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New data from one of Britain’s largest mortgage lenders shows that nearly one in five first-time buyers are now aged 40...

The lending outlook is improving for the housing market but psychological milestones remain, Knight Frank warns. The latest UK market commentary from...

 Hilary Grayson is a Director at Sava focusing much of her time on the development of new qualifications to enhance skills...

Agency software provider Alto has announced a new partnership with home setup provider Just Move In. Customers of the Zoopla-backed firm will...

Connells group chief executive David Livesey has announced his intention to retire during 2024. Highly respected throughout the industry, Livesey joined Connells...

Agency brands including Hamptons and Savills as well as property developer London Square have sponsored gardens at this week’s Chelsea Flower...

Zoopla has become the latest accredited supplier of the New Homes Quality Board (NHQB) for its software that supports housebuilders. It come...

Connells Group is marking milestone anniversaries for four of its estate agency brands this year.  Four of its brands are celebrating a...

They think it’s all over, it is now as we publish our final World Cup Agent Match report following England’s quarter...

Foxtons has upped its expectations for its full year financial performance despites acknowledging a “less certain market backdrop.” A trading update from...

Connells Group chairman Stephen Shipperley is set to retire at the end of 2022. It comes as he marked his 45th anniversary...

Chain management tool, ViewMyChain has been integrated with agency software provider Reapit. The integration means Reapit users will have a single sign...

First-time buyers have been urged to manage their expectations after it revealed that 79% believe their first home will meet all...

As the UK works towards its net zero goal by 2050, Legal & General Mortgage Club has launched a Green Hub to support...

Zoopla has launched a Progression Portal for agents, promising real-time updates for 15 key milestones during the sales transaction process. Agents can...

I look back on when my dad helped me buy my first car and shared his pearls of wisdom on what...

Agents were busy marking the Platinum Jubilee over the past week but there was still time for fundraising exploits including tree-planting...

Foxtons has announced the acquisition of two estate agents worth £10.55m. The listed agency giant has acquired IMM Properties Ltd, trading under...

The sponsor of an industry forum for agents and conveyancers to be held next week says the collaborative event hails the...

Until a few years ago, you would have been forgiven for not knowing who or what Coadjute was. But the company, founded...

You’ve heard me bang on about the wonder of reservation agreements for some time now, but it’s definitely the case that...

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

There is no denying that managing properties is labour intensive. As real estate agents you are responsible for administering and addressing...

2021 redefined what it meant to offer exceptional customer experiences for consumers across multiple industries, but particularly for the residential property...

Agent wages have been in the news this week, with boastful claims from a number of self-employed businesses about the sums...

Last month it was reported that up to 500,000 people had been ‘pinged’ by the NHS in a week. While the...

Admin teams in most businesses are often the lynchpins that ensure compliance and deal with issues in order to keep the...

Our long-awaited ‘Freedom Day’ approaches. From Monday all of the restrictions, introduced since the Covid-19 pandemic made an impact across the...

Anyone working in residential property knows it is taking longer and longer to get from SSTC (sold subject to contract) to...

For a match between two great rivals, the England-Scotland 0-0 draw on Friday may have brought both nations together. After all it’s...

Michael Jones & Company celebrates its 30-year anniversary this year and, in an effort to both celebrate the work of local...

A new survey of some 700 estate agency customers show that they want to get traditional services like High Street branches,...

It might be tempting during the pandemic to focus simply on the business, yet many agents have been turning their attention...

Two mothers have launched a new estate agency using a virtual office - and they have overcome personal challenges to achieve their...

Two prominent suppliers have teamed up to offer customers instant visibility of chain lengths, details of agents connected to properties being...

As the review of the recommendations of the Regulation of Property Agents Working Group continues, Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager and...

New PropTech products continue to appear, many aimed at enhancing transparency in buying and selling, or helping agents adopt new ways of...

“Many hands make light work” – Does John Heywood’s old English proverb from the 1300s apply to modern approaches on how...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jon Horton, Product director of sales progression platform, mio What does...

Collaboration creates a bigger market Iain White, of the Innovation Collaboration Group “the Estate Agency industry must recognise that collaboration will...

With three months of lockdown behind us, commission income is vital, and sales progression is more important than ever. Emma Vigus, Managing...

