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Artificial Intelligence is now a part of all our lives, but my attention was grabbed recently by an AI critique of...

The European real estate market is the most distressed sector across Europe, research suggest. The latest Weil European Distress Index suggests the...

The CEO of leading Scottish property portal ESPC, Paul Hilton shares why a discerning pricing strategy can improve the prospects of...

The CEO of leading Scottish property portal ESPC shares why a discerning pricing strategy can improve the prospects of your property...

If you saw our recent article, you’ll know that one in five (19.24%) ValPal leads generated via Facebook ads actually went...

Down-valuations appear to be on the rise and it is shocking agents and mortgage brokers. Property professionals have seen an uptick in...

Eddisons has signed a partnership deal with proptech firm Valos in a collaboration which is designed to streamline the property consultancy’s...

A first-of-its-kind degree has launched that focuses on residential estate agency. The Swindon campus of the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has launched...

With a combined value surpassing £7.4 trillion, the UK’s 29 million residential properties represent a vital national asset, and for homeowners,...

Record numbers of future vendors sent a request for an estate agent to come and provide a market appraisal of their...

The European property market is the most distressed sector, new research suggests. The latest Distress Index, from restructuring firm Weil, has warned...

Buyers in Scotland took advantage of the high levels of competition in the market between November January, research suggests. Analysis by Scottish...

London agent Martyn Gerrard has acquired Palmers Green-based estate and lettings agent Range Homes.   The deal, worth almost £1m, will see the...

Further adjustments in house prices are needed to match valuations with market expectations, Propertymark has warned. It comes as the agency trade...

A record 1.6m leads were generated through The ValPal Network (TVPN) last year, the proptech firm has revealed. The housing market may...

Off-market property platform Invisible Homes is confident of hitting its target of 1,000 listings by the end of this year. Originally launched...

The end of the year is always a time of reflection around careers and whether we should pursue pastures new. I...

The number of agents reporting listings selling for under asking price has hit its highest level this year as Propertymark warns...

Simon Jackson is Managing Director of SDL Surveying If we look at the latest data, it looks like there is something of...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has published an updated UK supplement of its ‘Red Book’ – its master document...

Former NAEA Propertymark President Stephen McCarron has questioned if agents should be held responsible for clients losing out from overvalued properties. Speaking...

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

Homes with the number 13 typically have the lowest property valuations, Rightmove data suggests. Analysis by the portal, using property valuations from...

Over-valuations and too much reliance on national asking price data is skewing seller expectations, agents claim. The latest Agents MVMT podcast tackles...

Buyers and sellers are still factoring energy efficiency into property valuations despite Prime Minister Rishi Sunak rolling back net-zero reforms. Analysis by...

Welcome back to the second instalment of our blog series on social media marketing tips for estate agents! In part one,...

I'll start with a confession. I am not an estate agent - I'm a marketer. But since I joined the industry...

An estate agency with a major new homes department claims new build sales are proving more resilient than the mainstream market. Leaders...

Estate agents have been urged to be wary of complaints around market appraisals and the handling of offers. The latest annual review...

Over-valuations remain a factor behind why asking prices haven’t fallen further yet, agents suggest. The latest Rightmove House Price Index for July...

Our data shows vast regional differences in current house prices and many areas are defying the current overall national dip. The study...

From valuations to viewings, conveyancing to completions, technology has transformed our sector dramatically and permanently. After comparatively slow beginnings, PropTech really took...

OnTheMarket has launched a new nurturing service to help estate agents generate fresh revenue from their existing database and win more...

As we move into a more challenging market this summer with interest rates still on the rise, house prices relaxing and...

Only a fifth of agents have reported being busier than last year as higher mortgage rates and inflation weigh on the...

Salisbury-based agency brand Whites is celebrating a staff member who has reached 35 years of working for the company. Glenda Privett joined...

Lomond-owned agencies have reported a rise in market activity since the start of the year, despite withdrawals and fall-throughs remaining high. A...

Property professionals have given their backing to new guidance on cladding. A webinar poll by Countrywide Surveying Services (CSS) has revealed that...

As an estate agent, you know that securing the sale is just step one of a successful journey. But with issues...

Agency trade body Propertymark has welcomed reforms to the business rates system, meaning high street agents, and other businesses, could finally...

Valuation tools provider The ValPal Network (TVPN) has developed a new feature to give agents instant access to sales leads. The service,...

Mystery surrounds the current position and owner of the Douglas & Gordon sales business as documents reveal the events that led...

Higher utility and staffing costs pushed profits down in Savills’ UK residential business last year. The property and agency brand revealed in...

Companies that own UK residential properties have under a month to revalue and tell HMRC if any are worth more than...

AVRillo is seeking agents to help test a new product that aims to provide upfront material information to buyers at the...

Award-winning sales progression platform mio has uncovered the home moving experiences of nearly 200 movers and evaluated what this means for...

Estate agents should ‘rock the clothes they want’ rather than sticking to corporate 1980s suit fashions, an industry executive has claimed. It...

January was a record month for mortgage searches but mainly for remortgaging rather than home purchase, data from an industry software...

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

One million homes have lost all their pandemic gains amid the financial turmoil at the end of last year, Zoopla claims. Each...

