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We all know that first-time buyers have had a tough time of it lately. Mad mini-budgets resulting in higher interest rates...

When we talk in general terms about the UK housing market, we tend to draw a picture of generality. Facts and figures...

Interesting report this week in Estate Agent Today on an analysis by the Resolution Foundation thinktank which suggests that the UK’s...

As most of the regular readers of this column will know (and because I’m not shy about admitting it) – I’ve...

I was chatting to a genuine city gent the other day (someone who has enjoyed a career in suits, ties, shares...

In my last Natter, I recounted the story of how Angels media bounced back from the 2008 financial crisis by launching...

Everyone’s a pundit these days, aren’t they? And January is pundit season – when a New Year starts, out come the...

Let’s start at the very beginning - Happy New Year. Now, let’s give thanks to the guy who made January 1st...

As 2023 trundles towards the buffers and we look forward to our Christmas break, it is something of a seasonal phenomenon...

So Christmas is coming – soon. Traditionally a time for reflection on what’s past and prediction on what’s to come. Last week...

It was actor Charlies Sheen who said: ‘I have one speed. I have one gear. Go!’ The same might not be said...

It was US disability rights advocate, Helen Keller, who said: ‘alone, we can do so little, together we can do so...

You’ll know by now that I’m a fully signed up member of the PropTech fan club. And I’ve had an exciting...

Proptech – it’s a people thing. It might seem like a strange thing to say but the best of tech is a...

As much of the country battened down the hatches for the first storm of the season, there may have been a...

Funny how time flies faster as you get older and I’m reminded that next week, (23rd September, to be precise) it...

I sometimes wonder just how far our national obsession with buying our own homes will stretch. First-time buyers are prepared to save...

It was a genuine pleasure to read this week about Yorkshire estate agent Ian Bradbury who clocked up 40 years selling...

After a bumpy six months media-wise, I was fascinated to see that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle chose a tech-based project...

‘Schools out for Summer’ as the Alice Cooper song goes and the kids are not the only ones looking forward to...

Interesting news from Leaders Romans Group (LRG) this week when they revealed sales figures across the group for June. Nationally, sales figures...

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

ValPal has announced an advanced AI technology tool designed to help agents generate property profiles in a snap. With ValPal AI, property...

Great story this week about the estate agent in St John’s Wood who found a purse in the back of a...

Sleight of hand, optical illusion, card up the sleeve – we all love a good conjuring trick, don’t we? And they say...

As Tennyson once observed…’.In the Spring, a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of love…’.but not really. At the moment the...

The RICS Residential Survey Report for March caused a bit of a stir this week – despite the fact that it...

  It's not often that I have sympathy for our glorious leaders – those who set the rules by which we all...

I’ve found myself in contemplative mode this week, looking forward to the future and remembering times past. In the immediate future –...

I don’t want to frighten any professional scribblers and wizard wordsmiths out there, but as a matter of geeky interest, this...

Lies, damned lies, and statistics this week. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel as though I’m being bombarded...

One of the nice things about this time of year is that slowly, ever so slowly, we begin to emerge from...

Happy New Year, to you all. Now that we’re all back in harness and Christmas feels like a long-distant memory, I...

As we get ever closer to 2023, this final Natter of the year is dedicated to the five biggest property moments of...

Here at Angels Media towers, we’re always keen to get the biggest names in the business on board for interviews. And that...

Aside from all the news surrounding the Autumn Statement this week, which will have a significant bearing on the property market...

Given their leading role in the recent upfront information revolution, interest in the work of the National Trading Standards Estate &...

I can’t really write about anything else this week, can I? Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will have...

In tougher times – as is the case now, post-Covid, post-Brexit, cost-of-living crisis, war in Ukraine, etc – reputation and consumer...

The worst cost-of-living crisis in generations is everywhere we look and agents – and the property industry more widely – are...

First off, my own quick tribute to the Queen, who died on Thursday afternoon aged 96. Despite her age and declining...

In this latest Day in the Life of...Natter, I get an insight into one of the most vital cogs of the...

