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As 2024 progresses, I expect to see an increase in the role that estate agents play in local communities. Once perceived...

If we turn the clock back only twenty years, the concept of managing our lives from a handheld device was within...

Between you and me, dear reader, I had little to no idea about what the metaverse was before researching it for...

The Competititon and Markets Authority says it’s to look into reviews on Google and Amazon, and see whether the online giants...

Purplebricks is now part of the mainstream landscape of British estate agency. There - I said it. An agency whose whispered name...

Purplebricks is to tilt its marketing increasingly towards local advertising on traditional and online platforms, and promoting the ‘on the street’...

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...

As residential sales and lettings professionals we are conditioned to adapt to change, it’s the nature of the profession. However, developments...

love2move, an online network which allows high street agents to offer a white-labelled hybrid service, has teamed up with the Mortgage...

The modern method of auction is proving to revolutionise the way properties are bought and sold across the UK.  By putting the...

It’s a testing time for the property industry, amid Brexit fears, a slowing market and the looming tenant fees ban.  There’s no...

A firm which links with agents to operate online auctions has hit back at a consumer group's allegations that this growing sector...

The comparison site Reallymoving, which allows users to get online quotes for conveyancers, surveyors and removal firms, has acquired the property...

The Advertising Standards Authority has told the organisers of a house raffle that they must not repeat a promotion because of...

Online estate agent eMoov recently set itself apart by directly addressing the issues of openness and transparency that have long dogged the online business...

Historically, short-term rentals have been an unattractive business for the majority of estate agents and property managers. Scarcity of demand from tenants...

Working relationships between estate agents and conveyancers can be mutually beneficial with the referral of work between parties. However, they are missing...

Barely a week goes by without news of the latest disastrous AirBnB experience suffered by an unsuspecting landlord.   Whether it’s damage...

Up Estates, an online estate agency operating chiefly in Coventry, Nuneaton and Hinckley, says it will next year open a string...

One of the country largest agency chains, Connells, has unveiled an updated logo and boards, along with plans to modernise its offices...