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22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today - By laying stable foundations today we will reap infinite possibilities](/upload/images/PropTech%20.jpg)
From valuations to viewings, conveyancing to completions, technology has transformed our sector dramatically and permanently. After comparatively slow beginnings, PropTech really took...
22 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![When the going gets tough, focus on your leaky bucket](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-2-400x310.png)
As economic signs increasingly point to a contraction in the property market, competition for new business will inevitably heat up. But...
03 December 2022
From: Features
![OnTheMarket launches partnership to help agents offer virtual viewings](/upload/images/Logos/OnTheMarketLogo-New-2022-400x310.jpg)
OnTheMarket has agreed an exclusive partnership with industry marketing provider NicheCom, to supply the portal’s agents across England and Wales with...
01 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Fast decisions! One in three properties receive an offer one hour after viewing](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Despite all the recent speculation surrounding the housing market after the badly-received mini-Budget and regular talk of a possible slowdown, new...
06 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents who stand out online will succeed in a slowing market](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineAgents-1-400x310.jpg)
After two years of extraordinary activity in the housing market there are signs that the clouds are gathering as RICS reports...
21 September 2022
From: Features
![Insight - should estate agents be using TikTok?](/upload/images/Social%20Media/TikTok_400x310.png)
Images can have the ability to paint a vivid image, but video content can take this to the next level if...
22 June 2022
From: Marketing & Social Media
![Agents doing what they've always done cost viewings](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/virtual%20tour2.jpg)
There are many myths about using virtual tours to sell or let properties. The most common perceptions are that virtual property...
28 May 2022
From: Features
![Top tips for reducing carbon footprint in lettings](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/green-deal400x310.png)
With Earth Day in April and Environment Day looming in June, all businesses and individuals are becoming more aware of their...
25 May 2022
From: Features
![New tool to speed up the capture of 3D viewings](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/VirtualViewing-CoreLogic-400x310.jpg)
Agents are being offered an easier way to offer 3D virtual viewings that could get homes listed more quickly. Spatial data technology...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Video interview - why virtual tours are important for agents](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/VirtualViewings-400x310.jpg)
In this special video interview, Angels Media's Lee Dahill chats to Mitch Handley of Inventory Hive about why - post-Covid -...
23 March 2022
From: Features
![Savvy agents use PropTech because Covid’s here long-term - claim](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTech-Innovation-400x310.jpg)
A leading PropTech entrepreneur with a lengthy pedigree as an estate agent says agents should use more technology in a bid...
06 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![How my predictions on agency and PropTech from recent years have come true](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HouseSearch-400x310-min.jpg)
The last 18 months have been full of ups and downs, but the property market has coped remarkably well during the...
04 December 2021
From: Features
![The presents agents need for Christmas to improve their business in 2022](/upload/images/Today%20Site%20Images/Xmas%2C%20Easter%2C%20Halloween/ChristmasScene-400x310.jpg)
With 2022 swiftly approaching, businesses in the property industry are likely to be reflecting on the trials and tribulations that have...
04 December 2021
From: Features
![Agents in part of the UK advised to work from home again](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAtWork-Tat-400x310.jpg)
Estate agents and other workers in Northern Ireland are being urged to work from home "where possible" in a bid to...
24 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: has PropTech reached its limits?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/ProptechToday-1-400x310.png)
As we all know, the sector is constantly evolving and as we start to get to grips with the changes, another...
17 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer: This is why agents should Go Green](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PhilSpencer-EAT-LAT-2020-400x310.jpg)
The push for greater sustainability, energy efficiency and generally being ‘green’ has existed in the agency world for several years -...
15 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Interview with David Ruddock, Partner at Carter Jonas](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Interview-Speaker-400x310.jpg)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? David Ruddock – Partner and Head of Residential Sales Operations...
10 November 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![The Modern Method of Auction is fast, transparent and the future](/upload/images/Auctions/PropertyAuctionHome-400x310.png)
The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA), also known as Conditional auction, can sometimes get a bad rap. However, much of the...
13 October 2021
From: Features
![How the 2021 consumer will impact the residential property industry](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Millennial-BusinessWoman-Communication-400x310.jpg)
The property industry and its many stakeholders are key participants in a global digital transformation that has been underway for quite...
09 October 2021
From: Features
![Drone technology – a game changer for property marketing](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/CoreLogic/corelogic360x280px%20blog%20image_13_09_21.jpg)
Drone technology has come on a long way in recent years, with different use cases across various industries. New developments in...