The first half of 2023 will be more challenging than last year but the performance of the prime residential markets should...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss the arrival of Lifesycle 3. The continual development of Lifesycle...

Inside this short article, my goal is to simply highlight the four most common mistakes l see from reviewing agents' Google Ad...

Self-employed estate partnership brand The Agency UK (TAUK) is to host its first industry exhibition. Titled Grow your Agency in 23, the...

Regional estate agent Miles & Barr is showing its support for the home nations at this month’s World Cup with free...

Agents can now use vendor feedback from allAgents to access and print reports demonstrating how accurate their market appraisals are. The reviews...

With sustainability and eco-friendliness becoming more important by the minute, new research has suggested significant amounts of carbon could be saved...

Homeowners and prospective buyers considering a move before Christmas should act quickly to increase their chances of a smooth relocation, as...

A prime central London (PCL) agency established by former Savills and Knight Frank staff is celebrating five years in business. Tedworth Property...

A Somerset-based estate agency director has come up with his own approach to clear a backlog of probate or ‘Red Book’...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) has partnered with industry data specialist TwentyEA to offer a new tool for the membership...

Property professionals and commentators have begun pondering an official definition of a house price crash. It comes amid forecasts that house prices...

Properties are being down valued by up to 5% in some areas of the UK in the sign of a housing...

Conveyancing caseloads remain 34% up on pre-pandemic levels and could become more complex as the market tightens, Search Acumen warns. The conveyancing...

Agents using Zoopla have already seen an increase in valuation leads just a month after the portal launched a new marketing...

The number of prospective sellers contacting estate agents to have their home valued has hit its highest level since January, Rightmove...

Zoopla has unveiled a new marketing campaign aimed at high-value home movers and claims it has already boosted leads with agents. The...

Customer insight provider KnowYourMarket has partnered with sales conversion strategist, Tony Morris International to develop a product that promises to boost...

There have been many articles about ‘digitising upfront information’, following the publication of DLUHC’s Levelling-Up white paper and National Trading Standards...

In the third part of this exclusive series with Homesearch’s chief operating officer, Sam Hunter, Angels Media’s Lee Dahill questions him...

Homeowners in England and Wales overvalue their properties by an average of 8%, research suggests. Property buying firm Quick Move Now compared...

It’s the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell fire tragedy, but are high rises any safer today than they were then? On 14th...

Mortgage down valuations are being driven-up by sellers trying their luck and ignoring their estate agent’s advice, a broker claims. Analysis by...

Zoopla is piloting a new data migration tool to quickly transfer agent data from its Jupix to Alto software brand in just...

House price growth may be slowing but there is still plenty of movement in the property jobs market. Here are some of...

Agents using Boomin have managed to convert more than 20% of SmartVal valuation requests into instructions. The challenger portal and lead generation...

Agency listings appear to be on the rise with major brands seeing a spike in valuations and instructions. Data from national agent Jackson-Stops...

Agents are being urged to make better use of technology to balance calls for a shorter working week and consumer demand...

In this video interview – part of a regular monthly series – Homesearch’s Sam Hunter speaks to Angels Media’s Lee Dahill...

Mortgage brokers have warned that an increase in downvaluations is starting to hit the property market. Lenders and their valuers are cutting...

Our inbox is regularly stuffed with exciting new industry developments and tools to help agents work better.  Here are some of the...

Increasingly cautious mortgage lending could dampen the property market and cause more sales to fall-through, it has been warned. Recent house price...

Foxtons has given details of what some believe is market-leading use of technology to drive its sales and lettings effort. In a...

At least 18 MPs have come out in favour of a new annual Proportional Property Tax which would be levied on...

We know from our customer research that being able to showcase property that looks the best it can online is the...

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

A consultation exercise on government proposals for its business rates review is totally “underwhelming” according to property agency Colliers. The consultation ends...

Strike, formerly known as Housesimple, is the latest online agency to claim it’s going to secure a 10 per cent market...

Purplebricks is claiming that literally thousands of High Street agents from conventional bricks-and-mortar firms are applying to the agency. It says this...

The Bruce brothers’ new portal Boomin has given its first statistics regarding usage following the launch of a new marketing campaign...

Data out today from Rightmove shows the predictable seasonal effect of around 0.7 per cent knocked off the typical asking price. The...

An agent is considering charging divorcing couples because so many ask for valuations merely to calculate how they will split the...

Boomin has revealed an upgrade to its SmartVal feature, which tries to blend real-time online valuations with local expertise from member...

We have been speaking with many agents over the past months and the story appears the same with them all. There...

OnTheMarket says it delivered a record number of instant valuation enquiries last month, beating its previous best period in June of...

PropTech industry giant epropservices has acquired Property Technology Ltd, better known to agents as marketing platform LeadPro. epropservices is the parent company of...

Fledgling portal Boomin says its new SmartVal tool has received over 10,000 requests since launching in early September. SmartVal is powered in part by...

A think tank has proposed scrapping Council Tax and stamp duty in favour of an annual property levy.  The Institute for Public...

An agency claims that across the UK there have been very nearly 400,000 property transactions down valued in the last year...

The work of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team is “vital” it claims - and the case of the...