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Agents working for themselves, supported by a ‘broker’ organisation are on the increase in the UK after becoming almost the norm...
15 June 2024
From: Features
North East estate agency group My Property Box has welcomed Nicola Nicholson, Georgia Greenstreet and Georgia Richardson to its team following...
01 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Alto has unveiled its latest integration with sales progression tool ViewMyChain. The partnership means agents using Alto’s software will get direct access...
12 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Complete ASAP has launched a new package to help agents provide material information on listings. Agents already using the Complete or Instruct...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
It was actor Charlies Sheen who said: ‘I have one speed. I have one gear. Go!’ The same might not be said...
25 November 2023
From: Features
Hat and Home has opened its fifth office and a new headquarters in the heart of Sandhurst. The move centralises the agency...
01 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Charlotte Jeffrey-Campbell, director of The Able Agent Given our focus is centred around helping to drive long-term professionalism across the industry,...
14 October 2023
From: Features
At iamproperty we are excited to share the announcement of our future innovation strategy and vision, continuing our commitment to transform...
10 August 2023
From: Sponsored Content
The Able Agent, has launched a new sales progression course and qualification, designed to raise industry standards and put a spotlight...
21 June 2023
From: Breaking News
From Google to Uber, convenience is embedded into contemporary culture. As a society, we’re propelled by on-demand living, with instant solutions for...
02 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Proptech firm iamproperty has launched a new recruitment drive across the North East. There are 10 jobs being created initially with a...
28 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Sales progression service ASAP has launched a new anti-money laundering (AML) product to help agents comply with due diligence requirements and...
20 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Sales progression platform mio is set to launch its digital Sellers Information Pack (SIP), designed to make it easy for agents...
12 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Proptech firm iamproperty has launched a new survey module for its movebutler sales progression platform. The new module encourages surveys as early...
04 April 2023
From: Breaking News
According to the recent industry research report ‘Back to the Future’ from tmgroup, mio and CDS 40% of property transaction delays...
01 April 2023
From: Features
A regional estate agent has outlined how the rise and fall of Purplebricks has actually been a good thing for high...
21 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Zoopla has become the latest accredited supplier of the New Homes Quality Board (NHQB) for its software that supports housebuilders. It come...
02 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Award-winning sales progression platform mio has uncovered the home moving experiences of nearly 200 movers and evaluated what this means for...
01 March 2023
From: Features
Proptech firm iamproperty is hoping for more acquisitions this year as it plans to create a central ‘eco-system’ where agents can...
20 February 2023
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket Software is to launch a new estate agency automation platform that will feature a sales progression tracker and Home Management...
08 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Reapit has launched a new client app that can be branded by agency users for their buyers, sellers, landlords and tenants...
07 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Proptech firm iamproperty has launched a new legal preparation module to its movebutler onboarding and sales progression platform. The aim is to...
30 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Housebuilder Persimmon has signed a multi-year software contract with Zoopla. It follows the launch of Zoopla for Housebuilders in July, a new...
11 January 2023
From: Breaking News
As economic signs increasingly point to a contraction in the property market, competition for new business will inevitably heat up. But...
03 December 2022
From: Features
The Mortgage Advice Bureau has partnered with property sales progression software provider ViewMyChain to give brokers more transparency during the transaction...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Making predictions for the year ahead is notoriously difficult and leaves me open to having egg on my face, but I’m...
16 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Remote working is contributing to transaction delays, a conveyancing veteran has warned. Peter Ambrose, managing director of conveyancing specialists The Partnership, has...
15 November 2022
From: Breaking News
The sales progression function is what binds the whole property transaction together and the importance of effective sales progression in the...
05 November 2022
From: Features
Self-employed estate partnership brand The Agency UK (TAUK) has launched a series of roadshows to attract agents to its offering. The company...
03 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A former estate agent has launched a white-labelled sales progression tool for the industry after his own experiences of purchasing a...
