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There are many myths about using virtual tours to sell or let properties. The most common perceptions are that virtual property...
28 May 2022
From: Features

Adoption of virtual tours among estate agents remain low but new data suggests they could boost sales. Industry analysis shows just 4%...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News

In this special video interview, Angels Media's Lee Dahill chats to Mitch Handley of Inventory Hive about why - post-Covid -...
23 March 2022
From: Features

An agency has re-opened its head office after a two-year break because of Covid. Davidsons Estates has kept open a city centre...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News

PropTech firm CoreLogic UK has acquired the property search and marketing platform Rummage4. Rummage4 was founded in 2015 by agent Robert May...
21 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A survey of sellers shows that 61 per cent of them visit the agent’s website before instructing them. According to respondents the...
07 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Virtual tours are becoming an increasing necessity for agents when listing properties for sale or let. Covid has of course accelerated this...
03 November 2021
From: Features

Many agents working in the industry, whether for large corporates or smaller independents, might one day have ambitions to branch out...
09 October 2021
From: Features

British homebuyers take an average of 25 seconds to decide whether a house is right for them, according to Purplebricks. As a...
07 October 2021
From: Breaking News

There are a huge array of products and services covering the entire journey of lettings, from prospecting all the way through to...
22 September 2021
From: Breaking News

As virtual tours start to get even more popular, and in some cases become the norm for the majority of letting...
18 September 2021
From: Features

Drone technology has come on a long way in recent years, with different use cases across various industries. New developments in...
15 September 2021
From: Sponsored Content

360 tour technology company Made Snappy has grown rapidly over the past 18 months and whilst many agents have grasped the...
28 August 2021
From: Features

Agents and developers are creating full-size show home-style properties overseas in a bid to woo wealthy foreigners who cannot travel to...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, technology has proven to be the answer for many problems faced by sectors across...
30 July 2021
From: Sponsored Content

It’s a big ask to expect anyone to suddenly change what they have always done, particularly if their results have proven...
21 July 2021
From: Features

It doesn’t seem that long ago that 2D floorplans were considered cutting edge – but it’s safe to say they’re now...
01 July 2021
From: Sponsored Content

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Thom Hudson, photographer at Meyers Estate Agents What is Meyers...
22 June 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

There may well have been times in recent weeks when any agent would have been forgiven for wanting a break -...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News

After a recent incident involving an Estate Agent based in Devon in which a property virtual tour they published revealed a...
25 May 2021
From: Sponsored Content

Potential house buyers may be fine with virtual tours during lockdown periods, but as the country opens up, people are going...
24 April 2021
From: Features

Buyer behaviour has changed over the past year of the pandemic and it’s up to estate agents to calculate how to...
30 March 2021
From: Breaking News

An agency says it now sells more prime London properties than any of its rivals. Chestertons makes the claim based on figures...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News

If your house is anything like mine, the postman has a path beaten to your door over the last nine months. In...
23 January 2021
From: Features

Government guidance on how agents can continue working during the lockdown has given a new importance to virtual viewings, says an...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Property expert Phil Spencer is warning that “chaos” and “mayhem” looms in the housing market if the stamp duty holiday is...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
From: Sponsored Content

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

Here at Giraffe360, the PropTech startup, we have raised a £3.5 million funding round to further accelerate our product development and...
05 December 2020
From: Features

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content

It’s no secret that the recent pandemic has forced more businesses to operate remotely, but the shift for estate agents has...
18 November 2020
From: Features

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...
24 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Across the UK and Europe, lockdown measures are changing and the markets are kicking back into life as we grow accustomed...
16 September 2020
From: Features

Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...
03 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...
01 September 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

It has been three months since the property market was given the green light to reopen. During this time, we have...
12 August 2020
From: Features

