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Zoopla has delivered strong vendor lead performance for agents in the first half of 2023 despite the challenging macroeconomic backdrop -...

Agency media brand Made Snappy 360 has come up with a rather different way of promoting its role at the upcoming...

With no ease up on the cost of living crisis, understandably many agents’ primary concern is whether or not their tenants...

Agency software providers Street.co.uk and Acaboom have entered into a strategic partnership. Agents will be able to access both products from one...

OnTheMarket has agreed an exclusive partnership with industry marketing provider NicheCom, to supply the portal’s agents across England and Wales with...

A significant number of estate agents are planning cutbacks in the coming months to cope with the cost of living crisis,...

Good estate agents are always busy, we get that, but the constant juggling of tasks that could be outsourced to others...

I came across something which genuinely shocked me the other day. It was research showing that 1.7 per cent of homes listed...

There’s a spotlight now on property listings and as with so many changes in our industry, this is a case of...

Zoopla is piloting a new data migration tool to quickly transfer agent data from its Jupix to Alto software brand in just...

A former letting agent claims to have removed the need for estate agents to use floorplan software. Mark McCorrie, who describes himself...

Our inbox is regularly stuffed with exciting new industry developments and tools to help agents work better.  Here are some of the...

Of the many industry buzzwords, I suspect “upfront information” was up there as one of the most widely used in 2021....

A hybrid agency that charges no fees to vendors but instead relies on referral fees for income has officially rolled out...

A survey of sellers shows that 61 per cent of them visit the agent’s website before instructing them. According to respondents the...

Good property marketing photos have arguably never been more important in an increasingly visual and tech-led world. We saw just the...

Apart from a buoyant market, high transaction levels, and consumer confidence in the property market, one considerable additional benefit which has...

Properties with professional marketing packs sell up to 48 per cent quicker than those without, according to an experiment conducted by...

It doesn’t seem that long ago that 2D floorplans were considered cutting edge – but it’s safe to say they’re now...

A PropTech firm says its new tool allows comprehensive upfront property information to be shared instantly with all parties in a...

Buyer behaviour has changed over the past year of the pandemic and it’s up to estate agents to calculate how to...

Over the last 20 years, the growth of online property portals – including Zoopla, Rightmove and PrimeLocation – has transformed the...

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

A prominent PropTech supplier wants agents to hand over much more information to conveyancers to allow them to make faster progress on...

The Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday has been a hot topic of conversation for many in the residential property industry –...

It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...

A PropTech firm that regularly claims London homes are mis-measured in property descriptions has taken a swipe at Purplebricks. Pupil, a spatial...

Rightmove and OnTheMarket have revealed their latest bids to keep agent support. Rightmove is launching an extensive redesign of property details pages, after...

One of the many free-to-list portals now vying for attention is offering agents six months free access to a platform boasting...

To most people, purchasing a home is the single most significant financial commitment made across a lifetime. Given the impact and...

A survey of 2,750 buyers and tenants has revealed the aspects of online property listings which they find most annoying. The single...

The Covid-19 crisis has forced the UK property industry to rethink the way it operates. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the...

The number of full property details viewed on Rightmove - a key indicator of market health - is already stronger than...

Purplebricks Local Property Experts are asking sellers who are not allowing agents into their homes during the virus crisis to draw...

A new hybrid set up by ex-Purplebricks territory owners says it wants to "redefine estate agency in the customer's favour." Knock Knock...

Barclays claims that property size and measurements are confusing home owners - and especially those considering going to the market this...

A relatively new company which signs up vendors and then effectively sub-contracts their sales to strongly-performing local estate agents says it...

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

A PropTech firm has repeated claims it first made in March about allegedly inaccurate floorpan measurement and says a new initiative...

My experience in marketing over the last 10 years has been an interesting journey, however I don’t want to bore you...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors is running a Certified Property Measurer course aimed at training agents and others in the...

A statement this morning from the government says that property details must use Imperial Measurements after Britain leaves the EU. The Imperial...

A PropTech firm claims agents are currently undervaluing properties in London because of what it calls “outdated and inaccurate property measurement...

Cast your minds back to the summer of 2014. It’s 9.55 am somewhere in east London ‘Sorry I’m late’ offers the...

Anything can get a Christmas makeover these days, and if you thought it was a sprig of holly too far to...

Audioagent and KeyAGENT have merged to create the UK’s largest property marketing group. Together they provide property marketing services to the UK’s...

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

Popular floor plan drawing service Metropix is excited to announce some festive fun to celebrate reaching a significant milestone. #festivefloorplans is being...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has launched a new guide in a bid to end what it calls inconsistencies and...

Out and about recently, I got to thinking: how often do I actually have the call for cash anymore? Or, for...

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

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

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

Online agency HouseSimple has become a completely No Sale No Fee agency - and is thought to be the only online...

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

Welcome once again to Property Jobs Today, the notice-board for agents, suppliers and other property professionals moving within, out or in...

How has the world of estate agency changed in the last few decades? That’s the question this week’s Natter is going...

More than 270 easyProperty licences have been secured by independent estate agents belonging to The Guild of Property Professionals and Fine...

An estate agency is offering to radically extend its marketing approach for each of its vendors’ properties to include a high...

The property marketing company Pelican Media is preparing to launch what it claims is the industry’s first voice control software across...

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