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An alert has gone out to sales and lettings agents to be more diligent with their checking of data, and to...

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

If there is one thing that modern consumers have come to expect, it’s convenience. As a nation, we’re driven by on-demand...

PropTech and CRMs should be about far more than merely gathering data - they should be telling agents which prospects are...

OnTheMarket figures for the first half of this year show stronger revenue and improved profits. Agency numbers have increased modestly since January...

The existence of online agencies means some consumers believe real life estate agents are unnecessary in a deal - but the rest of...

High-profile outsourced communications provider Moneypenny has joined the industry PropTech hub known as the Innovation Collaboration Group. There are around 40 companies...

PropTech industry giant epropservices has acquired Property Technology Ltd, better known to agents as marketing platform LeadPro. epropservices is the parent company of...

I recently took part in a webinar hosted by ICG (The Innovation Collaboration Group) – titled ‘New estate agency revenue streams...

Fledgling portal Boomin says its new SmartVal tool has received over 10,000 requests since launching in early September. SmartVal is powered in part by...

Like most industries, estate agency is changing. A general trend to a more hybrid model, accelerated by the pandemic has resulted...

The right technology can reassure agents that transactions will complete on time - vital to retaining business following the end of the...

The stamp duty holiday concluded at midnight, marking the end of the busiest period for the industry - all parts of...

A video interview claims to spill the beans on how sales progression can be accelerated by three to four weeks. Estate agent...

One of the west of England’s largest independent agencies has signed a two year deal with Zoopla, running across portal listings...

ESTAS has announced that FocalAgent, a visual content supplier to estate agents, has signed up as an executive partner for the...

As we move into the autumn of 2021, what the coming year has in store for estate agents is something we...

Foxtons has given details of the PropTech it uses to help improve leads and business decisions.  The agency, which has some 50 offices...

The stamp duty holiday which finally ends later this week might have a lasting legacy - encouraging more agents to use...

Chris Watkin - the famous industry content creator, ghostwriter and trainer - has made a series of controversial statements about agents...

The Federation of Independent Agents has today announced a strategic partnership with award-winning website creative firm Estate Apps. The partnership will enable...

In this latest exclusive video interview, EAT’s video reporter Chris Buckler – an agent himself – chats with Peter Grant, chairman of the board at...

In this guest editorial, experienced property solicitor Lorraine Richardson argues that reservation agreements - designed to reduce the number of fall-throughs in...

A PropTech firm backed by Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman has launched a new anti-money laundering (AML) tool for estate agents. Thirdfort has...

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

A cloud-based software provider has claimed that agents need to prepare for the future – and a very different working day...

A Midlands estate agency has come up with a solution to avoid confusion over property offers. Forget poor connections or bad handwriting that...

Agents are always on the lookout to save time and money wherever they can, to improve, streamline and enhance their business. And...

The UK’s biggest property auctioneer is considering whether to bring its sales back into the auction room in the near future. Managing...

Over the last three years there has been a quiet revolution in the tenant referencing market. Starting with the 2019 tenant...

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...

We are living in the age of information. Our working and personal lives are underpinned by software, data and technology to...

Tech, as has been shown more than ever during the pandemic, can be a wonderful thing – bringing people closer together,...

A small survey commissioned by a PropTech firm appears to show that a majority of respondents believe estate agents lack expertise...

Blockchain network Coadjute has announced new partnerships with software firms. Coadjute launched in July and claims it will halve the time it...

The man who admits he was “the acceptable face of Foxtons” in its golden period says he finally left because it...

A PropTech operator claims that agents currently pay around £250 per lead, averaging costs of different sources ranging from Google Ads...

The growing number of lettings sector rules is a hotly debated issue, while the sales sector has been seeing its own...

Mortgage approvals declined over the last month as the tapering stamp duty holiday deterred home purchases, according to data from the...

