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An estate agency says it expects a 40 per cent boost in its turnover this year, its 10th in business. Croft Residential,...

An app that promotes both on- and off-market homes to prospective buyers has linked up with a moving service PropTech platform.  Houso...

OnTheMarket’s new chief executive has posted his first full year’s trading figures - and they suggest the portal is making progress...

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

A trade union is demanding that the government ban emails from all employers outside office hours - and it wants emails...

In a trading statement this morning Foxtons has revealed that following a 49 per cent increase in sales revenue in the...

eXp UK - an agency brand with roots in the US - says it now has 200 self-employed agents operating under its...

Banking has gone through radical changes in the past few years, in step with technology and the sheer amount we can...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I am delighted to chat with Lucy Morton, Head of Residential Agency at JLL, about...

A global financial software and analytics firm says it’s launching a new PropTech tool which promises in the near future to...

LSL Property Services, owner of Reeds Rains and Your Move agencies, has sold its holding in conveyancing panel management firm LMS...

In the previous edition of PropTech Today, Nathan Emerson highlighted the importance of effective implementation, linking poor staff engagement to the...

After a recent incident involving an Estate Agent based in Devon in which a property virtual tour they published revealed a...

It’s now over a year since the property market officially reopened after an unprecedented two-month shutdown at the height of the...

We recently conducted a survey and discussion session with estate and lettings agencies called Agency panel - Cut through the noise...

In recent years, the property market has been taking steps to become more digital – with HM Land Registry leading the...

An industry provider has created a free e-book for agents explaining the latest must-have - a Tech Stack. Tech provider Rex has created...

Over the next few years, the property sector is set to change for the better – all thanks to PropTech. While the...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, I speak to someone who has made an excellent impression on the property industry in...

In the first of our revamped PropTech Today series - which will see six industry experts discussing a range of issues...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Ben Ridgway, Group Managing Director at iamproperty. What is iamproperty...

Brexit means that the UK’s anti-money laundering laws are no longer governed by the European Union (EU), but any estate agents...

Even before the pandemic, the estate agency sector was evolving considerably as a younger generation started buying, selling and letting homes,...

In a video interview for Letting Agent Today, Neil Cobbold, Chief Sales Officer of PayProp, speaks to property professional Chris Buckler...

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

Keller Williams now boasts 377 estate agency partners across the UK - agents that have set up and run their own...

As an estate agent, you should of course be performing robust Know Your Customer (KYC) checks as part of your Anti-Money...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity as we are on the threshold of May why not get on to the...

With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...

It’s hard to remember a time at any point in the last 20 years when agents have been looking for a...

The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...

In my previous Estate Agent Today feature, I endeavoured to explain the key differences between APIs and Apps, to help improve...

Propertymark has shortlisted five of the 700 or so PropTech suppliers in the UK, as part of the trade body’s REACH...

International investment bank UBS has double-downgraded Purplebricks from ‘buy’ to ‘sell’ - and that could be good for independent agents, a...

As the property market continues to boom, competition between portals such as Zoopla, Rightmove, OnTheMarket and Boomin has been hotting up...

If someone broke into your house and took a video of lots of personal information, like photos of family and pets,...

Foxtons has reassured investors that 2021 has started well and the agency is on the road to recovery after the Coronavirus...

Michael Bruce has been promoted from the role of executive chairman of Boomin to group chief executive officer. This is within two...

We’ve all spent the past nine months adapting to a more digital way of life. Whether that’s been working from home,...

Purplebricks is this summer starting a £7m campaign in a bid to to increase market share, using a new media partner. The...

The UK property market is always evolving but never as quickly as it is now. Traditional estate agents are seriously questioning...

A high flying agent with experience at a string of top end companies has set up an online business with his...

We are just over one year on from the day our lives truly changed, when the UK went into its first...

The Bruce brothers' new portal Boomin has launched a day early - and no, this isn't an April Fool. The site went live...

With March marking one year since the beginning of the first national lockdown across all four nations of Britain in response...

Targeting the specialist student rental market can be rewarding for letting agents and landlords if they take the right approach. The current...

A company in the German Axel Springer publishing empire - which also invested in Purplebricks in the past - has put...