27 October 2022
From: Breaking News
In a statement likely to rile plenty of estate agents, a proptech firm is suggesting aspiring homebuyers should wait until 2024...
24 October 2022
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket has relaunched and rebranded its proptech subsidiary teclet. It will now be called OnTheMarket Software, underlining the portal’s shift to offer...
20 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Zoopla has launched a Progression Portal for agents, promising real-time updates for 15 key milestones during the sales transaction process. Agents can...
25 July 2022
From: Breaking News
High profile agents and industry executives are due to appear in a new video series to share best practice ideas online. The...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Proptech firm iamproperty has surpassed £1bn of sales using the Modern Method of Auction (MMoA) in the past 12 months. Its iamsold...
18 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents can now access an online qualification in listings and market appraisals. Agency training provider The Able Agent has launched what it...
04 July 2022
From: Breaking News
02 July 2022
From: Features
Proptech firm iamproperty has formed its own committee of agents to discuss issues facing the property market. The auctioneer and sales progression...
30 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Proptech firm iamproperty has overhauled its movebutler platform with more material information features and a Love Island theme. The end-to-end onboarding and...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News
There seems a consensus amongst agents, analysts and amateur pundits alike that the market will stay relatively strong for some months,...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News
PropTech solutions have continued to ingratiate themselves in both the forefront of an agency within advertising mediums and in the backend...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The overwhelming majority of vendors do not choose their estate agent based on fees, but on wider market expertise. That’s the finding...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News
PropTech has seen a surge in uptake over the last few years for several reasons – be it the Covid-19 pandemic...
13 November 2021
From: Features
As you are no doubt aware, building mutually beneficial relationships with conveyancers in your local area can not only make your...
27 October 2021
From: Features
PropTech is booming, and its rise was only accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced the real estate industry – as...
26 October 2021
From: Sponsored Content
Spicerhaart - which is radically reshaping its structure to encourage hybrid operations and working from home as part of a new...
19 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A video interview claims to spill the beans on how sales progression can be accelerated by three to four weeks. Estate agent...
01 October 2021
From: Breaking News
An online operator called Nested is to spend £5m to promote the self-employed estate agency concept in 100 parts of the...
30 September 2021
From: Breaking News
With the competition for new listings between agents as fierce as ever, it can sometimes feel like a race to the...
18 September 2021
From: Features
Zoopla-owned software company Yourkeys and mortgage, insurance and wealth management broker SPF Private Clients have integrated. Yourkeys’ software provides buyer and seller...
01 September 2021
From: Breaking News
Zoopla-owned Proptech platform Yourkeys has launched what it calls a first-of-its-kind sales progression service for new-build shared ownership properties. It works like...
26 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Last month it was reported that up to 500,000 people had been ‘pinged’ by the NHS in a week. While the...
18 August 2021
From: Features
My neighbour had been seeking to move home for some time. Suggestions that he wanted to get away from his neighbours...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Anyone working in residential property knows it is taking longer and longer to get from SSTC (sold subject to contract) to...
10 July 2021
From: Features
The frenzy of activity in the housing market thanks to the stamp duty holiday shows the need for automated processes to...
29 June 2021
From: Breaking News
Around 18 months ago, just a few months before the pandemic hit, I did a Natter with the team at software...
19 June 2021
From: Features
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Well I rarely use them now! Chris Hodgkinson, Managing Director What...
16 June 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
In the previous edition of PropTech Today, Nathan Emerson highlighted the importance of effective implementation, linking poor staff engagement to the...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Gathering and analysing feedback at all stages in the customer journey is highly important. So, where do we begin? For many estate...
15 May 2021
From: Features
TM Group and sales progression solution mio have signed up as partners for the 2021 ESTAS Forum & Awards, sponsored by...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Ben Ridgway, Group Managing Director at iamproperty. What is iamproperty...
