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A leading PropTech entrepreneur with a lengthy pedigree as an estate agent says agents should use more technology in a bid...

A survey of sellers shows that 61 per cent of them visit the agent’s website before instructing them. According to respondents the...

Mark Meyer, CEO, Meyers Estate Agents: “We’re on a mission to revolutionise the traditional concept of estate agency.   We don’t have...

In this op-ed, Warwick Haycock, accounting software specialist at The Access Group, looks at how the use of tech can empower...

Luke Thirkettle heads up the lettings division at Stratfords, a single-branch lettings and sales agency based in Milton Keynes. Here, he speaks to...

The UK’s biggest property auctioneer is considering whether to bring its sales back into the auction room in the near future. Managing...

Rightmove is to review the processes of an online platform which directly uploads sellers' property details via an app. Two years ago...

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jack Reid Founding Director of Orlando Reid  In your experience,...

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

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

Government guidance on how agents can continue working during the lockdown has given a new importance to virtual viewings, says an...

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

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

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

It’s no secret that the recent pandemic has forced more businesses to operate remotely, but the shift for estate agents has...

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

The Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday has been a hot topic of conversation for many in the residential property industry –...

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

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

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

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

** This Bank Holiday Monday both Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today look at how agencies have modified offices and...

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

Rightmove and Knight Frank are today both calling for a series of government incentives to kick-start the market after the Coronavirus...

Working from home is something of a leveller right now, applying to people in the capital and in the sticks, but...

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

A video has been launched this morning explaining how agents can get their sellers and landlords to use iPhones to make...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...

A second prominent agent has broken cover to say Coronavirus is slowing the market. Jess Simpson - an ex-Savills and ex-Strutt and...

To get the absolute most from your estate or letting agency business, it’s vital that you partner with the right software...

As an estate agent, you need to be ready to cater for the specific requirements of buyers and sellers, tailoring your...

No, I haven’t lost the plot. Such a thing exists – and if you’re familiar with North London, there is a...

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

An estate agent claims that online property listings which include video tours receive 'hundreds more views' than those without. Dan Killeen of...

How has the world of estate agency changed in the last few decades? That’s the question this week’s Natter is going...

An Essex estate agent who believes he is the youngest in the industry has explained his success to Estate Agent Today...