Zoopla-owned software company Yourkeys and mortgage, insurance and wealth management broker SPF Private Clients have integrated. Yourkeys’ software provides buyer and seller...

PropTech platform Agent Response has just released its latest league table for conversion stats relating to the first two weeks of...

The entrepreneur behind the live chat service Yomdel is to retire from the business.  Andy Soloman, the founder of the managed chat...

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

Zoopla-owned Proptech platform Yourkeys has launched what it calls a first-of-its-kind sales progression service for new-build shared ownership properties. It works like...

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

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

My neighbour had been seeking to move home for some time. Suggestions that he wanted to get away from his neighbours...

Agents and developers are creating full-size show home-style properties overseas in a bid to woo wealthy foreigners who cannot travel to...

The largest player in the Modern Method of Auction sector has reported a record average number of bids per property. In July...

Representatives of Rightmove, Zoopla, OnTheMarket, Boomin and OneDome portals are to be quizzed in an industry Question Time session next month. Russell...

A new survey suggests the majority of vendors remain wary of allowing too many unknown people into their home during viewings. Some...

Rightmove data released this morning shows that the average asking price of a detached house has risen literally 10 times the...

Michael Bruce says the new SmartVal automated valuation system he is this month introducing on Boomin will be the most accurate...

Apart from a buoyant market, high transaction levels, and consumer confidence in the property market, one considerable additional benefit which has...

The controversial proposal by a PropTech start up to charge potential viewers of properties to let or for sale has been...

Viewings are in the news right now and with good reason.  As the impact of the stamp duty holiday fades, and transaction...

In this latest video feature, EAT’s video reporter Chris Buckler speaks to Christian Scandurra, Sales Director at VaultEA, and a former...

Zoopla has revealed that some 200 agents have joined its new Product Research Panel, testing new innovations introduced by the portal. First...

Zoopla has issued a data-heavy statement on its services for agents - just days after Boomin criticised it for being over...

A bank which a year ago told investors to sell Rightmove shares has now changed its tune - radically. In August 2020...

Boomin has revealed to Estate Agent Today the latest figures on agency branches signed up to its fledgling portal. It says it...

The head of Boomin has attacked Rightmove for the fees it currently charges agents, the likelihood of higher fees to come,...

One of the best known faces in estate agency has launched his own podcast - and is giving Estate Agent Today...

A prominent advocate of a reformed transaction process says more secure moving systems can help agents maintain high business levels when...

A recent news story will have set alarm bells ringing for agencies up and down the country, when it was revealed...

Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, technology has proven to be the answer for many problems faced by sectors across...

Rightmove has reported a dramatic bounce back in its fortunes - and it’s making more money from agents even than before...

With stock remaining perilously short for most agents, the industry has been advised to use data to identify those existing owners...

Available residential property listings across the country are at historic lows according to property data firm Homesearch. The company, which focuses its...

Boomin has announced the appointment of six agents, described as independent representatives, who are now on the new portal’s strategic board. The...

The platform behind a controversial proposal to charge prospective buyers and renters £30 or more to view a property on the...

Boomin has given its member agents more details of its new valuation tool being launched next month. Called SmartVal, it is described...

The controversial ViewRabbit service, which proposes to charge prospective buyers and tenants for viewing properties, may seek international investment. The site has...

One of the country’s longest-standing independent buying agencies has rebranded. Haringtons, established in 2004 and covering both London and the country, has...

A new service launched over the weekend, proposing to charge buyers £30 for a “guaranteed” viewing, has split opinions amongst estate...

Propertymark says a new pay-per-viewing service is “interesting” but warns agents to protect themselves by abiding by consumer protection regulations. The warning has come following...

A number of estate agencies have signed up to a service which charges £30 to view a property. The online service, called...

Regional hybrid agency Hortons says its repaid its £50,000 bounce back loan at the earliest opportunity - because the industry has...

A new Home Buyer App has been launched by the Mortgage Advice Bureau in a bid to educate first time buyers...

