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Rightmove’s blog suggests that pro-standard photos can increase enquiries by up to four times, but how do you make great photos? You...

The Innovative Collaboration Group - a collection of high-profile tech suppliers to the agency industry - has unveiled a raft of new...

Instagram (or, as the younger generation would have it, Insta) is, by any measure, massive.  Only launched in October 2010, it’s a...

Hello and welcome to this half-term week’s PJT, your regular Monday opportunity to catch up with the key personnel changes in...

BAD PHOTOS – 6 BIG MISTAKES YOU MIGHT BE MAKING! In our last article, we highlighted some really important and shocking stats...

There’s no end to the PropTech and photography solutions available to estate agents these days to help them sell good, old-fashioned...

Audioagent and KeyAGENT have merged to create the UK’s largest property marketing group. Together they provide property marketing services to the UK’s...

Photos and floor plans remain an essential tool in property marketing. Despite a wealth of choice from aspiring UK PropTech start-ups the...

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...

What may just be the UK’s ultimate property domain names have come up for sale - property.co.uk and realestate.co.uk. Both domains, which...

A website has officially launched this morning, aiming to push the concept of US-style For Sale By Owner online property marketing...

I received a press release yesterday - one of many that get sent my way - and, as I always do,...

The fast-expanding Spicerhaart group has launched its own in-house Property Marketing Academy and has secured a well-known industry trainer and coach...

The manufacturers of a new PropTech tool claims it produces “the most accurate measurement of floorplans on the market” and has...

ZPG’s sell-off of the Australian arm of housing data company Hometrack to REA Group, a multinational digital firm specialising in portals and...

Gone are the days of having to rush back to your office every time you win an instruction to market the...

ZPG has sold the Australian arm of housing data company Hometrack to REA Group, a multinational digital firm specialising in portals and...

Floor plans are an essential marketing tool, which play an important part in helping an estate agent sell a home.  A floor...

You don’t have to look far to see an abundance of photo failures, just head to any property portal and they’ll pop...

Getting your property marketing right is vital, and the starting point is with professional images.  With most buyers browsing the internet for...

When it comes to growing your business sustainably, maintaining a brand that is eye-catching and identifiable with your audience is vital...

Representatives from estate and lettings agencies as well as professional organisations have formed The Home Buying And Selling Group with a...

Hello and welcome to this week’s Property Jobs Today. If you haven’t caught this feature before, it’s a regular Monday opportunity...

The managing director of property data consultancy Hometrack, Charlie Bryant, is to lead a reorganised property marketing, software and data division...

The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...

What does your role involve? As team manager for the property team, I make sure PAs and clients are happy and...

Let’s be honest - few people saw this coming. The 89 to 11 per cent majority amongst Agents’ Mutual members for...

ZPG has acquired Ravensworth, a major provider of print and creative marketing services to estate and letting agents.  Ravensworth, based in Northumberland, specialises in...

Over the past few months, hundreds of agents across the UK have been improving their photography skills by taking part in...

A major regional agency with offices in Kent, Surrey and Sussex says its new online service - Howard Cundey LIVE -...

Let’s start with a quick fire quiz. How many more leads do you think you’d get with photos that have been...

**The free photography course for estate agents (part one) offer has now expired. It is still available in special circumstances so...

A one branch independent estate agency has this week launched a fixed-fee sales option alongside its traditional commission-based service. WH Breading, which...

The sealed bids process - where purchasers submit their final offer by a specific time and date - should be more transparent,...

It has emerged that global property firm Savills won a case in the Court of Appeal, entitling them to claim an...

Over 60% of UK consumers think that Estate Agents’ Photos Are Very Poor To Average A recent survey* by dedicated property photo...

The property marketing company Pelican Media is preparing to launch what it claims is the industry’s first voice control software across...

Independently-owned East Anglian estate agency Fenn Wright has acquired Sudbury -based Thorntons for an undisclosed fee.  The acquisition forms part of Fenn...

A PropTech firm is to launch a 'printed augmented reality' service that allows buyers to point their smartphone and get additional information...

The Financial Times has beefed up its high-end house and apartment listings after the newspaper's property sector saw a 17 per...

When marketing a property for sale, there are a number of attributes that buyers and sellers today expect ‘as standard’, but...

It’s official; the estate agency business is tougher than ever. Contrary to perceptions that may exist amongst observers and even clients, the...

A new private sales website is offering sellers the chance to market their property for 28 days for just £1. After the...

Fine & Country is launching a series of TV advertisements on Channel 4 next month in what it believes is the...

Paralympian Libby Clegg has set out recommendations that may provide food for thought for agents showing properties to buyers with visual...