Last weekend, Nat Daniels' latest Property Natter column focused on the average day in the life of a conveyancer. In this feature,...

In a welcome return to a favourite series of mine - and a timely one at that, given the current back...

For some time, LinkedIn was seen – fairly or unfairly – as stodgy, dull, corporate and formal. The uncool uncle to...

If there’s one thing that received a boost as a result of Covid and lockdowns, it’s podcasts – which reached whole...

The ongoing debate about how to boost agent and conveyancer relations, and improve the homebuying system for all, continues to rage,...

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

In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...

Many people in recent years will have become familiar with challenger banks such as Monzo, Starling and Atom. Many will have...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

In this week’s Natter, I carry out a Q&A with Lisa Knight, who has taken the impressive journey from barmaid to...

With Boomin nearly turning one, I decided to catch up with Michael Bruce, the co-founder of the property website and more...

As regular readers will know, I like to use this column to shout out about the independent agents who are the...

Until a few years ago, you would have been forgiven for not knowing who or what Coadjute was. But the company, founded...

Property events and functions are now back in full swing, with 2022 likely to be the first ‘normal’ year for this...

Our Agents Do Charity column each Friday does a fantastic job of highlighting the amazing charitable work of agents up and...

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...

Adam Day will be a well-known figure to many in the industry, having been the founder of Hatched (the online agency...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...

In a first for the Natter, this week's interview is a video affair, with me posing the questions to Stephen Brown,...

The last 18 months have been full of ups and downs, but the property market has coped remarkably well during the...

In this latest Natter piece zoning in on independent agents doing things differently, following on from the one I did with...

A few weeks ago the ESTAS took place at the Grosvenor House hotel in London - the first chance for many...

As a character from a fairly well-known TV show once said, winter is coming and we’re all contemplating where 2021 has...

Agent wages have been in the news this week, with boastful claims from a number of self-employed businesses about the sums...

As we motor towards the next major global climate change conference – the UN’s COP26 being held in Glasgow from 31...

Photography has become an increasingly important weapon in an agent’s armoury in recent years as listings compete for space on portals,...

Good property marketing photos have arguably never been more important in an increasingly visual and tech-led world. We saw just the...

There are some parts of the world, including in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, where estate agent isn’t seen as...

One of the biggest trends since Covid, in the property world and elsewhere, has been a shift towards more hybrid, flexible...

Well, we’re technically more than halfway through the year already, but we’ll let that slide. And what a year it’s been...

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

In the world of football – very topical at the moment, as we all enjoy the Euros – there is an...

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

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

It’s now over a year since the property market officially reopened after an unprecedented two-month shutdown at the height of the...

In a return to a favourite series of mine, as it gives an excellent insight into the very many facets of...

The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...

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

As you’ll know by now, I like to use the Natter to shine a light on independent agents doing things a...

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

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

In this week's Natter, I focus on the inspiring story of Clare Hughes, who has bounced back in the last 12 months...

At the back-end of last year and the start of this, the biggest news stories in town – besides debates over...

Propertymark, the overarching body aiming to bring five different associations (ARLA, NAEA, NAVA, ICBA and APIP) into a single brand, was...

Propertymark is the only agency trade body with sufficient influence on, and links with, government to achieve major gains for the...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

Many independents will be based in the capital, but given its size and breadth they may get drowned out even more...

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...

As regular readers will know, the Natter kickstarted a series last time out zoning in on local independent agents – the...

As you may have seen over the weekend, the long-running Property Natter column – penned by Angels Media chief executive, Nat...

Firstly, let’s get the obvious out of the way. Lockdown 2, as it’s being known, is now with us, but fortunately...

The property market has bounced back with all of the expected resilience and flexibility that is its hallmark since it reopened...

The only certainty at the moment is ongoing uncertainty. It’s something we’ve got used to in 2020, but it’s still not...

Recent Natters have explored the differences between the UK and American models of agency, and why Purplebricks failed to make a...

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...

It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...