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Whether we’re selling properties, managing buildings, servicing heavy goods vehicles or flogging widgets, we’re all operating in a digital world. This is...

SPRING cleaning is an annual ritual for many households, but firms in the property sector would do well to spend some...

Renting a flat or house in the UK has never been more difficult. The market is tight, supply is limited and...

Industry leaders in both real estate and PropTech view AI/Automation and Big Data as the two major gamechangers in the next...

"Property is in the blood," my dad frequently reminds me, albeit for two generations—his and mine. During the property boom of...

As the landscape of the property industry changes, as it has done in line with all new technologies over the decades,...

The recent cyber attack on CTS left around 80 conveyancing firms across the country commercially paralysed as the harm to their...

Large language models, machine learning, artificial intelligence, artificial general intelligence, and 'the singularity' change everything, but there again, they change literally...

Digital transformation is now happening at a monumental pace, and dependence on technology is growing to new heights. In fact, the...

Sometimes I think I should have paid more attention to science lessons at school but back then, I never thought I...

Clive Humby of Dunn Humby (the Mega Minds behind the Tesco Clubcard) declared that "Data is the new oil" in 2006....

2023 was coined as the ‘year of AI adoption’ and, after trickling into almost every industry, AI has taken centre stage...

The property transaction in England and Wales is a notoriously slow and fraught process, taking typically 150 days to complete, with...

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

Whether you realise it or not, APIs have helped make your day possible.  Reflect on everything you’ve done today online. On your...

Have you heard of the Pareto Principle…? Named after economist Vilfredo Pareto, it describes the imbalance of most work-related events -...

Property data in the UK is mined from a labyrinth of sources such as local authorities, various government departments and private...

Well as week’s come and go, this one’s been a bit of a downer but it is always worth remembering that...

From valuations to viewings, conveyancing to completions, technology has transformed our sector dramatically and permanently. After comparatively slow beginnings, PropTech really took...

Whether you know them as sold-in-your-area campaigns, sold-on-your-road postcards or 20:20s, the practice of prospecting 20 doors up and 20 doors...

At the recent Home Buying & Selling Group UFI Roadshow in London, it was gratifying to note that panel members and...

As a property market expert, I have been closely monitoring the challenges faced by the housing market, particularly the issue of...

From Google to Uber, convenience is embedded into contemporary culture. As a society, we’re propelled by on-demand living, with instant solutions for...

Hearing a lot about integration and wondering what it all means for your firm? Don’t panic. Take a look at what Paul...

One of the main advantages of a PropTech solution is being able to automate the time-intensive and repetitive jobs that employees...

As is generally the case, we didn’t start out with solutions, we started with questions…. two, actually. The first was, ‘Why does...

Having just had an appointment popped into my diary by my car as it apparently told the garage it’s due a...

The auction market has changed drastically with many business owners accepting that face to face auctions are in some cases, no...

Why is it that some agents report seeing little impact/improvement from adopting a PropTech solution when another (similar) agent reports transformational...

Automated rental payment specialists PayProp recently held a high-profile event in London - PayProp Connect - which included a number of...

Making predictions for the year ahead is notoriously difficult and leaves me open to having egg on my face, but I’m...

With the ever-persistent compliance hurdles materialising within the property market, Nathan Emerson, CEO of Propertymark, speaks about how the use of...

The results are finally in, and to no-one’s surprise Liz Truss has been named the new leader of the Conservative Party...

I am somewhat disappointed, yet not surprised, when I see the headlines ‘blaming’ various fractions of a property transaction as the...

In this piece, Nathan Emerson, CEO of Propertymark, discusses how the trade body is working to ensure member agents get the best of...

It may be cliche to say, but technology is advancing at such a fast pace. So fast, in fact, that according...

Agents have been celebrating some of the top fundraising exploits of the past 12 months but the activity continues. Remember, if you...

To be fair, there aren't a lot of things that scare me. That's not because I think I'm particularly brave, it's...

The last week has been dramatic even by the standards of UK politics, with a Cabinet and junior minister rebellion bringing...

Technology continues to enhance the way estate agents work, from improving efficiencies, reducing admin time, and ensuring your team remains highly...

