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UK-based estate agencies are being given the opportunity to list their properties on Century 21 Global, the brand’s global listings site. This...
25 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The CEO of leading Scottish property portal ESPC, Paul Hilton shares why a discerning pricing strategy can improve the prospects of...
09 March 2024
From: Features
Seller search interest for high street agents has dropped, while there has been a significant spike in searches for cheap fee...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The CEO of leading Scottish property portal ESPC shares why a discerning pricing strategy can improve the prospects of your property...
02 March 2024
From: Features
The closing bell is ringing for estate and letting agents across the UK to participate in this year's Voice of the...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Two brothers who previously worked as estate agents have launched a new networking platform for property professionals in the UK. Chris Tremlett,...
31 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Further adjustments in house prices are needed to match valuations with market expectations, Propertymark has warned. It comes as the agency trade...
29 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Mortgage lenders are “treading a fine line” between offering attractive rates for homebuyers and getting caught out by rising swap rates,...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Most agents may argue that every month is the best time to list but Rightmove has identified February as the optimum...
25 January 2024
From: Breaking News
After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during May’s local election campaigning,...
13 January 2024
From: Features
Only a tenth of first-time buyers have managed to get on the property ladder without additional support, a survey has revealed. Comparison...
11 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Keller Williams has expanded its content and insights partnership with Dataloft after a successful trial period. The brand said 20 agents have...
04 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Agents are being invited to respond to a new survey on the state of the industry. Former Fine & Country boss Simon...
02 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Around half of sellers would highly recommend their estate agent, new research suggests. Coaching platform the Property Academy’s latest Home Moving trends...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The private rental landscape has been undergoing a profound transformation, with technology playing a pivotal role in shaping the way tenancies...
13 December 2023
From: Features
The property market could be in for a strong end to the year based on typical seasonal trends, research suggests, New research...
12 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The borough of Richmond upon Thames in London has been crowned the happiest place to live in Great Britain, according to...
06 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has secured guests from the Bank of England to join a live webinar for agents today. The event aims to break...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Estate agents sold a record number of properties via online auction between July and September, figures from proptech firm iamproperty have...
31 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Simon Jackson is Managing Director of SDL Surveying If we look at the latest data, it looks like there is something of...
28 October 2023
From: Features
A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...
26 October 2023
From: Sponsored Content
The latest market snapshot from Propertymark suggests a more pessimistic view of the market. The trade body’s latest Housing Insight report says...
25 October 2023
From: Breaking News
After a steady increase in mortgage rates, concerns about house prices have been rising too. The Financial Times reported in mid...
21 October 2023
From: Features
Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities are constantly developing, helping to improve efficiencies across all sectors and disciplines. Recent data* highlights that the...
21 October 2023
From: Features
The usual post-summer uplift has failed to materialise for the property market, new figures suggest. Analysis by data company the Landmark Information...
20 October 2023
From: Breaking News
UK consumers are feeling financially worse off than they were a year ago but this sentiment isn’t necessarily reflected when it...
16 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The Guild of Property Professionals has launched a second virtual event this Autumn following its inaugural streamed event earlier this year. Scheduled...
11 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Who are you, and what does it say on your business card? I'm Ashley Day, the Director of Bristol Property Centre. What is...
09 October 2023
From: 60 Second Interview
In today's world of rising costs and economic uncertainty, estate agents are seeking innovative ways to maximise their resources while delivering...
07 October 2023
From: Features
Keller Williams UK (KWUK) is set to hold its largest ever UK event. The KWUK Megacamp will take place at the VUE cinema in...
02 October 2023
From: Breaking News
Clive Humby of Dunn Humby (the Mega Minds behind the Tesco Clubcard) declared that "Data is the new oil" in 2006....
27 September 2023
From: Breaking News
Welcome back to the second instalment of our blog series on social media marketing tips for estate agents! In part one,...
19 September 2023
From: Marketing & Social Media
Funny how time flies faster as you get older and I’m reminded that next week, (23rd September, to be precise) it...
