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Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...

Propertymark updates Property Information QuestionnairePropertymark has updated its Property Information Questionnaire (PIQ) in light of the latest part B and C...

The Government’s latest attempt to bolster the property appears to be 1% deposit mortgages. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is reported to be considering...

Propertymark is hosting two important webinars this week to keep agents informed of important industry regulations. The agency trade body is hosting...

There will be many of us working in the property sector who will have raised a glass and toasted seeing the...

Large language models, machine learning, artificial intelligence, artificial general intelligence, and 'the singularity' change everything, but there again, they change literally...

Paul Johnson, Head of Corporate Sales at Leaders Romans Group (LRG) Commercial property has historically been viewed as the more profitable asset...

After a steady increase in mortgage rates, concerns about house prices have been rising too. The Financial Times reported in mid...

Proptech – it’s a people thing. It might seem like a strange thing to say but the best of tech is a...

Leading digital compliance firm SmartSearch has launched an innovative new solution to help professionals working within the UK property sector to...

Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

Renters are putting off their buying plans until property becomes more affordable, according to the latest research from The Mortgage Lender...

A recent poll of 11,000 private renters by SpareRooom reveals that 81% spend more than 30% of their take-home pay on...

Success with your chosen CRM solution should not be a one-and-done package. Once you team up with a stellar CRM provider,...

CRMs can be superheroes for your business, but not all of them possess the necessary powers to save the day. As...

By adopting a top-notch Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, you're not only opening doors to acquiring new customers and nurturing existing...

It’s no secret – 2023 is a difficult year for the property industry. While rising rents should lead to increased income...

Next month’s much-anticipated Propertymark One conference is set to go out with a bang, the trade body has said – and...

Purchase mortgage searches fell by almost a fifth last month as the Easter period dampened property market activity and there are...

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

Listings are down, mortgage rates are high, regulations are becoming even more complex and already stretched tenants are feeling the effects...

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

Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...

We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...

Lies, damned lies, and statistics this week. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel as though I’m being bombarded...

The cost of living crisis in the UK has majorly impacted thousands of peoples’ plans to move home, with mortgage lending...

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

Industry veteran Harry Hill has become the latest to warn of a drastic decline in house prices. The Rightmove founder and former...

Here at Angels Media towers, we’re always keen to get the biggest names in the business on board for interviews. And that...

Aside from all the news surrounding the Autumn Statement this week, which will have a significant bearing on the property market...

In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent Director at LRG, looks at whether commercial property can help solve...

I can’t really write about anything else this week, can I? Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will have...

A high-profile London estate agency has been chided by iconic Hollywood actor Sir Michael Caine for using his image and one...

Zoopla chief executive Charlie Bryant has revealed aspirations for the portal to play a key role in the home buying process. Speaking...

Earlier this year, we ran a story asking whether agency would ever embrace a four-day week. This came ahead of the...

A property expert has warned that the Bank of England’s gloomy economic forecasts and last week’s rise in interest rates could...

As Britain’s housing boom continues,  SDL Property Auctions has warned of ten ways new homeowners could be fined up to £5,000...

Unless you have been living under a rock since the end of last year, you won’t need to be told about...

Images can have the ability to paint a vivid image, but video content can take this to the next level if...

In this article, Kristian Stott, Head of New Business at iamproperty, analyses the digital revolution in our lives and in property and why...

We are all acutely aware of the surge in demand for rental properties in and around the capital in the months...

There are whispers in Whitehall about plans to encourage pensioners to downsize with a stamp duty tax break. The move, first reported...

Many people in recent years will have become familiar with challenger banks such as Monzo, Starling and Atom. Many will have...

In this Q&A, I catch up with Jesper With-Fogstrup, chief executive officer of Smoove (formerly ULS Technology until a very recent...

We know that agents rely heavily on property software solutions to run their agency, particularly to ease the burden of administrative...

Reapit Elements is an open-source, cross-platform design system that gives designers and developers a framework to quickly create responsive, device-agnostic, and...

The Mail Online website alleges that an after-hours party at an estate agency office involved staff apparently inhaling drugs from balloons. The...

Property events and functions are now back in full swing, with 2022 likely to be the first ‘normal’ year for this...