Imagine a Zoom call where ten people are discussing the same topic, but everyone speaks a different language and has a...

As we emerge from lockdown, quickly progressing sales to completion is vital to replace lost commission income.  What role can mio...

PropTech big names Reapit and ViewMyChain are joining up to try to accelerate transactions when the lockdown finally ends and the...

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Conquering Corona, our daily update helping the industry cope with the current crisis. If...

Your business may be growing quicker than you could ever imagine which is great when it comes to raising brand awareness....

An agent is defying attempts by a property portal to get him to pay subscriptions for two branches - because he...

We’re nearing the end of another year in which many agents have faced challenging times and a frustrating market hit by...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Michelle O’Brien, mio Account Manager for Home Counties North What is...

A PropTech firm has calculated the different delays that lead to transactions taking an average 120 days (and often much longer)...

A PropTech company that monitors search times for transactions says only just over two thirds of them are now completed in...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Jason Wilson, mio Account Manager What is mio and what does...

OnTheMarket will on Wednesday of this week issue over a million shares to agents who have signed new long-term listing agreements...

OnTheMarket is being accused by an agent of charging a monthly fee for a branch it knows to be shut. Ian King...

Case study: Connells reaping the time-saving benefits of new sales and communication tool Since adopting mio in September 2018, Josh Lally, Senior...

Robert Anderson, Branch Manager at William H Brown in Leicester shares how sales progression and communication tool, mio, has created a...

Property management service Move with Us has announced a new partnership with chain management service View My Chain. Move with Us, founded...

Fox and Sons goes digital and improves their sales progression with mio Lucy Luxton, Branch Manager at Fox and Sons, Tiverton (Devon)...

We daren’t mention it but this is the final Bank Holiday before…well, Christmas.  Let’s hope agents and suppliers have an opportunity to...

Carl Hemming, Director from Ginger in Balsall Common explains how mio has quickly proven to be a cost-effective way to simplify...

Matt Nicholson, Sales Progressor at Edwards & Co in Rhiwbina, Cardiff, explains how adopting sales progression and communication tool, mio, has...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Eric Woodhams F.N.A.E.A. mio Account Manager What is mio and what...

A new sales progression tool that claims to have been hugely successful over an 18-month pilot is being rolled out across...

Hello, it’s that time of the week again when we look at the latest recruitment and appointment news in the industry. Just...

Hard not to mention two major breaking news stories of recent days; one directly affecting the property market and one which...

I’m spending a lot of time in airport terminals waiting for flights. They’re not the most comfortable of surroundings, but at...

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

OnTheMarket has this morning announced that it now has signed listing agreements with more than 11,000 estate agency offices - over...

Winkworth is a giant national agency franchise but this autumn it is marking a series of anniversaries for several of its...

With the news that Hunters and Fisher German are the latest agencies to offer online auctions to sellers, is this something...

The emerging Proptech platform BestAgent has announced its latest partnership - this one is with sales progression company ViewMyChain. BestAgent, run by...

One of the country’s leading PropTech entrepreneurs has responded to recent criticism of online estate agencies and their allegedly-poor record of...

Sohail Rashid discusses data driven sales progression in this video below. View My Chain allows agents and home movers to view automated...

Andrews Property Group has announced that Ronda Green, the group’s marketing director, died suddenly in hospital on January 3. Having previously worked...

A new automated sales progression tool being launched today promises to require fewer resources from agents in return for ensuring faster...

Campagining housing charity Shelter claims that an estimated 13 million people aged between 18 and 44 feel the high costs of buying...

It’s nearly June – June! – already. Seriously, where has this year gone? This means summer is nearly upon us, with a...

At the end of January I was one of the many people stood listening to the presentation that our co-founder Rachel...

Birthdays aren’t just something for family and friends to celebrate.   Businesses too can justifiably use these milestones to remember their roots and...

There has been a fierce attack on failed conveyancing portal Veyo, in the form of an open letter from one of the...

Detectives investigating the burglary which ultimately led to the death of PC David Phillips on October 5 have released pictures of...

The presupposed notion still exists that new online agents are ‘tech savvy’ whilst the seemingly old fashioned high street agents are...

The 800 lettings and estate agents and industry suppliers who packed the ballroom at London’s Park Lane Hilton on Friday witnessed...