16 September 2023
From: Features
The property market is set for its quietest year for sales since 2012, Zoopla claims. The portal’s latest House Price Index estimates...
30 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) has unveiled a new collaboration with Dataloft. The partnership will give FIA members access to Dataloft’s...
22 August 2023
From: Breaking News
If we turn the clock back only twenty years, the concept of managing our lives from a handheld device was within...
21 August 2023
From: Breaking News
After months of negative messaging and anti-development sentiment, espoused both nationally by the Government, and locally during recent local election campaigning,...
19 August 2023
From: Features
The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors housing market snapshot shows the increasing damage being wrought by high interest rates. The RICS...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has launched a new tool to help agencies manage their training with the portal. The new tool ‘Teams View’ is available...
02 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Property supply is improving but fewer properties are going under offer, research suggests. Analysis of quarter two property market activity by data...
21 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Sellers are being encouraged to list their homes now as the market approaches its seasonal peak. Self-employed agency brand eXp UK analysed...
21 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Asking prices have fallen on a monthly basis at this time of year for the first time since June 2017 as...
19 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Zoopla has unveiled an upgraded website for agents and housebuilders. The refreshed Zoopla Advantage website, first launched in 2018, will provide new...
19 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Two sets of housing data have suggested a declining property market, with further price drops on the horizon. Halifax has recorded the...
08 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The prime London market appears to be lacking its usual spring buzz as buyers wait for prices to drop research suggests. Analysis...
17 May 2023
From: Breaking News
High borrowing costs and an uncertain economic outlook remaining the main challenges for homebuyers, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)...
11 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Property supply has improved during the first quarter of 2023 following house price corrections and a settling of interest rates, according...
27 April 2023
From: Breaking News
‘Social proof’ will be an agent’s most important tool during the tougher property market, it has been claimed. Industry trainer and founder...
31 March 2023
From: Breaking News
From Million Dollar Listing to Selling Sunset, we’re used to seeing real estate reality TV in full force on Netflix. Whilst...
29 March 2023
From: Features
Property Academy is hosting a free webinar today where behavioural economist Roger Martin-Fagg will share his predictions for the property market...
28 March 2023
From: Breaking News
With no ease up on the cost of living crisis, understandably many agents’ primary concern is whether or not their tenants...
11 March 2023
From: Features
Agency website designer and marketing provider is starting to use artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT in the products it provides agents. ChatGPT AI...
23 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The rising price of fuel and the wider cost of living crisis are causing significant concern and stress for UK homeowners...
11 February 2023
From: Features
Fine & Country has unveiled details of its 2023 International conference and awards ceremony The upmarket agent brand will hold its annual...
07 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents and property professionals are spreading plenty of charitable love ahead of Valentine's Day. See some of the inspirational examples below. Whatever the...
27 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The level of new listings coming to market is at its weakest since the end of the 2021 Stamp Duty holiday,...
19 January 2023
From: Breaking News
With the property market showing signs of a slow-down and the economic outlook rather uncertain, we spoke to Lucy Noonan, founder...
18 January 2023
From: Features
The level of new property listings and completions among agents were only slightly below 2019 activity during the fourth quarter but...
17 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Consumer demand for auction can no longer be ignored. Month after month this alternative method of sale sees increased uptake as...
11 January 2023
From: Features
As we’ve mentioned in other blogs, even though we’re going through uncertain times, this is the right time not only to...
11 January 2023
From: Features
The ‘race for space’ is over and the property market is returning to pre-pandemic levels, Nicky Stevenson claims. Stevenson, managing director of...
10 January 2023
From: Breaking News
New year, old worries: what’s happening in the housing market? We’ve asked experts and collated forecasts, 15 in total. On the one...
07 January 2023
From: Features
Estate agents have the challenging job of creating relationships and trust with their customers, who will make crucial life decisions such...
07 January 2023
From: Features
The only certainty at the moment is that we are living in a period of uncertainty. The challenges facing the property...