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

The biggest challenge facing many agents in the current climate is the general shortage of stock, both for sales & lettings. Let’s...

An agent support service set up in the early days of the pandemic has closed down with its architect saying “If...

Creating a New Homes division could be a good way of expanding an agency business according to the head of a...

Fledgling portal Boomin is launching what it claims to be the most interactive and accurate online valuation tool on the market.  It...

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

Properties with professional marketing packs sell up to 48 per cent quicker than those without, according to an experiment conducted by...

A call has gone out for Property Logbooks to receive official recognition as “digital assets” by the Law Commission: the move...

Property auctioneer Auction House has recorded its best first half results in its 14-year history, and says it’s going to continue...

A supplier of virtual viewings claims physical viewings cost £233 of an agent’s time on average - and that’s without fuel...

Working in real estate can be incredibly rewarding, but it takes a lot of hard work to be able to succeed...

OnTheMarket, which until now has lagged behind the leading two portals in terms of consumer-facing housing market information, has today launched...

Agents should use a mixture of next-generation 3D style technology and traditional, old-school estate agency to allow them to thrive. That's...

Estate agents are being advised to emphasise to customers that they are local experts. “Show [the public] that you really know your...

Free to list portal Residential People has launched a filter allowing users to sort properties by EPC rating.  The new ‘Energy Efficiency...

The Halifax is reporting a 0.5 per cent monthly drop in house prices, plus a fall in the annual rate from...

Veteran agent and property consultant Dominic Grace, who recently left Savills after 37 years, is to take up a new role...

The government and property industry have been talking about it for a long time, and there have been numerous initiatives introduced...

Zoopla has launched a new advertising innovation which it says will help both agents and housebuilders as they seek to capitalise...

Digital signatures are not new but the relative slowness with which they have been adopted by the industry is disappointing, according...

The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...

A PropTech entrepreneur is urging agents to maximise their training on existing PropTech to ensure they optimise its effectiveness. Anton Babkov, chief...

Property portal app MoveStreets says the latest upgrade to its app sends leads to agents’ inboxes and allows users to instantly arrange...

The frenzy of activity in the housing market thanks to the stamp duty holiday shows the need for automated processes to...

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

The government has thrown its weight behind the concept of Unique Property Reference Numbers as a way of speeding up transactions. UPRNs...

I recently saw a fly-through video for a home on sale for well over £2m. The imagery was good (made better by...

Peter Everett - a veteran High Street estate agent with a quarter of a century at LSL and a decade at...

Iain McKenzie, chief executive of the Guild of Property Professionals, has given Estate Agent Today readers four exclusive marketing tips. In a...

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

A self employed franchise estate agent business model has been launched by one of the brands in The Property Franchise Group. Hunters...

As agents, we’ve finally got used to the word PropTech - some of us even like it! What’s more, PropTech has,...

Home set up and utility management service Just Move In is the latest partner on Reapit’s CRM. The 5,000-plus agents who use Reapit’s...

Industry trade body Propertymark has unveiled a digital expansion programme. A statement from the organisation says this initiative shows new chief executive...

Franchise giant Winkworth has launched a new property podcast to boost its marketing. The Property Exchange podcast will air monthly, with the...

The Oxfordshire-based PropTech founders and software developers of Openview, today announced they have welcomed Pattinson Estate Agents to their list of clients.   Peter Grant, Managing...

Around 18 months ago, just a few months before the pandemic hit, I did a Natter with the team at software...

Kerfuffle founder Simon Whale has given Estate Agent Today readers three top tips for improving their performance. The trio of suggestions -...

Average house prices in the year to the end of April increased by 8.9 per cent according to the government’s Office...

The current housing market frenzy would be easier to deal with if upfront buyers’ packs were available, improving transparency and cutting...

Amro Partners, the Build to Rent and student accommodation operator, has launched a venture capital arm investing in PropTech and FinTech. Amro...

