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25 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer - How To Prove The AI Bots Wrong](/upload/images/Phil%20Spencer%20NEW%20image(4).png)
Artificial Intelligence is now a part of all our lives, but my attention was grabbed recently by an AI critique of...
23 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Alto unveils integration with messaging platform](/upload/images/shutterstock_2014536920.jpg)
Alto has announced a new integration with secure messaging platform Tappter. Existing Alto customers can get seamlessly set up with Tappter to...
10 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today - Technology can enhance the performance of the rental market](/upload/images/PropTech%20.jpg)
Renting a flat or house in the UK has never been more difficult. The market is tight, supply is limited and...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Primelocation founder launches AI home search tool for agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech3-400x310.png)
Property industry veteran Mal McCallion has helped launch a new artificial intelligence (AI) property search tool that agents can embed in...
11 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Alto integrates with Bridge AI to reduce agency admin](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech3-400x310.png)
Alto has unveiled a new integration with Bridge AI – a system designed to streamline communication with applicants through their preferred...
29 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Jonathan Rolande: How agents can survive the 'new normal'](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/AgentHouseInHand_400x310.png)
In his latest column, Jonathan Rolande, founder of House Buy Fast, explains how those working in the sector can beat the...
24 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today - What 1,000 homeowners want from their next estate agent](/upload/images/PropTech%20.jpg)
From Google to Uber, convenience is embedded into contemporary culture. As a society, we’re propelled by on-demand living, with instant solutions for...
02 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![New agency software aims to automate vendor and viewer feedback](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
New software has been launched to help estate agents collect feedback on viewings. Feedback Enterprise, from the Cumbrian communications specialists SMS Speedway,...
16 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket introduces behaviour-based pre-qualification to boost agent leads](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/WiFiMobile-400x310.png)
OnTheMarket (OTM) has launched a range of new tools that aim to boost the user experience for consumer and also make...
28 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Home-moving platform unveils new features](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Software-400x310.png)
Utility technology platform Muuvo has unveiled a range of new features as it celebrates its second birthday. The proptech firm provides a...
22 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket unveils new property search filters and agency features](/upload/images/Logos/OnTheMarketLogo-New-2022-400x310.jpg)
Potential buyers will be able to search for eco-friendly homes and message an agent through WhatsApp as part of a range...
02 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agency websites still visited by buyers despite portal dominance - research](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlinePropSearch-400x310.jpg)
Property portals remain the predominant route for finding a home among buyers but many are still following traditional methods, research suggests. A...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents warned of GDPR and image risks when using personal WhatsApp number](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/SmartphoneUse-400x310.jpg)
Many agents may communicate with vendors and potential buyers over WhatsApp but could your profile picture be harming client relations. Previous analysis...
17 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![WhatsApp predicted to revolutionise estate agency communications](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Smartphone-Technology-400x310.jpg)
WhatsApp is being predicted to become a key messaging tool for estate agents in the coming years. Messaging provider SMS Speedway analysed...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents and conveyancers should ditch the screen - here's why](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/AgentWebsiteMock-400x310.jpg)
For years, the issue of phone etiquette created tension between estate agents and the legal profession, the former claiming lawyers won’t...
28 May 2022
From: Features
![Agency content experts to share tricks of the trade at industry conference](/upload/images/library/MillennialAgent-400x310.jpg)
Three of the leading industry content specialists are set to gather on stage together for what is believe to be the...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight – would a four-day working week ever work in agency?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-2020-400x310.jpg)
In June, the biggest pilot scheme of a four-day working week anywhere in the world will begin in Britain, with more...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech - make APIs your best friends, agencies advised](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Digital-Online-400x310.jpg)
Good-quality APIs can help agents to thrive in 2022 and beyond according to industry PropTech supplier Openview – Powered by VTUK. API,...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents should use databases to cultivate future instructions](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/AI-PropTech-400x310.jpg)
A PropTech platform is urging agents to keep in touch with clients on their databases to increase their chances of future...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![360° virtual tours require GDPR and CPR compliance](/upload/images/library/VirtualViewing-CoreLogic-400x310.jpg)
As virtual tours start to get even more popular, and in some cases become the norm for the majority of letting...