Here are the first three TV adverts for Boomin, the new property portal which launches on Friday.The new website launches early...

Buyer behaviour has changed over the past year of the pandemic and it’s up to estate agents to calculate how to...

Agency marketing platform BriefYourMarket has acquired live chat and customer experience provider Yomdel.  BriefYourMarket says the addition of Yomdel to its offer...

Knight Frank is investing an undisclosed sum in a venture capital firm specialising in PropTech. The money is going into a European...

Purplebricks is now part of the mainstream landscape of British estate agency. There - I said it. An agency whose whispered name...

A new estate agency says it aims to sell homes within 30 days - and dismisses the idea of a traditional...

This week’s interviewee in the ‘In Conversation Today’ hotseat is a man better placed than most to shed some light on...

The findings of the new ‘Thriving in a Pandemic’ report, recently published by tmgroup and mio, have highlighted that the market...

An industry group charged with trying to make house buying simpler and quicker says it’s made a breakthrough on ‘upfront’ information...

A former Countrywide agent who is now a leading figure in a PropTech company has signed up two local agencies which...

Last year saw a monumental shift in almost every aspect of our lives: not least the way we work, socialise and...

The property sector is in the middle of a boom and demand is high. Last week’s announcement that the stamp duty...

Over the last year, the majority of the UK workforce will have spent some time working from home as a result...

Foxtons says it's set for radical new investment and further takeovers following the acquisition of rival London agency Douglas and Gordon. In...

Paul Creffield, a veteran figure at Countrywide involved in a controversy over bonuses, is staying on to “support” the transition into new...

Propertymark has set out a four point strategy for the future of the organisation. The body - which encompasses the National Association...

Boomin has revealed its launch date after months of high-profile publicity. It’s to be three and a half weeks from now on...

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

A panel of estate agents recently participated in a webinar to discuss the benefits of livestream open house viewings. The webinar, part...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Dan Muir, Area Sales Manager, LetsBid Property What is LetsBid and...

epropservices - parent company of The Guild and Fine & Country - has made another significant PropTech acquisition, its second in three...

An independent agency has announced the opening of another office in what it calls a vote of confidence for the local housing...

Fundamental changes to the way in which agents can work were shown at the online launch of Lifesycle 2 by Iceberg...

When I joined Zoopla, I took the same approach that I always take whenever I enter a new sector: I was...

epropservices, parent company of The Guild of Property Professionals and Fine & Country, has acquired estate agency website supplier Starberry. The firm is...

An estate agency is this month launching packs of up-front information for buyers in a bid to speed sales and reduce fall-throughs.  Miles...

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

An open letter from Boomin chief executive Michael Bruce shows how fierce the competition is going to be in the portal field...

Zoopla says over 250 agents have now signed up to its partnership deal with PropTech firm FocalAgent, set up by former...

CRM supplier Reapit, backed by private equity funding, has entered into an international deal to acquire a leading Australian PropTech provider...

Conveyancing volumes rose 27 per cent in just one month as the sector attempts to cope with huge demand prompted by...

Fixflo’s webinar on February 9 saw an industry panel debate 2021’s threats and opportunities for letting agents. The panel discussed a range...

Former Reapit chief Gary Barker is to join Connells Group, just as the company is taking over Countrywide. Barker - who last...

Hello and welcome to Friday, the day when we highlight agents’ great work to raise funds for good causes despite the continuing...

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

Knowing adjudication terms and phrases can make all the difference in a deposit dispute. The DPS has been helping landlords and letting...

Countrywide shareholders have overwhelmingly backed the offer by Connells to buy the company. At a special virtual AGM today 99.58 per cent...

In this week's Natter, I focus on the inspiring story of Clare Hughes, who has bounced back in the last 12 months...

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

One of the early operators of the self-employed agency model has launched a scheme under which its agents receive shares in the...

It seems like a week does not go by without a new ‘gamechanging’ piece of technology being announced to the industry. 2020...

Since the outbreak of the pandemic, we have all seen a dramatic change in that way that we live and work,...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...

We are now over four weeks in to our third national lockdown in the UK. Although the property market remains open,...

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

As part of our third PayProp Special Report on COVID-19 rental arrears in the UK, we surveyed over 600 agents, tenants...

