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The trend for remote working could continue to influence the property market into next year, Rightmove claims. The portal’s data shows there...

In June, the biggest pilot scheme of a four-day working week anywhere in the world will begin in Britain, with more...

An estate agency which previously operated only through a remote working model has established a headquarters and expanded its team. Chosen Home,...

The UK property industry has long been a target of fraudsters due to the low levels of transparency and the fact...

If 2020 was the year of survival, then 2021 was about the post-Covid boom. The impact of the pandemic on the...

MRI Software explores the use of PropTech to enhance the performance of the sales and lettings processes and how to select...

Rightmove says the level of business owners enquiring about leasing office space has now surpassed even pre-pandemic levels in January. Demand is...

Results of a study of 2,000 adults suggest that almost one in five of them want to buy or invest in...

Work patterns and the employee experience have changed dramatically because of Covid, with a substantial rise in home, flexible and hybrid...

A warning has gone out to estate agents that “more and more” reports are being filed about cyber attacks on agencies...

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

Agents must have a robust plan in place in case they are subjected to a ransomware cyber attack, says the Guild...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? David Ruddock – Partner and Head of Residential Sales Operations...

In this op-ed, Warwick Haycock, accounting software specialist at The Access Group, looks at how the use of tech can empower...

The ESTAS – often known as the property world’s version of the Oscars – returns as an in-person event this Friday...

In this thought leadership article, Videosign CEO Steven Tallant looks at electronic signatures and conveyancing and whether the time is nigh for the...

Luke Thirkettle heads up the lettings division at Stratfords, a single-branch lettings and sales agency based in Milton Keynes. Here, he speaks to...

Hunters, now part of The Property Franchise Group, has announced its first so-called ‘Personal Agent’ signing - and says it’s ideal...

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

A cloud-based software provider has claimed that agents need to prepare for the future – and a very different working day...

What estate agency is going to look like in the post-pandemic world, and what the role of the physical branch will...

2020 gave rise to an exodus from the city as work from home became the mandated norm for large swaths of...

We are living in the age of information. Our working and personal lives are underpinned by software, data and technology to...

HM Revenue & Customs has warned of what it calls the “negative impacts” of the pandemic on the latest property transactions...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Matt Ratliff, Chief Technology Officer of Sort Group. How has your...

Working from home used to get a bad rap. With the phrase mocked as ‘shirking from home’, homeworkers were often seen...

The pandemic and lockdowns have made over a third of those aged 18 to 34 want to move house according to...

A trade union is demanding that the government ban emails from all employers outside office hours - and it wants emails...

In recent years, the property market has been taking steps to become more digital – with HM Land Registry leading the...

A leading industry trade body is warning that remote-working agents and smaller independent agencies are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...

I was not surprised when I came across an industry article recently citing that over half of home buyers never visit...

Our recent state of the property nation survey, which yielded nearly 350 responses from directors to junior negotiators, and many others...

With March marking one year since the beginning of the first national lockdown across all four nations of Britain in response...

The events of the last 12 months have potentially shaped the future of our sector for years to come. There has been...

The findings of the new ‘Thriving in a Pandemic’ report, recently published by tmgroup and mio, have highlighted that the market...

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

Fixflo’s webinar on February 9 saw an industry panel debate 2021’s threats and opportunities for letting agents. The panel discussed a range...

The rise and rise of portal listings and changing consumer habits during the pandemic may mean the death of the High...

Propertymark’s qualifications division says it’s seen a 30 per cent rise in apprenticeship registrations since the start of this year. In a...

We’re now in Lockdown 3.0 and most of us have become used to juggling home-working, home schooling and a million and...

As part of our third PayProp Special Report on COVID-19 rental arrears in the UK, we surveyed over 600 agents, tenants...

There is little doubt that the last year was one which none of us will easily forget both personally and professionally....

Well, what a start to 2021! None of us thought things would change as the clock struck midnight on New Year’s...

A leading business consultancy says the level of working-from-home in the UK by 2025 will be five times that before the pandemic. Estate...

If this year has taught us anything, it's that estate agents need their software provider and specifically their CRM, to help...

The so-called hub model of estate agency adopted by a growing number of firms appears to be part of a wider...

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the way every industry operates and the property sector is no exception. Following an enforced seven-week...

Agents in some parts of the country may be able to make use of data from utilities comparison service uSwitch, which...

2020 has definitely been a year of change. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the day-to-day operations of almost every industry...

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

National property consultancy Carter Jonas has bucked the trend of remote working and closing branches to announce it has secured 12,000...

Hello and welcome to the new working week. Here’s the latest information on key hires across our industry: if you have similar...

Hello, and if it’s the start of a new week it’s time for Property Jobs Today, giving you the inside track...

Let’s face it sales progression is difficult and frustrating: 1)The process has never been properly joined up - the average chain has...

Businesses across all sectors have struggled to adapt to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. One group that have bucked...

A company promoting a Blockchain platform with promises to speed up the buying and selling process claims the pandemic has proved...

Last week was Mental Health Awareness Week, and there is a great deal of positive things to be said about a...

There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...

Three more property players have been in touch to share what they're doing to help their staff during lockdown - there...

Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....

We are still living in highly extraordinary times, perhaps evidenced best by the fact that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was...

Individual franchisees operating under the Winkworth banner are receiving what the company calls “comprehensive help” on a range of issues, including...

There’s a sense that we really are on the verge of a huge change in the industry. It’s too early to be...

LSL Property Services says one of its measures to “rightsize” the organisation during the Coronavirus crisis will be to put agents...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week...

The Guild of Property Professionals is to give guidance to agents on how to run their businesses remotely.  Chief executive Iain McKenzie...