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Like millions of others, I watched in open-mouthed astonishment as details emerged about the Post Office scandal. I knew a little bit about...

The ESTAS Group has launched an ‘app’ style version of its platform for smartphones. ESTAS Mobile offers all the functionality of the...

If we turn the clock back only twenty years, the concept of managing our lives from a handheld device was within...

Changes to consumer behaviour usually arrive in waves. Most of the time these waves are small. They drive minimal impact, with...

More than half of those working within the property sector are suffering from higher levels of fatigue or stress, due to...

A leading online residential conveyancing firm has opened its new headquarters and apprenticeship academy in Wirral, Merseyside, to try and help...

Agents are being offered an easier way to offer 3D virtual viewings that could get homes listed more quickly. Spatial data technology...

There are many features and functionalities a website must have to be successful. Ultimately, the purpose of your website should be...

The Victorian phrase “as safe as houses” well surmises the security of the housing market as, whether they are buying or...

The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...

As a property agent, fancy marketing terminology such as ‘omnichannel’ might not hold too much interest for you right now. We’re in...

Pre-pandemic, virtual and video viewings were a nice little add-on for some agents, but they were far from universally used and...

Government guidance on how agents can continue working during the lockdown has given a new importance to virtual viewings, says an...

Described on this site as a ‘powerful disruptor’ in March 2020, few would deny that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on...

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

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

As last Friday was the VE Day Anniversary bank holiday we have a bumper bundle of fund-raising activities to report on...

Purplebricks Local Property Experts are asking sellers who are not allowing agents into their homes during the virus crisis to draw...

We are facing a new world in the lettings industry, with the proportion of households in the private rented sector (PRS)...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

An estate agency says it is now holding weekly online auctions in addition to its bi-monthly traditional ‘showroom’ auctions. Loveitts, which operates...

Young homebuyers want tech-savvy, astute and attentive estate agents who are able to handle their complex requirements via a range of...

During our school days, most of us did that task where we imagined and drew the homes of the future, but...

I am writing this as I reflect on a recent trip to Nigeria. I was asked to speak at the country’s...

Thinking about the state of communication across residential property chains is enough to induce a severe migraine. We work in a world...

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

How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...

An upcoming event will see a panel of well-known agents and suppliers appeal for better collaboration between industry stakeholders, particularly CRM...

For too long the private rented sector has been complacent towards customer satisfaction. In the changing rental landscape, the smartest letting...

Everyone wants to rank highly on Google. Why? Well, as the world’s biggest search engine, with more than 65% market share,...

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

In the modern marketplace – where people live their lives on their smartphones and tablets, social media has a bigger influence...

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

Between October and December 2017, some £822 million worth of UK residential property was sold at auction, according to the Essential...

The printing industry is in the midst of a decline as digital products and services displace printed materials, which is why...

In 2018, Google will introduce changes to the way it ranks websites, meaning sites will be ranked on the quality of...

They say presentation is key (something that Theresa May now knows all too well after her calamitous conference speech). But equally...

Employment tribunal fees could soon become extinct, after the Supreme Court ruled they were an obstacle to the ‘access of justice’.  Once...

How has the world of estate agency changed in the last few decades? That’s the question this week’s Natter is going...

We’re already more than halfway through 2017 and, against all the odds, it’s pushing 2016 close in terms of eventfulness and...

Suzy Lamplugh was just 25 years old when she disappeared whilst working as an estate agent in London in 1986. She’d...

It’s easy to forget, but there was a time when the internet didn’t exist. When the idea behind the world wide...

In a digital age where we have an abundance of information at our fingertips via desktops, tablets and smartphones, our attention...

The prospect of quarterly tax returns being imposed on some businesses - including small estate agencies and other small firms servicing...

There are fears that a little-publicised proposal could mean some of the country's smallest estate agencies would have to file tax returns...

There’s been a lot of talk lately about artificial intelligence (AI). We’ve seen it feature prominently this year on film (in...

Readers of Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today were given an exclusive opportunity to pose questions to Zoopla Property Group...

So, has everyone been enjoying the fine summer weather we’ve been experiencing? Oh, wait…fear not, I will attempt to inject a...