OnTheMarket, which a few days ago indicated it was in profit for the first time, is to woo potential new investors...

A former commercial director of Zoopla, who worked at the portal for 12 years, has been named as managing director of...

Rightmove have been given a strong endorsement by an influential stock market tipster service, Investing.com.  “Rightmove has built a strong brand, delivered...

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

Zoopla has unveiled new features which it says will deliver more value to agents. In-Search Ads gives agents and housebuilders the option...

An estate agency says it expects a 40 per cent boost in its turnover this year, its 10th in business. Croft Residential,...

An app that promotes both on- and off-market homes to prospective buyers has linked up with a moving service PropTech platform.  Houso...

Despite the vast amount of publicity given to the concept of virtual viewing, a survey suggests relatively few properties on sale...

In the third part of this series, Neil Cobbold – Chief Sales Officer at rental payment automation provider PayProp – explores...

OnTheMarket’s new chief executive has posted his first full year’s trading figures - and they suggest the portal is making progress...

Independent agents come in all shapes, sizes and looks, many with their own USPs and little quirks. It is this variety...

Boomin says it’s going to “reinvent the YouTube channel for property.” The portal’s new YouTube channel has gone live with five unique...

OnTheMarket has announced new functionality in a direct bid to take on Rightmove and Zoopla. The functionality, to go live within the...

Zoopla says just over half of current home owners say they are stuck in a property that’s unsuitable for their needs...

The Guild of Property Professionals is to give its members a tool which, it claims, will show existing owners’ propensity to...

New data shows no let-up on the pressure on the conveyancing sector as the stamp duty holiday and the broader economic...

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

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

A new survey of some 700 estate agency customers show that they want to get traditional services like High Street branches,...

A global financial software and analytics firm says it’s launching a new PropTech tool which promises in the near future to...

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

In the previous edition of PropTech Today, Nathan Emerson highlighted the importance of effective implementation, linking poor staff engagement to the...

The free to list portal Residential People has launched what it claims to be a new Map View feature which “goes...

Digital marketing agency Angels Media and digital platform Gazeal have announced an exclusive strategic partnership to help improve and speed up...

OnTheMarket has signed a new deal with a PropTech partner - the second in successive weeks. This latest one is a 12...

Sarah Edmundson, the chief executive of the Agents Together charity - set up by the Bruce brothers, Michael and Kenny -...

In an industry which is faced with constant changes in day-to-day practices and even more so given the Covid terrain which agents...

We recently conducted a survey and discussion session with estate and lettings agencies called Agency panel - Cut through the noise...

The Guild of Property Professionals is launching a new PropTech platform called Fee Street, which is in its own words “dedicated...

The Federation of Independent Agents is forming a partnership with the new portal lead management platform Agent Response. Agent Response is led...

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

Three of the leading portals have made major announcements as the fierce rivalry between the big players continues apace.  Firstly Zoopla claims its latest...

An online platform claims each agency branch in the UK has benefited from the stamp duty holiday by over £120,000. WiggyWam says...

An industry provider has created a free e-book for agents explaining the latest must-have - a Tech Stack. Tech provider Rex has created...

The asking price of a typical home in the UK has hit a third of a million pounds for the first...

Over the next few years, the property sector is set to change for the better – all thanks to PropTech. While the...

A leading industry trade body is warning that remote-working agents and smaller independent agencies are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...

Zoopla has issued a statement saying it’s entering into a long-term partnership with the Leacders Romans Group, which will be “curated...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...

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

TM Group and sales progression solution mio have signed up as partners for the 2021 ESTAS Forum & Awards, sponsored by...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jack Reid Founding Director of Orlando Reid  In your experience,...

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

A series offering “insight and advice” to agents is being launched by Zoopla’s cloud-based software brand, Alto, which was acquired by...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am Mark Armstrong, and my business card says...