Purplebricks is reported to have removed a property listing from its website when it discovered the vendors - a Christian couple...

The scaling back of HS2 in the north of England, contained in the government's new Integrated Rail Plan, means hundreds of homes...

It’s been a busy and arguably fruitful year for the property market, with an eager consumer base pushing forwards with their...

At first glance, Rishi Sunak’s Budget speech earlier this week didn’t offer much from a property perspective. But digging down a little...

In this guest editorial, experienced property solicitor Lorraine Richardson argues that reservation agreements - designed to reduce the number of fall-throughs in...

Affordability has always been a hot topic when it comes to the property market, and this is doubly true for first-time...

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...

The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...

With property fraud on the rise and an ever-increasing number of transactions taking place in the lettings sector, having strict anti-money laundering...

The TDS annual review 2020 indicates that deposit disputes have remained low over the last year, at around 1%. This is...

Potential house buyers may be fine with virtual tours during lockdown periods, but as the country opens up, people are going...

It’s now more than a year since the government offered an additional £4 million to councils to combat rogue landlords. At the...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

I remember so clearly in my Foxtons days, working as a lettings manager in Putney, that lettings, though less sexy than...

The caveat emptor of buying a new house is ‘Let The Buyer Beware.’ This is especially the case for homes that have an ageing boiler.  Before...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...

What do General Electric, IBM, Microsoft, and WhatsApp have in common? Yes, they are American companies that boasted revenues of $50...

With stamp duty cuts and 90% mortgages on their way back, anyone could think the housing market was about to go...

Tuesday mornings at 6am is usually my time to review all the latest PropTech news. This fires off ideas for my...

A new thought-provoking five-part video series is launching to the industry today. ‘Simon says…’ is being hosted by Property Tribes with...

All my recent Natters have been focused on one particular topic, the coronavirus crisis, for obvious reasons. But there has been...

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......

In the last few Natters I’ve focused on the slow death of local newspaper advertising, and how many agents are now...

When we launched Reapit’s Foundations Platform as a Service (PaaS) in November, it may have seemed like a recent development in...

KPMG published its Global PropTech Survey 2019 last week with the title: Is your digital future in the right hands? Interesting question:...

A story from America caught my eye this week. It’s about a company called Curbio partnering with another called The Keyes...

Recently a number of politicians and charities have been calling for the introduction of rent controls or rent freezes in the...

The recent announcement of a clicktopurchase partnership demonstrates some much-needed progression from Rightmove. In doing so, however, it could be said it...

The PropTech era is changing the way in which employees decide where they are going to work. As CBRE has discovered in...

Another property raffle - this time with what appeared to be a castle as its main prize - has hit trouble...

The leasehold scandal has received plenty of press coverage, with horror stories of people living in homes that are impossible to...

Whether it is legacy providers with new, young businesses, or large banks with PropTech startups, all types of cross-collaboration are vital. It’s...

The topic of introducing rent controls in London crops up time and time again in our industry. But it’s been hitting...

We all make mistakes, and when it comes to typos Estate Agent Today is as guilty as anyone. But there’s a...

Online estate agent Emoov failed to tell crowdfunding investors it was losing £3m a month before its collapse, a Sunday paper claims. The...

Interesting news this week from South Africa where the PropTech startup, Flow, has raised R20m in the country’s 'biggest PropTech seed...

To a sales-focused agency, having a lettings department can sometimes feel like losing control of the business. Recent cases of property management...

Some 59 per cent of people have lied while selling a home and 46 per cent have lied when trying to...

How do you remove an estate agent from an oven? How would you remove an Estate Agent from an oven? Sounds...

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...

There is a perfect storm brewing in the lettings market, and as the saying goes, “you can’t change the direction of...

For any business, regardless of size, age or industry, operating efficiently is fundamental to your success. When faced with challenges like we...

No, I haven’t lost the plot. Such a thing exists – and if you’re familiar with North London, there is a...

When Professor Andrew Baum’s PropTech 3.0 report was first published, a small event was held to celebrate the very first academic...

A few stories caught my eye this week from China, all of which announce the arrival of cutting-edge technological innovation in...

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

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

Last week, a story was published by CNBC about a couple who sold their home, for above the asking price, without...