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

The annual ESTAS Awards have seen 1,000 people from across the industry witness a string of winners, including new categories celebrating...

The final tickets are on sale for next month’s Agency Excellence Summit. The event takes place at the Manchester Piccadilly Hotel on...

Lead generation tool provider Spectre claims it is set to redefine prospecting with a new tool to be launched this week. The...

2023 was coined as the ‘year of AI adoption’ and, after trickling into almost every industry, AI has taken centre stage...

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

Spectre has hailed the success of its recently launched fee recovery tool after helping an agent reclaim £7,000 in owed fees. Launched...

The publication of inflation figures by the government tomorrow will be a Do-Or-Die moment for the housing market, it’s been claimed. At...

Agents are facing challenges of rising price reductions but fewer listings are being withdrawn and the level of fall-throughs is dropping,...

This May, we saw almost twice as many properties listed for sale across the UK than there were in May 2022....

A high-profile agency brand has hit out at “cheerleader’ estate agents” who it claims encourage vendors to push up the asking...

Whether you know them as sold-in-your-area campaigns, sold-on-your-road postcards or 20:20s, the practice of prospecting 20 doors up and 20 doors...

The most common time for a property sale to fall through is in the second week after the sale is agreed,...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Heather Staff and it says Co-Founder of Street Group...

Agents could be giving up a “prospecting goldmine” if they effectively shut-up shop on their marketing in the run up to...

Agents will receive automatic updates for ‘on market’ and ‘sold/let’ by area under the latest innovation from prospecting tool, Spectre. It will assist...

Purplebricks was the top brand for new listings and sales agreed during March, new data shows. A new quarterly market report launched...

Cutting an asking price has become a less effective selling strategy this year, research claims. Data from estate agent prospecting tool Spectre shows...

Almost half of sellers who took their homes off the market in 2022 will relist them in the next two years,...

Did you know that 46% of withdrawn properties will return to the market within 24 months? Here are 3 steps showing...

Agents are being offered a new tool to help them reclaim fees they are owed following a vendor’s withdrawal from the...

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

Vendors are almost twice as likely to switch agent now than in 2022, new research suggests. Analysis by agency prospecting tool Spectre...

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

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology could change the way buyers search for property and alter the way portals operate, a proptech boss...

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are making their way into the estate agency sector. Many people will be aware of the ChatGPT AI...

Sellers who switch estate agent are 34% more likely to sell than those who reduce their price, research suggests. The estate agent...

Properties are taking longer to sell but this is encouraging other previously hesitant vendors to put their home on the market,...

The ESTAS Customer Service Awards – which are often described as estate agency’s version of the Oscars – took place last...

Homeowners are now living in their homes for longer before taking the next step on the property ladder, research claims. Data from...

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

Properties are staying on the market for longer and discounts are rising but fall-throughs are not increasing yet, data suggests. Heather Staff...

Right now, one topic seems to be dominating talk in the industry. Everywhere I go people tend to quiz me about...

Estate agency software provider Street.co.uk has announced an integration with lead generation tool Spectre to help agents secure instructions. Agency firms that...

Estate agency marketing tool Spectre is planning to boost its data science team as it predicts greater use of artificial intelligence...

In the first few months of 2022, agents have experienced some of the lowest stock levels in several years. The number...

An agency has re-opened its head office after a two-year break because of Covid. Davidsons Estates has kept open a city centre...

A PropTech chief says agents are now competing with each other for substantially less stock on the market - meaning their...

If there is one thing that modern consumers have come to expect, it’s convenience. As a nation, we’re driven by on-demand...

The biggest challenge facing many agents in the current climate is the general shortage of stock, both for sales & lettings. Let’s...

Leadhub, a prospecting tool created by estate agency trainer Richard Rawlings, has been acquired in what he calls “a classic case...

Despite the recent effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is still much opportunity in the market for letting agents to grow...

The industry’s first virtual awards event has taken place with hundreds of agents participating courtesy of YouTube. Winners of the prestigious ESTAS...

We'd hoped it was good news but in fact it's just good-news-yet-to-come. The Savills office in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus crisis in...

Sky News claims that Countrywide and LSL Property Services are discussing a merger to become a £500m super-agency.  In an exclusive it...

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

Many of the industry’s best known and widely respected suppliers have set up a new group which they say offers agents...

When Oakland A’s, a small-market team, stunned the baseball world 16 years ago by transforming itself into world-beaters on a shoestring-budget,...

Forecasts are a tricky business. And as I wrote in a recent Industry Views opinion piece, any prediction in the current...