15 September 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Covid-cautious vendors still worried about in-person viewings](/img/default/eat.png)
A new survey suggests the majority of vendors remain wary of allowing too many unknown people into their home during viewings. Some...
12 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer - viewings help agents so why charge for them?](/img/default/eat.png)
Viewings are in the news right now and with good reason. As the impact of the stamp duty holiday fades, and transaction...
09 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![No appetite amongst agents for charging for viewings - Propertymark](/img/default/eat.png)
NAEA Propertymark says there’s no appetite that it can see amongst its representatives across the UK for charging people £30 for...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Virtual auctions set to remain despite restrictions being relaxed](/img/default/eat.png)
Property auctioneer Auction House has recorded its best first half results in its 14-year history, and says it’s going to continue...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Virtual viewings supplier quantifies apparent savings to agents](/img/default/eat.png)
A supplier of virtual viewings claims physical viewings cost £233 of an agent’s time on average - and that’s without fuel...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today – Why has overhaul of buying and selling still not happened?](/img/default/eat.png)
The government and property industry have been talking about it for a long time, and there have been numerous initiatives introduced...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Steal a march by choosing ‘virtual first’](/img/default/eat.png)
It doesn’t seem that long ago that 2D floorplans were considered cutting edge – but it’s safe to say they’re now...
01 July 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Shock analysis shows very few listings have virtual viewing options](/img/default/eat.png)
Despite the vast amount of publicity given to the concept of virtual viewing, a survey suggests relatively few properties on sale...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Two thirds of sales valuations conducted virtually, says agency](/img/default/eat.png)
An agency says two thirds of its sales valuations in London in the first quarter of the year have been conducted...
28 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – 5 ways estate agency has changed since May 2020](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s now over a year since the property market officially reopened after an unprecedented two-month shutdown at the height of the...
22 May 2021
From: Features
![Updated Covid guidance for estate and letting agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Propertymark has produced a new guide for estate agents in the wake of the latest step on the roadmap out of Covid...
19 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Bal Arora – Managing Director at Orlando Reid](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Bal Arora – Managing Director In your experience, what is the...
13 May 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![Jack Reid Founding Director of Orlando Reid](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jack Reid Founding Director of Orlando Reid In your experience,...
12 May 2021
From: 60 Second Interview
![Virtual viewings and personal data – what do agents need to know?](/img/default/eat.png)
If someone broke into your house and took a video of lots of personal information, like photos of family and pets,...
17 April 2021
From: Features
![State of the property nation survey – what did we discover?](/img/default/eat.png)
Our recent state of the property nation survey, which yielded nearly 350 responses from directors to junior negotiators, and many others...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Massive drop in physical viewings thanks to PropTech - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been a drop of no less than 16,000 in the number of physical viewings over the past year thanks to just...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency offices in Wales to open again from next week](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agency offices in Wales, closed for many weeks as part of that country’s lockdown, will reopen from next Monday, April 12. The...
06 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Will digital transformation be the glue binding agents and conveyancers?](/img/default/eat.png)
We are just over one year on from the day our lives truly changed, when the UK went into its first...
03 April 2021
From: Features
![Final chance for agents….state of the nation survey closes on Easter Monday!](/img/default/eat.png)
First off, happy Good Friday to all our readers. Here’s to a great, if still slightly different, long Easter bank holiday...
02 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Portal Wars: Boomin’s early launch and Zoopla’s membership surge](/img/default/eat.png)
The Bruce brothers' new portal Boomin has launched a day early - and no, this isn't an April Fool. The site went live...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![One year of Covid-19 – How have estate agents coped?](/img/default/eat.png)
With March marking one year since the beginning of the first national lockdown across all four nations of Britain in response...
31 March 2021
From: Features
![Ex-Purplebricks chief executive reveals new challenge for estate agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Buyer behaviour has changed over the past year of the pandemic and it’s up to estate agents to calculate how to...
30 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: meet the agent poet doing things unconventionally](/img/default/eat.png)
As you’ll know by now, I like to use the Natter to shine a light on independent agents doing things a...
27 March 2021
From: Features
![Take our 2-minute survey! We want your views on the industry](/img/default/eat.png)
We recently launched our state of the property nation survey – a two-minute poll designed to give estate and letting agents...
27 March 2021
From: Features
![Reminder for agents…only a few more days to fill in our survey!](/img/default/eat.png)
On Monday, we launched our state of the property nation survey – a 14-question poll designed to give estate and letting...