10 May 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
Zoopla says house builders “are at the heart of everything we do” and it is revamping its New Homes marketing offer...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News
In my previous Estate Agent Today feature, I endeavoured to explain the key differences between APIs and Apps, to help improve...
24 April 2021
From: Features
The findings of the new ‘Thriving in a Pandemic’ report, recently published by tmgroup and mio, have highlighted that the market...
17 March 2021
From: Features
Following the fluctuation of the property market during the UK’s first national lockdown, the industry was given a lifeline by the...
13 March 2021
From: Features
Agents should put as much emphasis on ensuring a house move actually happens as on winning the instruction to begin with,...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News
Property portals remain an essential marketing tool for estate agents and their value is clearly appreciated by consumers. However, with a...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
High profile agency owner Sean Newman is offering his entire self-employed team of 100 agents and mortgage advisors a chance for...
25 January 2021
From: Breaking News
The property market became somewhat fractious during 2020. After receiving a much-needed boost with the promise of stamp duty relief, things...
20 January 2021
From: Features
If this year has taught us anything, it's that estate agents need their software provider and specifically their CRM, to help...
05 December 2020
From: Features
Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Vicky Quinn-Campbell – Sales and Marketing Director What is ‘company name’...
27 November 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
Purplebricks recently launched a meditation service to help buyers and sellers manage stress. You might disagree with the idea, but moving...
04 November 2020
From: Features
Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new edition of Property Jobs Today, your chance to...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News
A new Proptech platform is launching next month with claims it will “up-end the way agents do business” and that it will...
13 October 2020
From: Breaking News
As the review of the recommendations of the Regulation of Property Agents Working Group continues, Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager and...
01 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content
New PropTech products continue to appear, many aimed at enhancing transparency in buying and selling, or helping agents adopt new ways of...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News
At mio, we often have conversations with Estate Agency firms who have a dedicated sales progresser in their team. Whilst there...
09 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content
“Many hands make light work” – Does John Heywood’s old English proverb from the 1300s apply to modern approaches on how...
01 August 2020
From: Features
Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...
18 July 2020
From: Features
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jon Horton, Product director of sales progression platform, mio What does...
17 July 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
In the second of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, the Estate Agents Sales Progression platform, explores...
11 July 2020
From: Features
Let’s face it sales progression is difficult and frustrating: 1)The process has never been properly joined up - the average chain has...
07 July 2020
From: Sponsored Content
In the first of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, managing director of mio, the estate agent sales progression platform, explores the...
04 July 2020
From: Features
Collaboration creates a bigger market Iain White, of the Innovation Collaboration Group “the Estate Agency industry must recognise that collaboration will...
30 June 2020
From: Sponsored Content
With three months of lockdown behind us, commission income is vital, and sales progression is more important than ever. Emma Vigus, Managing...
27 June 2020
From: Features
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Vigus, Managing Director of sales progression platform mio You’ve never...
25 June 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
Imagine a Zoom call where ten people are discussing the same topic, but everyone speaks a different language and has a...
17 June 2020
From: Features
As we emerge from lockdown, quickly progressing sales to completion is vital to replace lost commission income. What role can mio...
15 June 2020
From: Sponsored Content
PropTech supplier mio says it now has over 1,000 agency branches using its sales progression platform - and it’s recruited Countrywide...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Buying and selling a house is often referenced as being one of the most stressful life experiences that we can go...
02 May 2020
From: Features
Business consultancy TwentyCi is the latest to try to put a value on the potential losses to the property industry and...
29 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Your business may be growing quicker than you could ever imagine which is great when it comes to raising brand awareness....
11 March 2020
From: Features
The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...
15 February 2020
From: Features
An online agency’s claim that it sells homes “for free” has been disputed by a High Street rival - but the...
05 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Quite a few years ago, I spoke at a conference for auctioneers. It was a traditional affair. Rural location. Nice hotel....
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager for the South West of...
07 January 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
Online estate agency Housesimple is extending its offer to sell homes for free to some postcodes in the Midlands. The offer is...