Boomin founder Michael Bruce says his new site has enjoyed a stronger start than any other portal in terms of visits, viewings,...

In a video interview for Letting Agent Today, Neil Cobbold, Chief Sales Officer of PayProp, speaks to property professional Chris Buckler...

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...

Zoopla says house builders “are at the heart of everything we do” and it is revamping its New Homes marketing offer...

Estate agents are being invited to a webinar to end their apparent “misconceptions” about the controversial Modern Method of Auction. MMA has...

The last 12 months have heralded significant change across the property market and indeed we could argue across all markets in...

Mortgage lending has shown the biggest net increase on record according to the Bank of England.  Mortgage borrowing in March rose by...

One of the world’s leading analysts of portals has warned Boomin, OnTheMarket and others challenging Rightmove - millions have been spent...

Century 21 UK is the first agency in the country to white label an app which covers transaction components from property...

You could make about 65 more cold calls, or hold 13 more viewings, or you could take a power-nap every day...

This time last year the industry was awaiting the launch of a new portal - the free to list public site...

Propertymark is staging a webinar today tackling the challenging issue of conveyancing - just as the market is at its busiest...

It’s hard to remember a time at any point in the last 20 years when agents have been looking for a...

Software provider Rex has launched three new live dashboards for agencies, one of which covers agent performance. Rex says the dashboards -...

Rightmove and Zoopla have both made PropTech announcements as the scramble to retain and win agents continues. Rightmove’s draw-a-search tool has been...

In my previous Estate Agent Today feature, I endeavoured to explain the key differences between APIs and Apps, to help improve...

Propertymark has shortlisted five of the 700 or so PropTech suppliers in the UK, as part of the trade body’s REACH...

Two leading agencies and an agent network have signed up to the UK’s first dedicated portal for those finding, researching, buying...

OnTheMarket is to release its full year performance figures to shareholders on June 8. This will be for its trading year to January...

Iamsold, the company best known for its Modern Method of Auction online platform, has won top spot in an auction league...

Jason Tebb, the ex-Foxtons agent who is now chief executive of OnTheMarket, has given his first in depth public interview since...

A PropTech firm says its new tool allows comprehensive upfront property information to be shared instantly with all parties in a...

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

Zoopla has unveiled a subtle rebranding plus new features and functionality - and says it wants to be number one, not...

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...

Have you found yourself asking the question: “what is the difference between an API and an App?” No doubt we are all...

Rightmove has so far this year recorded 20 of its busiest ever days for visits to the site as the current...

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

The ESTAS Group has named a new headline sponsor for its 2021 Forum and Awards, taking over from Zoopla with immediate effect. It’s...

The last property event I attended in person – and I think the last physical property event held all told –...

Purplebricks is this summer starting a £7m campaign in a bid to to increase market share, using a new media partner. The...

A new survey suggests 53 per cent of buyers never actually visit an estate agent’s office during the course of their...

A portal says it’s the most significant challenger to the Big Three of Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket. OneDome says it bases this on...

There’s been a drop of no less than 16,000 in the number of physical viewings over the past year thanks to just...

Agents have contacted Estate Agent Today to say they fear the new MatchMaker service on the Boomin portal could be used...

We are just over one year on from the day our lives truly changed, when the UK went into its first...

First off, happy Good Friday to all our readers. Here’s to a great, if still slightly different, long Easter bank holiday...

The Bruce brothers' new portal Boomin has launched a day early - and no, this isn't an April Fool. The site went live...

OnTheMarket has signed a big media deal with the UK’s largest news publisher. The deal is with Reach, which owns nine national...

Here are the first three TV adverts for Boomin, the new property portal which launches on Friday.The new website launches early...

Buyer behaviour has changed over the past year of the pandemic and it’s up to estate agents to calculate how to...

Agents who use cheap PropTech could end up spending a lot more than they expect, according to an industry expert. Anton Babkov,...

