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The private rental landscape has been undergoing a profound transformation, with technology playing a pivotal role in shaping the way tenancies...

For years now estate agents have been on a journey from digital infancy to digital maturity. But what does the future...

Technology continues to enhance the way estate agents work, from improving efficiencies, reducing admin time, and ensuring your team remains highly...

Between you and me, dear reader, I had little to no idea about what the metaverse was before researching it for...

The digital transformation of the property industry is not a new chapter, but an ongoing journey in which the winners are...

As virtual tours start to get even more popular, and in some cases become the norm for the majority of letting...

Ever since the initial ripples of innovation in the 1990s, PropTech has proceeded to reshape our market beyond recognition; going on...

Auction houses are the latest part of the residential sector to seek PropTech help to attract business during the Coronavirus crisis. For...

A Spanish housebuilder’s bespoke system to allow prospective buyers to view properties without visiting is being offered to the UK agency...

The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...

Following on from the second half of the last decade, the first few weeks of 2020 have been a bit mad...

“There won’t be a single home but millions of different homes”, is one quote.  “There will be an end to gadgets”, is...

Virtual tours are a compelling way of enhancing a property’s potential through online marketing, increased transparency and efficiency for agents, and...

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

The former chief information officer of Foxtons has taken a senior position at Hunters. The appointment of Dan Rafferty as Hunters’ chief operating...

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

It’s safe to say that the majority of agents will be glad to see the end of the past two years....

Thanks to vast improvements in processing powers, the use of virtual reality (VR) in some sectors is becoming more evident than...

PropTech has been mainstream for a few years now, and as more agents are familiar with the range of products and...

How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...

Estate agency and property consultancy JLL is offering a clip-on accessory which it claims can be put on to a mobile...

Strutt & Parker is bucking the trend on High Street offices by opening a new one - and in this case,...

Strutt & Parker is offering free Virtual Viewings to 1,000 new clients, and says it's the first national agency to offer such...

With the news that Hunters and Fisher German are the latest agencies to offer online auctions to sellers, is this something...

A few stories caught my eye this week from China, all of which announce the arrival of cutting-edge technological innovation in...

The manufacturers of a new PropTech tool claims it produces “the most accurate measurement of floorplans on the market” and has...

Sotheby's International Realty has launched what it claims to be the first 'real estate-branded' augmented reality (AR) app. 'Curate', which is now...

Floor plans are an essential marketing tool, which play an important part in helping an estate agent sell a home.  A floor...

Welcome to another edition of Agents Do Charity, the weekly round-up of fund-raising from across our industry. With spring looking like it’s...

I had an interesting meeting last week with a VR company called Garou. Based in New York, they claim to have...

After the fun and over-indulgence of the festivities, most of us are now back to the world of work. And, with...

Property has always been an industry built on a foundation of personal relationships. Deals made, promotions gained, clients won, portfolios grown;...

As we hurtle towards the end of 2017, it’s time to reflect on the year that’s just been.   Even better, this property-based...

A new firm has launched in Surrey describing itself as “the premium hybrid estate agency” with an innovative presence on the...

Over the past few months, hundreds of agents across the UK have been improving their photography skills by taking part in...

I’m excited to write this piece. I love it when something comes along and delivers that genuine thrill; the thrill of...

Let’s start with a quick fire quiz. How many more leads do you think you’d get with photos that have been...

House hunters in the UK are the global leaders in online property research according to a new study from HSBC.    The bank...

Industry software company KeyAGENT is giving 200 agents access to a new package allowing them to upload photos and floor plan sketches...

**The free photography course for estate agents (part one) offer has now expired. It is still available in special circumstances so...

A study described as the biggest of its type seeks to explain why vendors choose - or avoid - online agents. The...

A provider of 360 virtual tours for estate and letting agents has announced it is offering customers a 'freemium package'. EyeSpy360 previously...

The new chief executive of the Guild of Property Professionals has accused some online agents of carrying out “aggressive” marketing campaigns...

James Dearsley, founder of The Digital Marketing Bureau and arguably the best known figure in the fast-emerging property technology sector, is...

A PropTech firm is to launch a 'printed augmented reality' service that allows buyers to point their smartphone and get additional information...

It’s all been kicking off in recent weeks, hasn’t it? Marmite wars, the endless Trump v Clinton debate, Samsung phones blowing...

In recent weeks I have been carrying out question and answer sessions with some of the key figures in the property...

More estate agents are using – or at least considering using – virtual reality viewings as part of their services. But what...

A Nottingham estate agency is set to open its fourth branch with a dedicated 'VR Zone'. Walton & Allen is holding an...

A residential property consultancy has opened one of the first estate agency coffee shops in the UK.  Go Holdings, which works with...

Nearly three quarters of people who have sold or bought a property deem it more stressful than having a child or...

With more house-hunters than ever now starting their search for a new home by typically looking online on one of the major...

Rightmove has begun testing a virtual reality viewing platform which will allow prospective buyers to view properties without leaving their own...

Last time out I spoke about the beginnings of a PropTech revolution, with two major London-based events in the offing over...

I recently read an article in City A.M. titled: ‘Five ways we will be buying property in 2025’ – it makes...

The amount of column inches taken up by ‘property’ is at an all-time high.  In my mind there are two major contributing...

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

So, has everyone been enjoying the fine summer weather we’ve been experiencing? Oh, wait…fear not, I will attempt to inject a...

A London start-up is the latest to launch virtual reality technology aimed at estate agents and property buyers.  Launched last week, VirtuEye...