There’s been a very significant increase in the number of listings carrying virtual viewings, accelerating during the period of the Coronavirus crisis and...
15 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Although few expect virtual viewings to continue their popularity now that lockdown restrictions have been eased, there’s news this morning that...
14 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm says it’s using what it calls “World War Three-style” hazard suits when they visit premises to create virtual...
12 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove and Knight Frank are today both calling for a series of government incentives to kick-start the market after the Coronavirus...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Independent agency Nicol & Co is donating £100 to the NHS for every new instruction signed up by April 21. The agency...
13 April 2020
From: Breaking News

In this time of economic uncertainty, more and more people are becoming unwilling to leave their homes, yet you and your...
11 April 2020
From: Features

Floorplan and photography supplier FocalAgent is making a free offer to every agent in the UK during the virus crisis -...
09 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Over the last two weeks we’ve seen the country come to a standstill and the property market effectively put on ice...
01 April 2020
From: Features

A Spanish housebuilder’s bespoke system to allow prospective buyers to view properties without visiting is being offered to the UK agency...
13 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Midlands estate agency Centrick has launched a new specialist division to focus on the luxury homes market across the West Midlands...
11 October 2019
From: Breaking News

1. Win More Listings For estate agency in the UK, the number one task is to get new properties to market. However,...
29 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content

It’s been a busy year for Giraffe360. Following its £1 million successful funding round in January and moving its headquarters from...
05 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content

New research suggests it takes, on average, six months and 24 days to buy a home. The study, for PropTech virtual tours...
28 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Virtual tours are a compelling way of enhancing a property’s potential through online marketing, increased transparency and efficiency for agents, and...
27 March 2019
From: Features

Who are you? Mikus Opelts, CEO of Giraffe360 What is Giraffe360 and what does it do? Giraffe360 is a unique digital photography subscription service...
05 March 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

We all know the three essential things an estate agent must have on their website include the ability to be able...
13 February 2019
From: Features

A PropTech firm that provides photography for virtual tours, floor plans and online and hard copy property details is relocating from Latvia to...
23 January 2019
From: Breaking News

PropTech has been mainstream for a few years now, and as more agents are familiar with the range of products and...
01 December 2018
From: Features

A recent 'red flag alert' report from an insolvency firm warned that the number of real estate businesses defined as being...
31 October 2018
From: Sponsored Content

A leading agent has urged major portals Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket to feature virtual viewings content more prominently on their platforms. Writing...
29 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Firstly, my sincere apologies - it has now been over a month since my last PropTech blog, doesn’t time fly! In the...
26 May 2018
From: Features

Floor plans are an essential marketing tool, which play an important part in helping an estate agent sell a home. A floor...
07 April 2018
From: Features

I had an interesting meeting last week with a VR company called Garou. Based in New York, they claim to have...
07 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Online estate agency Tepilo has denied industry speculation that it is to change its fee structure now that it is under...
04 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The man behind a PropTech company has blasted Rightmove and Zoopla for failing to emphasise 360-degree virtual tours - the feature recently...
11 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Foxtons says it takes just eight minutes for a purchaser to know whether they will go ahead with buying a home. The...
01 December 2017
From: Breaking News

I’m excited to write this piece. I love it when something comes along and delivers that genuine thrill; the thrill of...
16 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A provider of 360 virtual tours for estate and letting agents has announced it is offering customers a 'freemium package'. EyeSpy360 previously...
17 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm is to launch a 'printed augmented reality' service that allows buyers to point their smartphone and get additional information...
11 November 2016
From: Breaking News

eMoov is to offer virtual tours to clients free of charge - a service for which it says rival online agents...
31 October 2016
From: Breaking News

When marketing a property for sale, there are a number of attributes that buyers and sellers today expect ‘as standard’, but...
23 September 2016
From: Features

One of the original online estate agents, Hatched, is marking its tenth anniversary with a series of announcements. The firm, which began...
03 June 2016
From: Breaking News

There’s been a lot of talk lately about artificial intelligence (AI). We’ve seen it feature prominently this year on film (in...