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Making predictions for the year ahead is notoriously difficult and leaves me open to having egg on my face, but I’m...
16 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Over the last five years, the Government has introduced a range of measures to regulate the property market, particularly in the...
12 October 2022
From: Features
It may be cliche to say, but technology is advancing at such a fast pace. So fast, in fact, that according...
29 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The last week has been dramatic even by the standards of UK politics, with a Cabinet and junior minister rebellion bringing...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Today’s consumers judge a business not just on the quality of its products, but also on their experience in using them....
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
As we all know, the sector is constantly evolving and as we start to get to grips with the changes, another...
17 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Tech, as has been shown more than ever during the pandemic, can be a wonderful thing – bringing people closer together,...
04 September 2021
From: Features
The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...
03 July 2021
From: Features
As agents, we’ve finally got used to the word PropTech - some of us even like it! What’s more, PropTech has,...
23 June 2021
From: Breaking News
The last 12 months have heralded significant change across the property market and indeed we could argue across all markets in...
05 May 2021
From: Features
One of the biggest trends in recent times, as a direct result of the pandemic, is the concept of working from...
13 March 2021
From: Features
Pre-pandemic, virtual and video viewings were a nice little add-on for some agents, but they were far from universally used and...
27 February 2021
From: Features
Technology has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years, undoubtedly improving many parts of the moving process for both estate...
30 January 2021
From: Features
Recent Natters have explored the differences between the UK and American models of agency, and why Purplebricks failed to make a...
26 September 2020
From: Features
I was giving an interview this week for an upcoming conference - yet another to convert from a physical to a...
23 September 2020
From: Breaking News
A new website aims to be the go-to service for agents who want reviews to help them assess the usefulness of...
25 August 2020
From: Breaking News
The lightbulb moment for LonRes was born out of sheer frustration. I’d just missed out on a deal and the postman...
14 March 2020
From: Features
Following on from the second half of the last decade, the first few weeks of 2020 have been a bit mad...
18 January 2020
From: Features
In the firmest sign yet that PropTech has entered the mainstream, Housing Minister Esther McVey recently launched an expert advisory council...
14 December 2019
From: Features
I have been banging on about partnerships and collaborations for years now. Whether it’s between two real estate firms, two PropTech firms,...
09 October 2019
From: Breaking News
I want to take the time this week to talk about PropTech startups and how they can often be seen to...
02 October 2019
From: Breaking News
There are those who say that PropTech is at risk of becoming a bubble market, and others who say bubbles don’t...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News
I remember the day well; the day we all fell foul of addiction, the day our website was launched. Until then, at...
11 September 2019
From: Breaking News
This week, you find me in Italy. Now that we’ve entered that languid month of August, where all of real estate...
14 August 2019
From: Breaking News
I wrote last week about Keller Williams and how their leader, Gary Keller, is doing an admirable job of driving innovation through...
07 August 2019
From: Breaking News
The PropTech era is changing the way in which employees decide where they are going to work. As CBRE has discovered in...
10 July 2019
From: Breaking News
My article last week has sparked some really great engagement, which I’m delighted about! Thank you to everyone who commented or dropped...
01 May 2019
From: Breaking News
I am writing this as I reflect on a recent trip to Nigeria. I was asked to speak at the country’s...
17 April 2019
From: Breaking News
More than 800 property transactions fall through daily, which can have repercussions both practically and financially, as agents fail to get...
30 March 2019
From: Features
Thinking about the state of communication across residential property chains is enough to induce a severe migraine. We work in a world...
20 March 2019
From: Features
An interesting debate has been sparked in PropTech this week. It started with an interview, published on YouTube, in which Kristjan Byfield...
13 March 2019
From: Breaking News
A couple of weeks ago, SoftBank’s Vision Fund led a whopping $200 million investment injection into Clutter, the US-based on-demand storage...
06 March 2019
From: Breaking News
With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on...
16 February 2019
From: Features
In the past year it seems every other story has been about PropTech - the big stuff like Purplebricks and the...
21 December 2018
From: Breaking News
I’m spending a lot of time in airport terminals waiting for flights. They’re not the most comfortable of surroundings, but at...
28 November 2018
From: Breaking News
A platform that allows individual private sellers and landlords to list their properties alongside those from professional agents says it’s not...
27 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Photos and floor plans remain an essential tool in property marketing. Despite a wealth of choice from aspiring UK PropTech start-ups the...
21 November 2018
From: Features
Reapit has announced that its head of sales, the well-respected and popular industry figure Simon Whale, is leaving the company. He is...
06 July 2018
From: Breaking News
Two high-profile PropTech entrepreneurs have raised £150,000 to help fund what they call “the first global PropTech platform.” James Dearsley and Eddie...
02 July 2018
From: Breaking News
The time has come for full PropTech/property integration and only those who open themselves to the globe will be part of...
27 June 2018
From: Breaking News
What a big week for PropTech! With the very first MIPIM PropTech conference, taking place in Paris today and tomorrow, comes...
20 June 2018
From: Breaking News
Two online agents and a number of PropTech companies have been named in startups.co.uk's Startups 100 index. Coming in at number 64...
22 May 2018
From: Breaking News
Fall-through rates have long been a problem for the UK residential property market, the issue is nothing new. Today, however, the...
17 January 2018
From: Breaking News
In last week’s column, I asked 14 industry leaders to give their predictions for the year ahead. Well, it seems a handful of...
10 January 2018
From: Breaking News
Well, I don’t know about you but after the holidays I've got an imprint just below my navel where my belt...
03 January 2018
From: Breaking News
Bitcoin has smashed into the headlines again recently with major news outlets describing the ever increasing worth of this wildly volatile...
13 December 2017
From: Breaking News
The government's call for evidence from agents and others in a bid to improve the house buying process has pushed some...
08 November 2017
From: Breaking News
90% of PropTech’s work is good and vital, but that final ten has the potential to damage the rest. In my Sunday...
27 September 2017
From: Breaking News
I would argue the property industry is fundamentally inefficient. Much of that inefficiency is now being handled by PropTech companies and...
26 July 2017
From: Breaking News
A record number of over 300 agents have so far signed up for next week’s FUTURE: PropTech conference, the largest event...
28 April 2017
From: Breaking News
As Trussle and Placester add to 2017s bonkers tally of PropTech investment, isn’t it time we end the conflict between Tech...
29 March 2017
From: Breaking News
There has been some really interesting talk recently of the relationship between FinTech (Finance Technology) and PropTech (Property Technology). A few...