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way we evaluate our lives and, looking more specifically at the property market, it...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity, the regular round-up of industry good work. Whatever the cause, it’s great to publicise agents’...

Zoopla has revealed a multi-million-pound programme of future developments which have taken 18 months to finalise. Chief executive Charlie Bryant has told...

It’s been some time since online agencies have ventured into crowdfunding to raise investment, but easyProperty has now done so -...

I have written this column for over four years. I started writing it at a time when no-one really knew anything...

A PropTech supplier says the conveyancing process is “antiquated” and buyers and sellers would be better served if they were ’shadowed’...

If your house is anything like mine, the postman has a path beaten to your door over the last nine months. In...

The last few months have seen property agents work hard to continue delivering quality client communications and maintain an increasingly digital...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Will Thompson, Associate Director at Pugh & Co Auctions. I...

A trade body is warning that increased home working triggered by Coronavirus makes the agency industry more vulnerable than ever to...

A firm calling itself the UK’s first 24/7 home-based agency says it wants to roll out nationally with a network of franchisees...

Hello and welcome to the end of a busy, busy week for agency news.  It’s easy to assume the agency business is...

Property auctioneer Pugh, which has 11 offices across the UK, has unveiled bespoke new technology to support its work with estate...

In the not-too-distant future, it will be possible to order a driverless car to collect you and then drive you to...

The ‘future of residential’ is a huge term to contend with but one that was addressed last week through our RE:Connect...

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2021 - we’re less than a fortnight into the New Year...

Boomin has announced another 15 independents as members of the site, which is expected to launch in the near future. “The latest...

There’s no doubt that the property market underwent a tumultuous year in 2020, where efficiency was required more than ever. Since the...

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

January presents an opportune time for agency leaders to resolve and plan for resilience, performance and growth in 2021. With most of...

Connells has revealed that it’s to keep the existing Countrywide branch structure and staff headcount when the acquisition process is completed...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

As we approach the end of the year, there is no doubt that it has been a turbulent 12 months for...

In a dramatic New Year’s Eve statement on the London Stock Exchange, Countrywide has agreed the terms of a recommended offer...

Free to list portal Residential People is launching a new cloud-based platform which it says will help agents use Amazon-style technology...

At the start of December 2020, a select handful of agents attended a private online event to see the latest news...

Many independents will be based in the capital, but given its size and breadth they may get drowned out even more...

Ever since the initial ripples of innovation in the 1990s, PropTech has proceeded to reshape our market beyond recognition; going on...

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

Douglas & Gordon, one of the highest profile London agency networks, is the latest signing for the yet-to-launch Boomin portal. The agency...

It is the end of my column for another year, my 4th if I am not mistaken.  This year has seen a...

Who are you? Hi, I’m Richard Price, Managing Director at Dezrez. Who are Dezrez and what EACRM do you provide? At Dezrez we’re on...

Connells has this morning made a dramatic improvement in its bid to takeover Countrywide. It has increased its cash offer from 250p...

Zoopla has added over 1,000 branches since lockdown began in March, taking total membership of offices and new homes to a...

Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...

If this year has taught us anything, it's that estate agents need their software provider and specifically their CRM, to help...

Here at Giraffe360, the PropTech startup, we have raised a £3.5 million funding round to further accelerate our product development and...

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

The Property Franchise Group has approached Hunters about a possible takeover. Confirmation came this morning in a statement from Hunters, which you can...

Belvoir has become the latest major agency group to sign up to Boomin as a founder agent.  The properties of all four...

It’s that time of year again. Black Friday has been and gone and the run-up to Christmas is well and truly...

After you. No, after you. That is often how innovation seems amongst the real estate elite. And this week I see it...

Property sales take a seriously long time to complete. There are a number of reasons for this, although often delays are...

The soon-to-launch Boomin portal has signed up a national firm and now claims to have recruited 40 per cent of the...

A high-profile publicity campaign has culminated in the launch of a new CRM which calls itself as “a transformative new technology, empowering...

A mortgage technology platform has released figures suggesting the housing market remains strong, with high numbers of searches by buyers for...

Newspapers are pushed through the door, whereas websites have to pull in visitors - it’s a simple but fundamental difference with vast implications...