With just days before the launch of new portal Boomin, Rightmove says it’s hit a record 9.1m visits in a 24...

Few people in the industry have as controversial or challenging a role as Nathan Emerson, the new (but interim) chief executive...

New data from The ValPal Network suggests 57 per cent of leads are generated outside office hours, putting the emphasis on...

Agency marketing platform BriefYourMarket has acquired live chat and customer experience provider Yomdel.  BriefYourMarket says the addition of Yomdel to its offer...

The government’s highly-anticipated Tax Day was just a damp squib.  That’s the view of leading analyst Anthony Codling, who says the almost complete...

Knight Frank is investing an undisclosed sum in a venture capital firm specialising in PropTech. The money is going into a European...

PropTech firm Sprift has entered into a deal with The Guild of Property Professionals. The partnership means that Guild member agents have...

OnTheMarket has completed its purchase of PropTech firm Glanty - a deal which began 15 months ago.   OTM took an initial 20...

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

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Ed Mead,  all-round property guru and founder...

A quarter of agents say they intend to recruit new staff in the next 12 months, following on from the surge...

Connells Group has adopted e-Signatures from Yoti for its sales and lettings business across a number of brands. This follows a successful...

The findings of the new ‘Thriving in a Pandemic’ report, recently published by tmgroup and mio, have highlighted that the market...

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

One of the companies at the heart of the campaign to provide more upfront information to prospective buyers has struck a...

An industry group charged with trying to make house buying simpler and quicker says it’s made a breakthrough on ‘upfront’ information...

A former Countrywide agent who is now a leading figure in a PropTech company has signed up two local agencies which...

Agents have been warned they are likely to require PropTech assistance to cope with a surge in transactions expected this year. The...

The UK is only the eighth most popular country for Asian investment buyers, and accounts for just three per cent of...

One of the biggest trends in recent times, as a direct result of the pandemic, is the concept of working from...

Last year saw a monumental shift in almost every aspect of our lives: not least the way we work, socialise and...

The increasingly common live-streaming of property viewings is becoming a source of lead generation according to an industry supplier. The creators of...

A PropTech firm says the public wants an easier way to buy and sell property.  A survey of 672 existing home owners...

Foxtons says it's set for radical new investment and further takeovers following the acquisition of rival London agency Douglas and Gordon. In...

Automatically changing the main marketing photo on a portal listing can attract up to 40 per cent more traffic, it has...

Boomin has revealed its launch date after months of high-profile publicity. It’s to be three and a half weeks from now on...

The latest house price index from the Halifax suggests the market has softened ahead of the original scheduled end of the stamp...

epropservices - parent company of The Guild and Fine & Country - has made another significant PropTech acquisition, its second in three...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak with Anthony Payne, Managing Director and co-founder of LonRes, a data and network...

Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...

OnTheMarket has hit out at a newspaper claim that it is just “limping along.” Patrick Hosking, a prominent financial columnist at The...

The firm behind iamsold, the leading operator in the controversial Modern Method of Auction arena, is entering the private treaty sales...

Fundamental changes to the way in which agents can work were shown at the online launch of Lifesycle 2 by Iceberg...

When I joined Zoopla, I took the same approach that I always take whenever I enter a new sector: I was...

The head of a PropTech platform wants financial penalties on conveyancers if transactions miss deadlines. “The only way to accelerate the current...

epropservices, parent company of The Guild of Property Professionals and Fine & Country, has acquired estate agency website supplier Starberry. The firm is...

A leading market commentator says the acquisition of London agency Douglas & Gordon represents “a strategic step change” for Foxtons -...

Challenger portal OneDome has signed up one of the larger UK agencies, the Leaders Romans Group. LRG will list all its residential sales...

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

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Franchising What is Meyers and what...

The Countrywide name is set to disappear from the stock market in a week’s time - and may soon be gone...

Pre-pandemic, virtual and video viewings were a nice little add-on for some agents, but they were far from universally used and...