25 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Eyes peeled! EAT set to launch state of the property nation survey](/img/default/eat.png)
On Monday next week, Estate Agent Today will launch its state of the property nation survey, a 14-question poll for UK...
19 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Why top customer service is more important than ever in 2021](/img/default/eat.png)
Later this year, on October 22, the ESTAS 2021 will take place in London. The glittering ceremony will welcome property professionals...
17 March 2021
From: Features
![Property Natter - are virtual viewings now absolutely integral for agents?](/img/default/eat.png)
Pre-pandemic, virtual and video viewings were a nice little add-on for some agents, but they were far from universally used and...
27 February 2021
From: Features
![Hundreds of agents sign up to free virtual viewings service](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla says over 250 agents have now signed up to its partnership deal with PropTech firm FocalAgent, set up by former...
26 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![One in eight sellers will pull out if they miss stamp duty holiday](/img/default/eat.png)
Some 12 per cent of buyers will pull out of their transaction if it does not complete in time for their stamp...
22 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Mothers overcome personal challenges to open new digital agency](/img/default/eat.png)
Two mothers have launched a new estate agency using a virtual office - and they have overcome personal challenges to achieve their...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency apology over ‘bullying’ claims to allow Covid viewings](/img/default/eat.png)
An online agency has apologised to a single mother who felt pressured into allowing viewings of a property she was renting. Local media in...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Why is the launch of Lifesycle 2 so important for the industry?](/img/default/eat.png)
It seems like a week does not go by without a new ‘gamechanging’ piece of technology being announced to the industry. 2020...
10 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![‘Very few new portals can seriously compete with us’ - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...
04 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer: Proactive agents will beat portals for winning instructions](/img/default/eat.png)
Property portals remain an essential marketing tool for estate agents and their value is clearly appreciated by consumers. However, with a...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Why 2021 is the year agents should move away from being technologists](/img/default/eat.png)
Technology has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years, undoubtedly improving many parts of the moving process for both estate...
30 January 2021
From: Features
![Better communication will be key for agents now and in the future](/img/default/eat.png)
There is little doubt that the last year was one which none of us will easily forget both personally and professionally....
27 January 2021
From: Features
![Here we go again! What does lockdown 3 mean for the market?](/img/default/eat.png)
Well, what a start to 2021! None of us thought things would change as the clock struck midnight on New Year’s...
23 January 2021
From: Features
![Buyers ‘travelling hundreds of miles to viewings’ despite Covid rules](/img/default/eat.png)
The BBC says some buyers are taking advantage of lockdown rules to travel hundreds of miles to view homes. The story suggests...
21 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Covid curbs on agents provide bonus for video viewings](/img/default/eat.png)
Government guidance on how agents can continue working during the lockdown has given a new importance to virtual viewings, says an...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Why Facebook is a great alternative to property portals](/img/default/eat.png)
While the property industry has suffered far less than other sectors during the past year, it would be short of the...
16 January 2021
From: Features
![Agents “forced and pressured” into unsafe viewings - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
An online petition wants all agents’ offices to close during the pandemic. Keeping them open means agents feel "forced and pressured" to conduct...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents beef up Covid protocols as viewings hit the spotlight](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents have been outlining how they have beefed up their measures to combat the risk of Coronavirus, especially during property viewings. “We...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Described on this site as a ‘powerful disruptor’ in March 2020, few would deny that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on...
16 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Buyer feedback is key in helping agents adapt to market changes](/img/default/eat.png)
Buyer feedback is a key resource for agents who want to keep on top of market changes and so handle vendors’...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: the backbone of our industry – charity, Cornwall and family!](/img/default/eat.png)
Welcome to part three of our ongoing series on local independent agents, as we seek to give this all-important part of...
05 December 2020
From: Features
![Why agents were in a stronger position to deal with Lockdown 2.0](/img/default/eat.png)
As what now seems like a common occurrence everything has changed again since I last sat down to write about the...
28 November 2020
From: Features
![Agents – how can you provide the best service for consumers during lockdown?](/img/default/eat.png)
So, we’re back to where we were in the spring, more or less. England is in a national lockdown again to...
25 November 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Keeping the market moving is vital for more than just the economy](/img/default/eat.png)
Tenants, landlords, agents, and house buyers all breathed a sigh of relief on Halloween when the government announced that home moves...
21 November 2020
From: Features
![How the shift to digital can improve your client experience](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s no secret that the recent pandemic has forced more businesses to operate remotely, but the shift for estate agents has...