Today’s consumers judge a business not just on the quality of its products, but also on their experience in using them....

Why the urgency? Because the appetite is strong. Research by the Conveyancing Association reports that 98% of consumers are overwhelmingly in...

With new and exciting PropTech solutions approaching the market, Nathan Emerson, CEO of Propertymark, discusses some of their relevance and whether...

PropTech solutions have continued to ingratiate themselves in both the forefront of an agency within advertising mediums and in the backend...

In the first few months of 2022, agents have experienced some of the lowest stock levels in several years. The number...

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

In this latest Property Natter video interview, Angels Media CEO Nat Daniels chats with one of the lettings industry's best-known figures about...

Do you have an 'open API'? We use 'X' who have an 'open API' so we would need you to integrate with...

As we all know, the sector is constantly evolving and as we start to get to grips with the changes, another...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The ‘future of residential’ is a huge term to contend with but one that was addressed last week through our RE:Connect...

It is the end of my column for another year, my 4th if I am not mistaken.  This year has seen a...

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

A slight change to the normal column this week. I was very fortunate to be given the virtual floor at the...

I remember so clearly in my Foxtons days, working as a lettings manager in Putney, that lettings, though less sexy than...

I had a wry smile when I read the article on Monday from the conveyancers complaining about people getting off their...

Recently, when giving speeches, I have discussed investment trends and industry trends that the built environment is experiencing. They are quite...

I was giving an interview this week for an upcoming conference - yet another to convert from a physical to a...

For a mixture of reasons, I now only write this column every two weeks. At first, I missed the weekly consideration...

An overview of the global PropTech sector is often what I am asked to cover at conferences around the world. This generally...

I want to talk to you about new ways to sell homes. Let's not encourage people to sell but just swap...

New information has come to light which suggests that a leading marketing platform may be planning to step into the CRM...

Steve, his name was. Steve, the board man. A rather frightening man, if truth be told. When I started at Foxtons, he used...

With stamp duty cuts and 90% mortgages on their way back, anyone could think the housing market was about to go...

Have you ever wondered how industry-specific software and property portals have influenced the typical estate agency of today? A new book, which...

"New property website launches. Not immediately sure what it does differently, what its USP is or who will use it, but...

Tuesday mornings at 6am is usually my time to review all the latest PropTech news. This fires off ideas for my...

I was asked a question by a German journalist yesterday. What is the biggest lesson German and European PropTech founders can...

I recently read the news about Settled closing its doors. As of 6.29am on Tuesday morning, the article had been read by 8,642...

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......

We are all operating in peculiar times. Times of great upheaval. Our lives are both in a complete state of flux...

On April 4, EAT published a piece titled: ‘It’s 2024: what will the industry look like, post corona-virus’. To me, this...

For complete transparency, I write this column first thing on a Tuesday morning and have done for a couple of years...

We live in uncertain times. That I do not need to say to anybody. I am writing this piece aboard my...

What an interesting few days it’s been. I don’t think the topic of this week’s column is doing anything good for our...

This week I fly to Spain to present at a conference called Immotechnia. I am opening the conference with a 45-minute...

A book, written by Gary Kasparov, has really made me question my opinions on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The book is called...

“It appears conveyancers either aren’t too concerned with PropTech right now, or they don’t yet have all the information needed to...

Quite a few years ago, I spoke at a conference for auctioneers. It was a traditional affair. Rural location. Nice hotel....

“Give me 100 leads and I will make five-times more good appointments than any AI you put me up against,” stated...

I don’t want this to be a long piece. I want this to be short and sharp. I want it to...

2020, the start of a new decade. Looking back, 2010 feels like such a long time ago, and looking forward to...

“There won’t be a single home but millions of different homes”, is one quote.  “There will be an end to gadgets”, is...

Yes, you can promise yourself that you won't eat all the mince pies, or yet another roast potato, nor drink as...

Everyone thought John Bercow was short. It probably didn’t help that I was on stage just before him. 5ft 6 versus...

I got an overnight flight to Nigeria yesterday. I landed at 5am local time and am only just now getting sensation...

Last week, it was announced that Plentific, the London-based tenant experience, has raised $32 million in Series B funding. Plentific’s model sees...