18 September 2021
From: Features
![Phil Spencer - Why agents MUST get their communications right](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PhilSpencer-EAT-LAT-2020-400x310.jpg)
Day in, day out, I see how good estate agents really are. Whether it’s in my day job on Location, Location, Location...
06 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Anti-Rashford comment - Government housing chief apologises](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the most senior politicians involved in the property industry is embroiled in a row over her anti-Marcus Rashford social...
13 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today – have we reached peak PropTech?](/img/default/eat.png)
In the third part of this series, Neil Cobbold – Chief Sales Officer at rental payment automation provider PayProp – explores...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Sellers want traditional agency services more than WhatsApp - survey](/img/default/eat.png)
A new survey of some 700 estate agency customers show that they want to get traditional services like High Street branches,...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Ten useful tools to aid end of tenancy deposit deductions](/img/default/eat.png)
The TDS annual review 2020 indicates that deposit disputes have remained low over the last year, at around 1%. This is...
24 April 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
![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
![Property Natter: why haven’t the Big 4 tech firms got involved with property?](/img/default/eat.png)
For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...
12 September 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
![Rightmove and OnTheMarket slug it out to win agent support](/img/default/eat.png)
Rightmove and OnTheMarket have revealed their latest bids to keep agent support. Rightmove is launching an extensive redesign of property details pages, after...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Covid-19 is speeding up PropTech - what are you waiting for?](/img/default/eat.png)
What do General Electric, IBM, Microsoft, and WhatsApp have in common? Yes, they are American companies that boasted revenues of $50...
29 July 2020
From: Features
![Property Natter: what will property conferences and events of the future look like?](/img/default/eat.png)
Conferences, events and awards dinners are a hugely important part of the property calendar, bringing the great and the good of...
18 July 2020
From: Features
![Property Natter - the property industry should track Zoom’s phenomenal growth](/img/default/eat.png)
“Let’s Zoom later”, “are we Zooming in the morning or afternoon?” “Yeah, I zoomed the client earlier” – variations on these...
20 June 2020
From: Features
![The perfect example of agency morale kept up at difficult times](/img/default/eat.png)
On Estate Agent Today this Bank Holiday weekend we’re celebrating the great work agents are doing to keep morale high and...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Good Game! Good Game! Zoom helps agency re-live TV favourites](/img/default/eat.png)
Over Easter we carried stories of good deeds done by agents and how firms were coping with working from home -...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![From morning huddles to international newsletters - more morale-boosters](/img/default/eat.png)
Three more property players have been in touch to share what they're doing to help their staff during lockdown - there...
08 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: a week in the life of…agents in lockdown!](/img/default/eat.png)
Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....
25 April 2020
From: Features
![Virtual Viewing Masterclass: top tips from agent who sold home this way](/img/default/eat.png)
A Fine & Country agent has just sold a home based on a video viewing, and is now sharing tips with...
23 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Top agency chain rolls out video valuations to 45 offices](/img/default/eat.png)
Winkworth is now offering free video valuations to clients who are considering a future house move. It’s created a bespoke virtual service...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – doing our bit to help the industry through this crisis](/img/default/eat.png)
We are still living in highly extraordinary times, perhaps evidenced best by the fact that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was...
11 April 2020
From: Features
![Top Brass - former RICS and NAEA chiefs reveal their home offices](/img/default/eat.png)
Working from home is something of a leveller right now, applying to people in the capital and in the sticks, but...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agent’s fantastic Good Neighbour Scheme steps up to the plate](/img/default/eat.png)
Late last year a buying agent at Stacks Property Search and Acquisition set up a village Good Neighbour Scheme with her...
01 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – how is the industry coming together during self-isolation?](/img/default/eat.png)
Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...