Tenants, landlords, agents, and house buyers all breathed a sigh of relief on Halloween when the government announced that home moves...

The director of a conveyancing technology company has hit out at what he calls “an over-reliance on outdated processes” and “age-old...

Reapit has named Mark Armstrong as the new chief executive officer, the post occupied by the high profile and popular Gary...

High profile franchise hybrid agency EweMove has announced ambitious plans to double agent numbers within two years. The firm - which has...

The founder of OneDome says a likely housing market slowdown is the perfect time for agents to optimise revenue by investing in PropTech. Babek Ismayil believes...

A slight change to the normal column this week. I was very fortunate to be given the virtual floor at the...

A regional wing of Fine & Country has reported a record month - and puts it down to the self-employed ‘associate’ business model...

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your opportunity to catch up on who’s moving where in the agency and supplier...

Watching the government’s surprise press conference a couple of weekends ago the message was clear; we were heading into a gruelling...

According to the annual Property Week PropTech survey, almost 48% of property businesses had tested new technology because of the COVID-19...

The second England-wide lockdown is here. The good news is that this time round, the property market remains open for business,...

Many agents are brilliant at giving a personal touch and are professional in the way they treat customers, but I would...

Conveyancers have considered whether the long-standing ‘caveat emptor’ or buyer beware principle in a property purchase should be replaced by ‘vendor...

Firstly, let’s get the obvious out of the way. Lockdown 2, as it’s being known, is now with us, but fortunately...

The UK lettings market is no stranger to technology. But only a few of the early initiatives have remained, and landlords...

Letting agents and landlords have faced huge change and uncertainty this year, with Covid-19 the major driver. But even before the...

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

We can all agree that the recovery of the property market since May has been outstanding. The latest data from Zoopla...

Recent figures emanating from the mortgage and housing market suggest that – since lockdown was ended in mid-May – transaction levels...

The proliferation of free and accessible digital services has - at face value - brought us many great things: same-day deliveries,...

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

There’s no denying it, job hunting can be hard work – even more so at the moment, with all that’s going...

Generating leads is a crucial and age-old part of estate agency. Before the internet, lead generation was just as important to...

2020 has been a testing year right from the start. With Storms Ciara and Dennis causing £184m+ worth of damage to...

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the way every industry operates and the property sector is no exception. Following an enforced seven-week...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am James D. Marshall, Founder and CEO of Pupil. What...

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

Boomin, the still-to-launch portal created by the founders of Purplebricks, has named another 10 founding member agencies. Like the initial 10 they...

I had a wry smile when I read the article on Monday from the conveyancers complaining about people getting off their...

Hello and welcome to the start of a new week and a new edition of Property Jobs Today, your chance to...

The senior management from four of the agencies announced as founding members of Boomin have spoken out in favour of the...

Lawyers, politicians, bankers, insurance sellers – no matter where you go, there are some professions that are just always going to...

2020 has definitely been a year of change. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the day-to-day operations of almost every industry...

Online agency Purplebricks says an absence of technology in property details is one of the biggest turn-offs for potential buyers. A survey...

OnTheMarket’s acting chief executive says the portal will embrace more social media and innovative marketing strategies in the coming period. Yesterday the...

A new Proptech platform is launching next month with claims it will “up-end the way agents do business” and that it will...

A new portal-style PropTech product has launched and wants to recruit estate agents to its fold - despite describing the way...

The only certainty at the moment is ongoing uncertainty. It’s something we’ve got used to in 2020, but it’s still not...

The latest review by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team into referral fees places the outdated practice of...

How to stay on top of arrears during a global pandemic Many have speculated, though much of it is anecdotal – how...

Recently, when giving speeches, I have discussed investment trends and industry trends that the built environment is experiencing. They are quite...

The latest government rules combined with the Prime Minister’s recent address to the nation is clear – tougher measures are required...

The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 have been in place for several months now. While letting...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Lee Rix - Head of Business Development What is ‘company name’...

Franchise network Hunters has recorded strong figures for the first half of 2020 but a trading statement reveals the measures it...

Are agents swimming upstream against the Electrical Safety Regulations? 3 months on from the introduction of the ‘Electrical Safety Standards in the...

