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Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...

Forget the Oscars, the biggest even in town last week was the Fine & Country International Annual Conference and Awards Gala. The...

Fine & Country is gearing up to host its International Annual Conference and Awards Gala titled ‘Dare to be Iconic’.  The event...

A new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered property portal has launched its app with an initial focus on Bath. The brand, called Jitty, aims...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

It’s not uncommon to see a seasonal slump around December and the Christmas period. Last year, Propertymark reported an average of...

Self-employed estate agency brand iad UK has launched a consumer app that lets anyone earn money through word-of-mouth referrals. Propertips is an...

An inventive social media video series launched by Worcestershire estate agency Nicol & Co is showcasing local firms sharing why their...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...

Fine & Country has launched a new Masterclass Series focused on the art of maximising fees and boosting additional revenue. Set to...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

Success with your chosen CRM solution should not be a one-and-done package. Once you team up with a stellar CRM provider,...

CRMs can be superheroes for your business, but not all of them possess the necessary powers to save the day. As...

OnTheMarket this morning claims to be the first major UK property portal to use Artificial Intelligence natural-language technology. The controversial technology is...

By adopting a top-notch Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, you're not only opening doors to acquiring new customers and nurturing existing...

Facebook ads are one of the most cost-effective forms of online advertising. A little budget goes a long way on Facebook,...

The Agency UK’s (TAUK) nationwide team of self-employed estate agents has now reached 89 partners operating across 32 countries, with the...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Agents Giving: Entries are now open for...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they review the recent Estate Agency X 8, 2023 On 23rd March, the...

2023 has been coined as ‘the year of AI adoption’, and with this technology trickling down to almost every sector, its...

Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...

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

In recent weeks, the big buzzword across all industries has been AI, as it has the real potential to transform the...

Agents and property professionals have kicked off the year by supporting a range of causes. Whatever the cause you are working for,...

In this guest feature, Dillon Darbar, counter fraud manager at Network Homes, sets out why estate agents need to be aware...

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

Worcestershire estate agent Nicol & Co is celebrating its “busiest month ever” for house moves. It has reported 26 completions in Droitwich...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry over the past week, from on land to under the...

Digital transformation is not a new concept. It has been around for many years in various forms and across multiple industries,...

In recent years, we’ve witnessed a massive influx of channels for media consumers – two of the biggest of which are...

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

Facebook has been a platform which has opened the door to those looking to advertise their services in exceptional ways. Digital...

A quick-thinking estate agent has helped save an elderly disabled man from a house fire. Tom Ashby, Property Centre branch partner at...

PropTech supplier nurtur.group - which owns Fine & Country and the Guild of Property Professionals - has acquired Brief Your Market,...

A PropTech platform claims its “unique” features will help its subscribers get a 1,500 per cent return on investment by the...

A good website is no longer optional for estate agents, as no single aspect of marketing to new customers is more...

PropTech has seen a surge in uptake over the last few years for several reasons – be it the Covid-19 pandemic...

Virtual tours are becoming an increasing necessity for agents when listing properties for sale or let. Covid has of course accelerated this...

The telecoms solutions company behind "Phone-in-a-Phone" (PiP) now brings property professionals the UK's first mobile-only business phone system in an app...

It’s been a dramatic week in the world of politics – and this has led to another new Housing Secretary, in...

Like most aspects of life since the pandemic hit, the employment arena has been hit hard. But not just with uncertainty...

A young estate agent is being praised because of his heroic actions to save a woman from drowning.  Austin Mellor - just...

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

It’s British Grand Prix weekend, one of the big events on the sporting calendar and this year back with a full...

One of the most senior politicians involved in the property industry is embroiled in a row over her anti-Marcus Rashford social...

As the country prepares to cheer on England (can we speak for the other UK nations too?) here’s a look at...

We recently conducted a survey and discussion session with estate and lettings agencies called Agency panel - Cut through the noise...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity as we are on the threshold of May why not get on to the...

