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10 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer - viewings help agents so why charge for them?](/upload/images/library/PhilSpencer-MoveIQ-EATLAT-400x310.jpg)
Viewings are in the news right now and with good reason. As the impact of the stamp duty holiday fades, and transaction...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Should buyers show ‘proof of funds’ to be allowed to view a home?](/img/default/eat.png)
A traditional problem for agents has been ‘tyre kickers’ who come to view a home out of curiosity with little or...
16 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: why haven’t the Big 4 tech firms got involved with property?](/img/default/eat.png)
For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...
12 September 2020
From: Features
![Property Natter – what does agency look like Down Under?](/img/default/eat.png)
In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...
15 August 2020
From: Features
![Cheap and nasty Purplebricks - why it didn't work down under](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading expert on estate agency and the housing market in Australia has lifted the lid on how Purplebricks failed down...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - what are the differences between UK and US agents?](/img/default/eat.png)
We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...
01 August 2020
From: Features
![Facebook Live gets up to 45,000 visits per property for agent](/img/default/eat.png)
An agent in Hertfordshire says he routinely secures 5,000 visits to ‘live open houses’ on Facebook Live, and have on one...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: 75% of agency branches will close within five years](/img/default/eat.png)
“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......
06 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Planning for post-lockdown - how to hit the ground running](/img/default/eat.png)
Over the last two weeks we’ve seen the country come to a standstill and the property market effectively put on ice...
01 April 2020
From: Features
![Uncle Sam vs Blighty - Two countries separated by a common language](/img/default/eat.png)
The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....
29 February 2020
From: Features
![PropTech Today: Understand real estate robotics and we better understand tech](/img/default/eat.png)
The last couple of weeks’ articles were penned very much for a specific agent readership, something I am trying to be...
17 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![How not to sell a €12.5m villa (or any other property for that matter)](/img/default/eat.png)
This actually happened - the names of the guilty have been withheld to protect the innocent. I live in Spain, Marbella actually,...
15 April 2017
From: Features
![Open Houses no longer useful in faltering London market, claims agent](/img/default/eat.png)
The managing director of an agency operating in prime central London and other high-value locations in southern England says the Open...