Property technology company OneDome, which operates two portals - OneDome and Nethouseprices - has raised another £5m in funding.  It says it...

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

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

Seller and landlord leads are what makes estate agency tick. Without them, new business is nowhere to be seen and you...

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

Across the UK and Europe, lockdown measures are changing and the markets are kicking back into life as we grow accustomed...

Ahead of the launch of a new iBuyer platform later this year, agents are being invited to attend two webinars hosted...

Hello and welcome to the new working week. Here’s the latest information on key hires across our industry: if you have similar...

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

The portal  set up by Purplebricks founders Michael and Kenny Bruce has revealed it's recruited Rightmove and Zoopla personnel and intends...

The National Association of Estate Agents is inviting members to join a panel reviewing new PropTech produced as a result of...

Another US real estate agency wants to follow Keller Williams, Berkshire Hathaway and others by opening in the United Kingdom. Nest Seekers International...

There will not be a single business within the property sector that did not start the year in vastly different circumstances...

Property portal Boomin has been "courted by a range of potential backers" according to Sky News. The news service - which has...

For many agents it’s been a big week…not because of the surge of buyers, but because their children have returned to...

Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...

There’s been a surprise appointment as OnTheMarket chief executive. Instead of popular acting CEO Clive Beattie - who had made it known...

One of the most experienced British estate agents says the new portal Boomin - expected to launch next month, October -...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has given a thumbs up to the new Boomin listings service created by the brothers...

One of the UK’s market centres set up by US-led agency Keller Williams has strongly defended its policy of recruiting newcomers...

The last few months have been tough for the property sector, and the pressure will continue as estate agents across the...

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...

An unusual property sales concept, which signs up vendors and then effectively sub-contracts their sales to strongly-performing local estate agents, has...

A digital resource hub for estate agents claims to shorten transaction times. Sort Move, which has been operating since late 2019,...

Life as we know it has changed – for everybody – and what tenants want, need and expect in this post-pandemic...

A leading expert on estate agency and the housing market in Australia has lifted the lid on how Purplebricks failed down...

It has been three months since the property market was given the green light to reopen. During this time, we have...

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

OneDome has released a list of High Street agencies that have signed up to its free-to-list portal and sister website Nethouseprices  -...

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

Purplebricks has revealed that its new board member is one of the world’s leading digital executives.  Dr Stephanie Caspar is the new...

Steve, his name was. Steve, the board man. A rather frightening man, if truth be told. When I started at Foxtons, he used...

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...

Butters John Bee, one of the oldest agency brands in the UK, is the latest part of the Spicerhaart group to...

The chief executive of the UK operation of a US-owned brand says his agency its the fastest growing in this country...

Conferences, events and awards dinners are a hugely important part of the property calendar, bringing the great and the good of...

Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...

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

Tuesday of this week was the busiest day of the year so far for searches for mortgages - widely seen as...

The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 - which require increased electrical testing in rental properties...

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

The founder of Purplebricks, Michael Bruce, has this morning revealed his new project to be called Launch B - and he...

An online agency that describes itself as the fifth largest in the sector has announced it’s launching a digital auction service. 99home...

At a recent Conveyancing Association webinar focused on the provision of upfront information in the property sale process, there was a...

NAEA Propertymark is partnering with a service called REACH UK, to promote selected PropTech start ups to agents who may need...

Have you ever wondered how industry-specific software and property portals have influenced the typical estate agency of today? A new book, which...

A PropTech supplier claims that an agency has secured the first ever transaction where the complete chain used Reservation Agreements.  Harrison Residential,...

It’s a tough time for agents and our stories show a disturbingly high number of  branches closing - but there are...

Haart - one of the brands owned by Spicerhaart, which laid off staff in the first hours of the pandemic -...

Businesses across all sectors have struggled to adapt to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. One group that have bucked...

As we adjust to a life post-Covid-19, letting agents, landlords, and tenants are thinking - ways to speed up the process...

The new chief executive of The Property Franchise Group says he anticipates his company’s hybrid arm - EweMove - will go...

Midlands regional chain Andrew Grant, which last year closed some branches as it moved to a ‘hub’ structure, appears to have...

