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Online agency Purplebricks says an absence of technology in property details is one of the biggest turn-offs for potential buyers. A survey...

A row is brewing over an agency which acted on a vendor’s request to use the English version of a house...

Rightmove and OnTheMarket have revealed their latest bids to keep agent support. Rightmove is launching an extensive redesign of property details pages, after...

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

Another new PropTech platform claims it can streamline the completion process - this time by coordinating the work of estate agents...

As we emerge from lockdown, quickly progressing sales to completion is vital to replace lost commission income.  What role can mio...

It’s official – the property market is back open for business. Estate agents have started to unfurlough staff and many are...

A survey of 2,750 buyers and tenants has revealed the aspects of online property listings which they find most annoying. The single...

The number of full property details viewed on Rightmove - a key indicator of market health - is already stronger than...

As you know, having professional images of your properties is the best (only?) way to get people wanting to step through...

Rightmove says it’s to launch its biggest ever national marketing campaign in a bid to kick-start the market once lockdown eases. The...

Trading Standards says agents must include more “material information” in property details even if this may not be a wholly positive...

The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve...

Sellers who failed to mention a motel and diner being constructed nearby have been ordered by a court to pay £285,000...

The Law Society has announced that there will be a new TA6 Property Information Form launching next week, on Friday February...

A buyer is apparently suing a London estate agent over a discrepancy in a property description. The Mirror newspaper reports that the...

A new website called Silver Sharers says it’s chief objective is to help older home owners remain in their properties without...

Humberts has signed off in bizarre style leaving only false contact details on its website. The historic agency - which closed several...

The Australian agent is a very different beast to his or her British counterpart - and it’s not just because we...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Hinkins and I’m a Sales Consultant...

A prominent regional agent says the industry owes it to vendors to try competing marketing outlets for property, and not to...

The prospective buyers of a home in Oxfordshire who paid a deposit of £108,000 before withdrawing are suing the sellers in...

A small online agency which in six months of trading has secured around 140 sales says it’s on course to be...

The Australian agent is a very different beast to his or her British counterpart - no surprises there. And it’s not...

First details have emerged of the information vendors may have to provide up-front In future transactions if government house buying reforms...

A PropTech company is suggesting that property mis-measurements and resulting over-valuations may be the next PPI scandal. The firm - Spec, which...

A PropTech firm has repeated claims it first made in March about allegedly inaccurate floorpan measurement and says a new initiative...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is running a Certified Property Measurer course aimed at training agents and others in the...

Like many good agencies, Savills understands that selling a long-loved family home can be tough for a vendor. So it was with...

A set of historic property details unearthed by a local resident have created a buzz on social media and in the...

The first hour of a property’s listing on a portal is the most crucial for sellers or landlords according to research...

A statement this morning from the government says that property details must use Imperial Measurements after Britain leaves the EU. The Imperial...

For many years, the majority of agents have stuck to the tried-and-tested 9am-6pm opening hours framework. But is this now changing,...

Who are you? Mikus Opelts, CEO of Giraffe360 What is Giraffe360 and what does it do? Giraffe360 is a unique digital photography subscription service...

As an estate agent, you need to be ready to cater for the specific requirements of buyers and sellers, tailoring your...

A PropTech firm that provides photography for virtual tours, floor plans and online and hard copy property details is relocating from Latvia to...

It’s the most obvious visual medium high street agents have at their disposal, and for many decades has been absolutely pivotal...

An estate agency is pioneering a new business model in which it charges no commission whatsoever to the vendor. Freeagent247, an online...

Location, Location, Location: it’s no coincidence the TV show seized on that title because the importance of a property’s position is...

A housing association has launched its own online agency which offers to sell vendors' homes for £275. Capsel Homes, based in Mamhilad,...

The other day I met with two agents who have 30 years of property sales experience between them, and yet also...

The operators of a new website which earlier today claimed to have 500,000 property listings appear to have now removed the...

Fine & Country and the Guild of Property Professionals are to keep their current Mayfair office on London’s Park Lane -...

A nine-branch agency in Manchester claims a new app is behind a 20 per cent improvement in its Rightmove statistics. Thornley Groves...

Calls made to estate agents to book property valuations increased by 26% this spring, according to telephone answering service Moneypenny. Enquiries made...

Slow broadband speed at peak-times has been cited as the number one unexpected home-mover bugbear according to a survey of 3,000...

1.For those who are not familiar with Properstar yet, how would you summarise your services? Properstar is an online portal that helps...

One of Britain’s most respected veteran estate agents, Hugh Dunsmore-Hardy, is urging new recruits to the industry to join what he...

The National Association of Estate Agents report has batted away an idea which has been resuscitated by the insurance industry, suggesting...

A survey by the Nottingham Building Society - owner of Harrison Murray estate agency - reveals the reliance of buyers on...

A new website has launched with the aim of providing vendors, landlords, buyers and tenants with an easy way of registering...

Who are you? Sarah Neate, Design and Marketing Manager     Who Are Mid West Displays? We make, supply and install window and interior display panels. ...

Holy Property Transactions: Batman is under attack from Superman, not only in the shape of a new film pitching the two...

A new property search engine has spilt (or should that be spilled?) the beans on estate agents (or perhaps estate agent’s)...

Estate agents with a difference, a twist, a unique selling point, whatever you want to call it, seem to be becoming...

A two bedroom apartment with an asking price of £125,000 has sold for £140,000 despite - or perhaps because - its...

A ‘points of interest’ web portal is being offered to agents and developers who want to have additional information on property...

The influential lobbying group the HomeOwners’ Alliance wants estate agents to quote the price per square foot of properties to allow...

No sooner was Halloween done and dusted than attentions turned to Christmas: shops were dressed with festive decorations; town centre lights...

An online estate agency claims it has evidence traditional agents have attention spans “not that much longer” than goldfish when it...

Two leading estate agency groups have changed website details of properties after complaints were lodged with the Advertising Standards Authority. The ASA...

There appears to have been no public action taken so far by online agency PurpleBricks in response to the claim that...

Estate agency EweMove claims that online operator PurpleBricks has copied a property description of a house “word for word” from one...

It’s interesting to read of plans to debate which business plan really is best for the customer, online or traditional estate...

One Direction may be about to split up but this cloud might just have a silver lining for our industry -...

A High Street estate agent has cautioned others within the industry against being tempted to go down the route of charging...

Another online estate agency has launched, claiming to save vendors thousands of pounds by “getting rid of all the unnecessary stuff...

An agent has defended his decision to put 142 photographs of a property on its Rightmove listing after an unexpected criticism...

www.dezrez.com/rezi Whilst the estate agency market has accelerated over the last ten years, it’s fair to say that technical innovation in the...

If it is true (and who would doubt it?) that 90% of property searches start online, then how does this affect...