Have you found yourself asking the question: “what is the difference between an API and an App?” No doubt we are all...

Reeds Rains is once again fundraising for the wonderful Cash For Kids - and this time there’s a twist. In previous years...

When I joined Zoopla, I took the same approach that I always take whenever I enter a new sector: I was...

Hello and welcome to Friday, the day when we highlight agents’ great work to raise funds for good causes despite the continuing...

The last few months have seen property agents work hard to continue delivering quality client communications and maintain an increasingly digital...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas and New Year as Covid rules allowed. Journalism in early January is...

Hello - and here we are nearing the end of the strangest of years.  With agents and industry suppliers rushed off their...

The industry seems almost back to normal. Not the ‘new normal’ we spoke so much of a few weeks and months ago,...

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

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

Residential People, one of many free-to-list platforms in the hectic portal marketplace, is set to launch which it calls its “AI...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

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

Shorter days and darker nights deflate the spirits, especially in today’s challenging circumstances, but there’s some bright news - a large...

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

Agents Do Charity - as the summer heat is on… It’s hotting up outside and while this is set to be a...

As we adjust to a life post-Covid-19, letting agents, landlords, and tenants are thinking - ways to speed up the process...

If it’s Friday it’s our regular round-up of fund-raising by and involving the property industry, and it’s remarkable how much is...

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

Hello and welcome to Property Jobs Today - our first for some weeks as the coverage has previously been dominated by...

With a lengthy lockdown already behind us one might think that fund-raising was a step too far - but not for...

Independent agency Nicol & Co is donating £100 to the NHS for every new instruction signed up by April 21. The agency...

There’s been a huge change in the way estate agencies operate in recent years, with far more focus on marketing properties...

The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...

A conveyancing firm has launched what it claims to be one of the first ever apps for vendors and buyers in...

The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week, which always means a round-up of our industry’s good work for charity....

Hello and welcome to a new week, and a new edition of PJT. If you’re on the move or your firm has...

Outsourcing important business functions such as marketing, HR and IT to attract cost savings, leverage expertise and gain greater competitive advantage is...

When we launched Reapit’s Foundations Platform as a Service (PaaS) in November, it may have seemed like a recent development in...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

If you haven’t noticed, it’s November already - a month where it’s increasingly popular for men to grow moustaches for charity....

An estate agency has been fined £30,000 for waiting until minutes after the sale of a flat was completed to tell...

You’ve probably heard about unified communications (UC) before. But why are your competitors and other organisations moving towards centralised comms platforms? What are...

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

It’s that time again, with the clocks going back an hour to mark the start of slightly brighter mornings and significantly...

As the country nears a Brexit deal (maybe… perhaps… possibly) there’s time to reflect on a quite contrasting process - the no-nonsense...

A new estate agency, which claims to only hire property experts, has announced a new investment as well as the recruitment...

I remember the day well; the day we all fell foul of addiction, the day our website was launched. Until then, at...

In a marketplace as competitive as the property industry, you may think that generating leads is the most important focus for...

Zoopla has announced an improved app which “enhances the house-hunting journey with a fresh design, improved navigation and an intuitive interface” -...

Purplebricks is the “Official Estate Agent Of Team GB” for the build-up to and completion of next summer’s Olympics in Tokyo. It is going...

Four years ago, as we approached the general election, Andrews Property Group held a roundtable debateon the impact the election might have...

My experience in marketing over the last 10 years has been an interesting journey, however I don’t want to bore you...

Hello and welcome to this week’s ADC - yet more examples of stupendous fund-raising by our industry (and a lot of...

For the industry's football lovers, the notable achievements and never-say-die attitude of both Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur on the European stage...

The London Marathon may be just one of literally thousands of fund-raising events but we know it’s a favourite with many...

Hello and welcome to yet another Agents Do Charity - our tribute to the great work done by our industry in...

One of the west country’s best known estate agencies is about to enter a new era – led by a managing...

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