Video tours, heralded as the next big thing just a few weeks ago, are being abandoned by buyers and dismissed as...

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

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

A hybrid agency which set a target of rivalling Purplebricks when it launched has announced a recruitment drive and expansion in...

US-originated estate agency Keller Williams claims to be the fastest growing in the UK as a result of 29 agents joining...

An estate agency with a reputation for PropTech innovation says it now live-streams all instructions in a bid to operate more...

To most people, purchasing a home is the single most significant financial commitment made across a lifetime. Given the impact and...

Virtual viewings could transform estate agency so fundamentally that they might mean the work of five negotiators could in future be...

It’s official – the property market is back open for business. Estate agents have started to unfurlough staff and many are...

If you are an established UK estate agent, the status quo dictates that you will most likely work for ‘the man.’ Corporate...

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

There’s no doubt we’re in a less-than-rosy phase of the property cycle. This, however, is not another doom and gloom piece:...

The Property Franchise Group - parent company of six agency brands including EweMove and Martin & Co - says all of...

The Covid-19 crisis has forced the UK property industry to rethink the way it operates. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the...

The man who has been Rightmove’s head of innovation for the past five years has joined an online agency. Hannes Buhrmann has...

Arguments over the alleged gaming of reviews by and for some estate agencies have waged ferociously in recent years, and now...

A former Purplebricks chief has become managing director of an agency aiming to be a national brand. Jim Harris - a former training...

Last week was Mental Health Awareness Week, and there is a great deal of positive things to be said about a...

The well-known chief executive of Fine & Country, David Lindley, is standing down. An announcement from the agency came late this morning...

The Covid-19 crisis hasn’t caused the revolution it has been reported to have. Despite the challenges it has brought, fundamentally, the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Tom Harrington and I’m the founder and...

Letting agents up and down the country have undoubtedly felt the financial strain added by the outbreak of COVID19. Whilst this will continue,...

A daily monitor of mortgage market activity has reported “significant volumes” of business across the sector, even over the weekend. Mortgage technology...

Strutt & Parker is the latest agency to attract hundreds of prospective vendors and buyers to a ‘keep in touch’ webinar. Last...

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

The online estate agency Settled appears to have ceased trading with its customers refunded. It was launched in 2014 by former Google...

Over the past few weeks, estate agents have been forced to close high street branches and adapt to working from home,...

An instant valuation service has launched a new tool aimed at helping agents prioritise leads through prospective vendors uploading photographs to...

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

The demand for mortgages in April was scarcely a quarter of what it was in March - but the figures show...

The Haart estate agency chain has launched a portal called Off Market which it describes to sellers as being “a unique...

Rightmove, Zoopla and even OnTheMarket could make money even if they did not charge agents anything at all to list properties....

Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....

A Fine & Country agent has just sold a home based on a video viewing, and is now sharing tips with...

Aside from the obvious health crisis, the current pandemic is proving difficult for the business worldwide. However, despite the increasing contact...

With a lengthy lockdown already behind us one might think that fund-raising was a step too far - but not for...

The last five years have seen unprecedented changes to the property market and agents and their clients have never faced such...

A PropTech firm is reporting a surge in demand for its remote ID verification software products during the virus lockdown. The software,...

We are still living in highly extraordinary times, perhaps evidenced best by the fact that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was...

In this time of economic uncertainty, more and more people are becoming unwilling to leave their homes, yet you and your...

Floorplan and photography supplier FocalAgent is making a free offer to every agent in the UK during the virus crisis -...

As the impact of coronavirus unfolds, we are in constant conversations with customers to understand the challenges they’re facing and to...

Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging...

On April 4, EAT published a piece titled: ‘It’s 2024: what will the industry look like, post corona-virus’. To me, this...

One of the industry’s highest profile figures has suggested the Coronavirus crisis could trigger many more agents becoming self-employed. Nicky Stevenson -...

Some 2,500 estate agency branches have expressed an interest in a new portal, Homesearch, launching next month.  Although the Homesearch website lists...

Much like PropTech, Open Banking has been used as a buzzword in recent years. However, when it comes to the rental...

Two auctions held behind closed doors have been deemed a success, and evidence that the property market can still function despite...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column . Before we get on with it, a reminder to...