18 November 2020
From: Features
![A rare shining light: property must be protected and allowed to flourish](/img/default/eat.png)
Watching the government’s surprise press conference a couple of weekends ago the message was clear; we were heading into a gruelling...
14 November 2020
From: Features
![Confirmed: Housing market stays open during national lockdown](/img/default/eat.png)
The housing market is to remain open in the four week lockdown in England. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government...
31 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Keeping the property market moving](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...
27 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Six ways innovation is transforming the lettings sector](/img/default/eat.png)
Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....
24 October 2020
From: Features
![Top tips - how can agents provide a 24/7 remote service?](/img/default/eat.png)
The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the way every industry operates and the property sector is no exception. Following an enforced seven-week...
23 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![James D. Marshall, Founder and CEO of Pupil](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am James D. Marshall, Founder and CEO of Pupil. What...
22 October 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
![Lockdown Plea: Let agents work in offices, not at home](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the industry's senior agency leaders says it would be a mistake for agents to be stopped from working in...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Lockdown Announced - agency branches in Wales to shut for two weeks](/img/default/eat.png)
Most agents' branches in Wales are expected to close for just over two weeks from 6pm this Friday, October 23 - moving...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla offers agents free virtual viewings in new PropTech deal](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla has linked with a PropTech company led by the former boss of Purplebricks to offer agents free virtual viewings services. The...
16 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks claims buyers want more PropTech in property details](/img/default/eat.png)
Online agency Purplebricks says an absence of technology in property details is one of the biggest turn-offs for potential buyers. A survey...
15 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – five ways to enable your agency to thrive this winter](/img/default/eat.png)
The only certainty at the moment is ongoing uncertainty. It’s something we’ve got used to in 2020, but it’s still not...
10 October 2020
From: Features
![Safety first: five-step risk assessment for agents’ offices](/img/default/eat.png)
With the high street open again, and the Chancellor’s temporary stamp duty holiday helping to stimulate the market, estate and letting...
19 September 2020
From: Features
![Property Natter - perception vs reality - why do agents have a bad rep?](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...
29 August 2020
From: Features
![The true benefits of virtual property marketing](/img/default/eat.png)
It has been three months since the property market was given the green light to reopen. During this time, we have...
12 August 2020
From: Features
![Agents must check where customers holidayed - compliance guru](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents should check where buyers and sellers have been on holiday as part of their approach to safety during the Coronavirus...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech firm swipes at Purplebricks over property measurements](/img/default/eat.png)
A PropTech firm that regularly claims London homes are mis-measured in property descriptions has taken a swipe at Purplebricks. Pupil, a spatial...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Pre-qualify tenants before a viewing and reference them with one shareable viewing link from your CRM](/img/default/eat.png)
Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...
28 July 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Foxtons claims over £4m of government help - trading statement](/img/default/eat.png)
A trading statement from Foxtons this morning reveals that 85 per cent of staff are now off furlough, and that the...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Facebook Live gets up to 45,000 visits per property for agent](/img/default/eat.png)
An agent in Hertfordshire says he routinely secures 5,000 visits to ‘live open houses’ on Facebook Live, and have on one...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Video interview - expert advice on how to utilise live stream viewings](/img/default/eat.png)
In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Matt Nicol, managing director of Nicol &...
18 July 2020
From: Features
![Phil Spencer: How can agents help sellers overcome unsettled buyer market?](/img/default/eat.png)
The property market has been reopen for almost eight weeks now and during that time demand from prospective buyers has soared. Rightmove...
06 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks' latest TV advertising campaign starts today](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks is starting a new wave of TV advertisements today, continuing its theme from earlier this year as a sponsor of...
03 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Start-ups saving letting agents time and money will thrive](/img/default/eat.png)
As we adjust to a life post-Covid-19, letting agents, landlords, and tenants are thinking - ways to speed up the process...
24 June 2020
From: Features
![Virtual Viewings could mean work of five negotiators being done by three](/img/default/eat.png)
Virtual viewings could transform estate agency so fundamentally that they might mean the work of five negotiators could in future be...
11 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Anxious vendors demand virtual appraisals as first stage of sale process](/img/default/eat.png)
An overwhelming 98 per cent of vendors questioned by Zoopla say they remain anxious about the Coronavirus and would prefer to...
04 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Rightmove to enhance online viewing features in roll-out to agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Rightmove has contacted all member agents saying it has enhanced its automated online viewing feature first introduced in April. As part of...
04 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![PropTech is the key to dealing with post-lockdown surge](/img/default/eat.png)
The Covid-19 crisis has forced the UK property industry to rethink the way it operates. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the...