amongst the real estate elite. And this week I see it...

According to the annual Property Week PropTech survey, almost 48% of property businesses had tested new technology because of the COVID-19...

Firstly, let’s get the obvious out of the way. Lockdown 2, as it’s being known, is now with us, but fortunately...

Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....

We all know that people can’t move to a new house without going through the Conveyancing process. However, with that said,...

OneDome, which operates two free-to-list property listing sites, says it’s had a record month as it strives to build an alternative...

A digital resource hub for estate agents claims to shorten transaction times. Sort Move, which has been operating since late 2019,...

Life as we know it has changed – for everybody – and what tenants want, need and expect in this post-pandemic...

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...

Another new PropTech platform claims it can streamline the completion process - this time by coordinating the work of estate agents...

A PropTech supplier claims that an agency has secured the first ever transaction where the complete chain used Reservation Agreements.  Harrison Residential,...

Aside from the obvious health crisis, the current pandemic is proving difficult for the business worldwide. However, despite the increasing contact...

Your business may be growing quicker than you could ever imagine which is great when it comes to raising brand awareness....

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager for the South West of...

A free-to-list property portal says that contrary to opinion within parts of the agency industry, the more portals there are the...

All the most successful startups of recent years – from Airbnb and Uber to Just Eat and Deliveroo – have melded...

At PayProp we recognise that it’s the hard-working agents and other staff that make the industry a success, so training should...

When you recruit a new member of staff, training should be one of your main priorities.  After initial training, ongoing training and...