08 December 2022
From: Sponsored Content
The level of homes being snapped up within two weeks of being listed has fallen to 6.8% across the UK market...
24 November 2022
From: Breaking News
There have been plenty of new jobs being started outside of Wesminster this month. Here are some of the latest moves that...
31 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Conveyancing is an integral part of the house buying and selling process. But it is a slow process, with the length...
26 October 2022
From: Features
Agents are invited to a webinar with Zoopla next week to discuss the portal’s 2023 outlook. Hosted by Zoopla’s executive director of...
25 October 2022
From: Breaking News
A recent study conducted by the Technical University of Denmark reported that the attention span of people around the world is...
01 October 2022
From: Features
Transforming your living room into an eco-friendly space not only benefits your health and wellbeing, but the planet too. It can...
27 September 2022
From: PropTech & Innovation
Winkworth has claimed to have sold more properties than any other agent during the first half of the year. The bold claim...
08 September 2022
From: Breaking News
In this guest piece, Kevin Shaw, National Sales Managing Director at Leaders Romans Group, looks at whether house prices will start to cool...
27 August 2022
From: Features
Conveyancing software provider Smoove is set to rollout a new flagship estate agency product following a successful trial phase. Smoove Start was...
23 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Sellers are always looking for ways to improve the value of their home, and according to new research agents may just...
09 August 2022
From: Breaking News
As uncertainty continues to prevail across the industry, aided by a government in crisis, the challenges in the months ahead feel...
29 July 2022
From: Sponsored Content
High profile agents and industry executives are due to appear in a new video series to share best practice ideas online. The...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
The number of transactions progressing to completion is being hit by the cost of living crisis and rising interest rates, new...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Online searches for property portals have declined, in another suggested sign of the slowing market. Analysis of data from AdWords and Google Trends...
14 July 2022
From: Breaking News
02 July 2022
From: Features
Technology continues to enhance the way estate agents work, from improving efficiencies, reducing admin time, and ensuring your team remains highly...
29 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Images can have the ability to paint a vivid image, but video content can take this to the next level if...
22 June 2022
From: Marketing & Social Media
The digital transformation of the property industry is not a new chapter, but an ongoing journey in which the winners are...
18 June 2022
From: Features
Buyers are being urged to ditch their laptops and hit the streets to find a property. The property market is currently hampered...
16 May 2022
From: Breaking News
A new survey by interior experts Hammonds Furniture has outlined how important interior style is to potential buyers, with 40% of...
21 April 2022
From: Breaking News
London’s prime sales market is set to underperform compared with 2021 but is still looking to be better than the pre-pandemic...
19 April 2022
From: Breaking News
In this piece, the team at Iceberg Digital look at whether the first cracks are appearing in the portals. For the last...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent industry supplier has produced startling statistics about the numbers of fall throughs in just the first 10 weeks or...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The Chartered Institute of Housing, set to unveil its latest annual housing review next month, has indicated that to no one’s...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Propertymark, analyses the impact that the lack of available data is having on...
19 February 2022
From: Features
The coming annual conference of Fine & Country, being held next month, is to have Boris Johnson’s brother as a keynote...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
With the new year in full swing, agents around the UK are likely to be making changes to the way they...
12 February 2022
From: Features
Some regional property markets are perilously close to running out of any stock to sell. That’s the news from property data...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Outspoken TV property expert Kirstie Allsopp has told first time buyers they may have to sacrifice lattes, Netflix and gym membership...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee is set to meet today to consider a possible rise in base rate -...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Hunters has tweaked its earlier version of hybrid franchising in a bid to attract self-employed agents. Hunters Personal was launched with a...
26 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The average age at which someone buys their first home has risen to 32, up from 29 in 2011 and is...
25 January 2022
From: Breaking News
With the drastic changes enacted on the industry over the past two years thanks to the pandemic and political events such...
22 January 2022
From: Features
The past two years have been a whirlwind of change, challenges and chance. The main catalyst has clearly been the pandemic...