Rightmove has revealed its figures for the full year 2020 - down in terms of profit and revenue because of the impact...

An open letter from Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce shows how fierce the competition is going to be in the portal field...

Zoopla says over 250 agents have now signed up to its partnership deal with PropTech firm FocalAgent, set up by former...

CRM supplier Reapit, backed by private equity funding, has entered into an international deal to acquire a leading Australian PropTech provider...

Agency websites supplier Property Webmasters has secured a substantial but undisclosed cash injection to expand internationally. The investment comes from Net Ventures...

Propertymark has named a veteran industry figure as interim chief executive - and says it has a "new strategy." Nathan Emerson has some...

Conveyancing volumes rose 27 per cent in just one month as the sector attempts to cope with huge demand prompted by...

The Bruce brothers’ latest project, Boomin, is “ready to launch” some two months after it was expected to see the light...

OnTheMarket says it’s going to increase investment in new products and services, and invest further in ‘internal website development resources’. In a...

Fixflo’s webinar on February 9 saw an industry panel debate 2021’s threats and opportunities for letting agents. The panel discussed a range...

On March 23rd 2021, Dezrez and its partners are hosting EAvolution21 the event that showcases the latest in PropTech using an...

A survey of portal usage shows a low level of trust and customer satisfaction from agents, and a majority of agencies saying they...

Estate agents quitting companies and setting up on their own will prosper only by tapping into the most appropriate level of...

Reservation Agreement specialist Gazeal is to sponsor the Estate Agent categories at The ESTAS later this year. Gazeal chief executive Bryan Mansell...

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

Agents should put as much emphasis on ensuring a house move actually happens as on winning the instruction to begin with,...

An MP demanding a root and branch reform of property taxation, including scrapping stamp duty, says the chance of fundamental reform is...

Agents are invited to a webinar at lunchtime today to discuss how home staging can improve sales prospects for properties. Lemon and...

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

A housing market analyst says stamp duty, for all its unpopularity within the property industry, may not be so bad after...

Since the outbreak of the pandemic, we have all seen a dramatic change in that way that we live and work,...

Boomin, created by Michael and Kenny Bruce, promises “highly memorable and engaging” TV and radio ads at its launch in the near...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...

Agents can win more instructions by using text messages to prospective sellers as part of a short term ‘nurture’ campaign, according...

REACH, a programme encouraging start-ups in the property world, has released a list of UK companies that will feature in its...

A new survey suggests online agents are favoured by only three per cent of sellers. The study involved a modest sample -...

Today’s the day when Parliament debates a possible extension to the stamp duty holiday beyond its March 31 cliff edge deadline...

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

Boomin has denied that it will ever allow direct property sales, cutting out estate agents. Founder Michael Bruce says the new service...

Zoopla has revealed a multi-million-pound programme of future developments which have taken 18 months to finalise. Chief executive Charlie Bryant has told...

A large majority of estate agents fear a surge in 'failed sales’ as the stamp duty holiday cliff edge gets ever-closer. The latest National...

I have written this column for over four years. I started writing it at a time when no-one really knew anything...

A PropTech supplier says the conveyancing process is “antiquated” and buyers and sellers would be better served if they were ’shadowed’...

If your house is anything like mine, the postman has a path beaten to your door over the last nine months. In...

A leading analyst is questioning whether buyers have benefitted from the stamp duty holiday because demand has purshed up prices far...

Free-to-list portal One Dome has launched a dedicated New Homes section - in line with the longer-established paid-for portals - and...

Another group of independent estate agents have launched a portal - a rival to a similar project launched by other agencies...

A trade body is warning that increased home working triggered by Coronavirus makes the agency industry more vulnerable than ever to...

A PropTech company has won a grant for a project to improve ID verification in the buying and selling process, via...

Government guidance on how agents can continue working during the lockdown has given a new importance to virtual viewings, says an...