28 March 2020
From: Features
![More guidance and advice to the agency industry - Conquering Corona](/img/default/eat.png)
We'd hoped it was good news but in fact it's just good-news-yet-to-come. The Savills office in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus crisis in...
26 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Spicerhaart under fire for “inhumane” and “disgraceful” sackings](/img/default/eat.png)
There has been scepticism across the industry as to the motives behind an unspecified number of lay-offs and permanent branch closures...
23 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![New webinars, contingency plans, trade group info - Conquering Corona](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...
19 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer: Communication is king – how can agents wear the crown?](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents are consistently being told that they need to get on board with change. And one could quite easily make the...
02 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Embracing the self-employed model – an agent’s view](/img/default/eat.png)
The landscape of the estate agency market in the UK is evolving to reflect changes in the way we live our...
19 February 2020
From: Features
![Property Natter – who will be the property disrupters of the 2020s?](/img/default/eat.png)
The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...
15 February 2020
From: Features
![How can agents keep up with the ‘on-demand’ economy?](/img/default/eat.png)
The ‘on-demand’ economy is reshaping our world. The way we order food, get around, and even access healthcare has changed irreversibly...
05 February 2020
From: Features
![PropTech Today - will the home of 2040 be a blank physical space?](/img/default/eat.png)
“There won’t be a single home but millions of different homes”, is one quote. “There will be an end to gadgets”, is...
18 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: do agents need to adapt to modern communication methods?](/img/default/eat.png)
As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....
16 November 2019
From: Features
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![GDPR: PropTech firm warns agencies on risk of WhatsApp breach](/img/default/eat.png)
A new PropTech product uses WhatsApp to communicate within agency teams as soon as a lead is received from a portal. However,...
21 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Next generation CRM – what do agents need to know?](/img/default/eat.png)
As the founder of Jupix, I worked in the property industry between 2008 - 2014. I had the privilege to lead...
14 August 2019
From: Features
![PropTech Today: three holiday books and why you might want to ignore them](/img/default/eat.png)
This week, you find me in Italy. Now that we’ve entered that languid month of August, where all of real estate...
14 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Pioneers: agents can join WhatsApp lead-response project](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate and letting agents will for the first time be able to use WhatsApp to respond to leads on a 24/7...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla enhances app to include premium listings service](/img/default/eat.png)
Zoopla has announced an improved app which “enhances the house-hunting journey with a fresh design, improved navigation and an intuitive interface” -...
28 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Facebook's own currency to drive rental transactions](/img/default/eat.png)
Facebook is set to enter the cryptocurrency business with the big reveal of its formal plans scheduled for some point this...
19 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Capturing tenants when they convert to buyers](/img/default/eat.png)
With the UK population spending longer in rental accommodation, due to the upfront expense of buying a home, their time and...
01 May 2019
From: Features
![Vigilantes confront estate agent about underage sex chats](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agent in the north of England has been confronted by vigilantes who duped him into thinking they were underage girls. The...
29 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Could AI play a role in the lettings sector?](/img/default/eat.png)
Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly important role in our lives – from virtual assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa and...
20 November 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![No commission, no fees - meet the agency selling homes 'for free'](/img/default/eat.png)
An estate agency is pioneering a new business model in which it charges no commission whatsoever to the vendor. Freeagent247, an online...
14 September 2018
From: Breaking News
![Five simple ways to improve renter satisfaction](/img/default/eat.png)
For too long the private rented sector has been complacent towards customer satisfaction. In the changing rental landscape, the smartest letting...
25 August 2018
From: Features
![Purplebricks chairman wants business model applied to energy firm](/img/default/eat.png)
Sky News is reporting that the non-executive chairman of Purplebricks, Paul Pindar, is set to invest a seven figure sum in...
16 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![British estate agent jailed in Dubai after critical WhatsApp message](/img/default/eat.png)
The Sun reports that a British estate agent spent three weeks in jail in Dubai after sending a highly critical WhatsApp...