Archive

Whether we’re selling properties, managing buildings, servicing heavy goods vehicles or flogging widgets, we’re all operating in a digital world. This is...

Digital transformation is now happening at a monumental pace, and dependence on technology is growing to new heights. In fact, the...

Making predictions for the year ahead is notoriously difficult and leaves me open to having egg on my face, but I’m...

Over the last five years, the Government has introduced a range of measures to regulate the property market, particularly in the...

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

Automation is the direction the industry is moving in and it’s gathering pace every day. Forward-thinking agents are using automation and...

The last week has been dramatic even by the standards of UK politics, with a Cabinet and junior minister rebellion bringing...

Between you and me, dear reader, I had little to no idea about what the metaverse was before researching it for...

Today’s consumers judge a business not just on the quality of its products, but also on their experience in using them....

When was the time you actively learned something new from your clients or competitors? If it’s a difficult question to answer quickly,...

As we all know, the sector is constantly evolving and as we start to get to grips with the changes, another...

PropTech is booming, and its rise was only accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, which forced the real estate industry – as...

Strike, the digital-first estate agent previously known as Housesimple, has been selected to join Tech Nation’s Future Fifty programme. The online agent, which...

Tech, as has been shown more than ever during the pandemic, can be a wonderful thing – bringing people closer together,...

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

As agents, we’ve finally got used to the word PropTech - some of us even like it! What’s more, PropTech has,...

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

The last 12 months have heralded significant change across the property market and indeed we could argue across all markets in...

Normal life still seems far away so there hasn’t been the usual spotlight on a good-news-feeling that comes every year on...

One of the biggest trends in recent times, as a direct result of the pandemic, is the concept of working from...

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

On March 23rd 2021, Dezrez and its partners are hosting EAvolution21 the event that showcases the latest in PropTech using an...

Technology has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years, undoubtedly improving many parts of the moving process for both estate...

Integration, collaboration and connected platforms – some great buzzwords, but what do they actually mean and do they really help agents? One...

Recent Natters have explored the differences between the UK and American models of agency, and why Purplebricks failed to make a...

I was giving an interview this week for an upcoming conference - yet another to convert from a physical to a...

A new website aims to be the go-to service for agents who want reviews to help them assess the usefulness of...

I want to talk to you about new ways to sell homes. Let's not encourage people to sell but just swap...

The lightbulb moment for LonRes was born out of sheer frustration. I’d just missed out on a deal and the postman...

Following on from the second half of the last decade, the first few weeks of 2020 have been a bit mad...

In the firmest sign yet that PropTech has entered the mainstream, Housing Minister Esther McVey recently launched an expert advisory council...

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

I have been banging on about partnerships and collaborations for years now. Whether it’s between two real estate firms, two PropTech firms,...

I want to take the time this week to talk about PropTech startups and how they can often be seen to...

There are those who say that PropTech is at risk of becoming a bubble market, and others who say bubbles don’t...

I remember the day well; the day we all fell foul of addiction, the day our website was launched. Until then, at...

This week, you find me in Italy. Now that we’ve entered that languid month of August, where all of real estate...

I wrote last week about Keller Williams and how their leader, Gary Keller, is doing an admirable job of driving innovation through...

When an industry disruptor enters a marketplace the impact on existing operators can be significant. It has been seen most notably...

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

My article last week has sparked some really great engagement, which I’m delighted about!  Thank you to everyone who commented or dropped...

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

More than 800 property transactions fall through daily, which can have repercussions both practically and financially, as agents fail to get...

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

An interesting debate has been sparked in PropTech this week. It started with an interview, published on YouTube, in which Kristjan Byfield...

A couple of weeks ago, SoftBank’s Vision Fund led a whopping $200 million investment injection into Clutter, the US-based on-demand storage...

With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on...

In the past year it seems every other story has been about PropTech - the big stuff like Purplebricks and the...

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

A platform that allows individual private sellers and landlords to list their properties alongside those from professional agents says it’s not...

Photos and floor plans remain an essential tool in property marketing. Despite a wealth of choice from aspiring UK PropTech start-ups the...

Reapit has announced that its head of sales, the well-respected and popular industry figure Simon Whale, is leaving the company.  He is...

Two high-profile PropTech entrepreneurs have raised £150,000 to help fund what they call “the first global PropTech platform.” James Dearsley and Eddie...

The time has come for full PropTech/property integration and only those who open themselves to the globe will be part of...

What a big week for PropTech! With the very first MIPIM PropTech conference, taking place in Paris today and tomorrow, comes...

Two online agents and a number of PropTech companies have been named in startups.co.uk's Startups 100 index. Coming in at number 64...

Fall-through rates have long been a problem for the UK residential property market, the issue is nothing new. Today, however, the...

In last week’s column, I asked 14 industry leaders to give their predictions for the year ahead. Well, it seems a handful of...

Well, I don’t know about you but after the holidays I've got an imprint just below my navel where my belt...

Bitcoin has smashed into the headlines again recently with major news outlets describing the ever increasing worth of this wildly volatile...

The government's call for evidence from agents and others in a bid to improve the house buying process has pushed some...

90% of PropTech’s work is good and vital, but that final ten has the potential to damage the rest. In my Sunday...

I would argue the property industry is fundamentally inefficient. Much of that inefficiency is now being handled by PropTech companies and...

It was only a couple of weeks ago that I was writing about the Google City, in Toronto, and now the...

A record number of over 300 agents have so far signed up for next week’s FUTURE: PropTech conference, the largest event...

As Trussle and Placester add to 2017s bonkers tally of PropTech investment, isn’t it time we end the conflict between Tech...

There has been some really interesting talk recently of the relationship between FinTech (Finance Technology) and PropTech (Property Technology). A few...

One of the key factors associated with an active private rental market in the UK, as detailed in the Dataloft PRS...

More estate agents are using – or at least considering using – virtual reality viewings as part of their services. But what...

Later on, the title of this piece should become clearer (at least I hope so). First, though, a few bits and...

Countrywide is to lead a group including Connells and Zoopla in a partnership with the proptech company Fixflo, currently best known...