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There’s been a very significant increase in the number of listings carrying virtual viewings, accelerating during the period of the Coronavirus crisis and...

Although few expect virtual viewings to continue their popularity now that lockdown restrictions have been eased, there’s news this morning that...

A PropTech firm says it’s using what it calls “World War Three-style” hazard suits when they visit premises to create virtual...

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

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

Independent agency Nicol & Co is donating £100 to the NHS for every new instruction signed up by April 21. The agency...

In this time of economic uncertainty, more and more people are becoming unwilling to leave their homes, yet you and your...

Floorplan and photography supplier FocalAgent is making a free offer to every agent in the UK during the virus crisis -...

Over the last two weeks we’ve seen the country come to a standstill and the property market effectively put on ice...

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

Midlands estate agency Centrick has launched a new specialist division to focus on the luxury homes market across the West Midlands...

1. Win More Listings For estate agency in the UK, the number one task is to get new properties to market. However,...

It’s been a busy year for Giraffe360. Following its £1 million successful funding round in January and moving its headquarters from...

New research suggests it takes, on average, six months and 24 days to buy a home. The study, for PropTech virtual tours...

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

Who are you? Mikus Opelts, CEO of Giraffe360 What is Giraffe360 and what does it do? Giraffe360 is a unique digital photography subscription service...

We all know the three essential things an estate agent must have on their website include the ability to be able...

A PropTech firm that provides photography for virtual tours, floor plans and online and hard copy property details is relocating from Latvia to...

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

A recent 'red flag alert' report from an insolvency firm warned that the number of real estate businesses defined as being...

A leading agent has urged major portals Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket to feature virtual viewings content more prominently on their platforms. Writing...

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

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

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

Online estate agency Tepilo has denied industry speculation that it is to change its fee structure now that it is under...

The man behind a PropTech company has blasted Rightmove and Zoopla for failing to emphasise 360-degree virtual tours - the feature recently...

Foxtons says it takes just eight minutes for a purchaser to know whether they will go ahead with buying a home.  The...

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

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

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

eMoov is to offer virtual tours to clients free of charge - a service for which it says rival online agents...

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

One of the original online estate agents, Hatched, is marking its tenth anniversary with a series of announcements.  The firm, which began...

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

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