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The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

A new app is being launched which allows agents to gauge possible interest in a property before it is formally put...

A few weeks ago, I came across a couple of really interesting articles which I immediately thought worth writing a piece...

One of the legends of property journalism, Anne Ashworth, has left her position as editor of The Times’ highly regarded Bricks...

I have been banging on about partnerships and collaborations for years now. Whether it’s between two real estate firms, two PropTech firms,...

Former Purplebricks chief executive Lee Wainwright says the problem for estate agents maintaining a strong level of fees isn’t competition from...

Outsourced viewings firm Viewber now handles viewings for more than 50 per cent of all UK auctioneers. The claim is from Essential...

Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...

The Innovative Collaboration Group - a collection of high-profile tech suppliers to the agency industry - has unveiled a raft of new...

The soon-to-launch Federation of Independent Agents has announced that its latest supplier partner is to be outsourced viewing service Viewber. Graham Lock,...

The jury appears to be out on whether the new enforcement body for estate and lettings agents will be resourced sufficiently...

There’s anger in the industry over an article in The Times which accused agents of overvaluing properties - although why this was happening...

Many of the industry’s best known and widely respected suppliers have set up a new group which they say offers agents...

Another year is nearly done – and what an eventful year it’s been. We’ve had more than our fair share of breaking...

The culture of impatience and instant gratification has a lot to answer for. It has forced the hand of the property...

Today’s long-awaited debate staged by fledgling PropTech platform Best Agent will address the issue of how the agency industry can most...

Viewber has announced that it’s just completed its 35,000th outsourced viewing, reflecting a jaw-dropping 460 per cent rise in just a...

  Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT - a thinner than usual edition as the industry enjoys the last of the...

What a big week for PropTech! With the very first MIPIM PropTech conference, taking place in Paris today and tomorrow, comes...

The former managing director of Foxtons, Peter Rollings, has spilled the beans on what it was like working at the heart...

Peter Rollings is one of the most respected and best-known figures in property, having helped to rapidly grow Foxtons (where he...

Is there really any true value to an estate agent in our current climate? Will there be a role for traditional agents...

Outsourced viewing operator Viewber is expanding its offer to agents by forming what it calls “a close technical cooperation” with keyholding...

I’m writing this a week into my instruction decision. It has been a fascinating journey to date. As I discussed last week,...

The outsourced viewing service Viewber says it has now conducted over 20,000 viewings on behalf of agents and has secured another...

The other day I met with two agents who have 30 years of property sales experience between them, and yet also...

Well, I don’t know about you but after the holidays I've got an imprint just below my navel where my belt...

Viewber, the outsourced viewing service, has marked its first anniversary by notching up its 6,500th appointment.  Launched in early September 2016 by...

One of the founding agents behind Agents’ Mutual and OnTheMarket and one of the current directors of Countrywide will be amongst...

I’ve been in France for the past few days and depending on your viewpoint, I made a spectacularly good or singularly...

I would argue the property industry is fundamentally inefficient. Much of that inefficiency is now being handled by PropTech companies and...

Given the shift change in the estate agent world at the moment, with online models becoming more prevalent (think easyProperty’s £60...

London estate agency Marsh & Parsons has announced that its sales director Liza-Jane Kelly has taken the decision to leave after...

Viewber, the outsourced property viewing service and brainchild of high-profile former estate agent Ed Mead, says its network of 'Viewbers' now...

If this past year is anything to go by, outsourcing is firmly on the agenda for estate agents. Rather than being...

One of the country’s leading estate agency consultants and trainers, Richard Rawlings, this week embarks on a six-week tour of the...

Peter Rollings, the well-known former managing director of Foxtons, has taken a stake in Viewber, the recently-launched outsourced viewing service.  Viewber allows...

Some sectors of the industry have been giving their initial reactions to the shock Donald Trump victory in the US presidential election.  Camilla...

Later on, the title of this piece should become clearer (at least I hope so). First, though, a few bits and...

Ed Mead, one of the most high profile estate agents in the industry, is leaving London agency Douglas and Gordon to...