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![Speakers added to agency success summit line-up](/upload/images/shutterstock_192595709.jpg)
Industry figure Sean Newman has named seven additional speakers for the Estate Agent Success Summit, with 50% of tickets already sold. The...
04 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Estate agent's guide to spotting title-related issues and what to do about them](/upload/images/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
As an Estate Agent it’s important to be able to interpret and understand the information that a Title Deed document presents...
20 September 2023
From: Features
![Join the future of estate agency, today.](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Moveli/360x.png)
Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...
12 September 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![What should agents be doing to stay compliant with AML regulations?](/upload/images/3%20EAT%20Weekend%20Feature%209-9-23%20mio%20%20What%20should%20agents%20be%20doing%20to%20stay%20compliant%20with%20AML%20regulations%20by%20Nick%20Ball%2C%20Sales%20Director%20mio.png)
As money laundering compliance marks its twentieth year, more and more estate agents are being fined for breaches of HMRC’s ID...
09 September 2023
From: Features
![What is ‘mixed tenure’ and why are mixed tenure developments built?](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Sava/EAT%20image%20(5).png)
The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...
30 August 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![New video series addresses agency compliance issues](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-1-400x310.png)
Sales management hub mio has launched a new video series featuring compliance consultant and industry trainer Michael Day from Integra Property...
26 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Levelling up: how a quality CRM provider helps your agency grow](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/ReapIT/RPT%20SC%204%20360x280.png)
Success with your chosen CRM solution should not be a one-and-done package. Once you team up with a stellar CRM provider,...
17 July 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![The property industry must pull together to stop from falling apart, industry report reveals](/upload/images/4%20shutterstock_1325564924.jpg)
Now more than ever, property professionals across the sector need to pull together and collaborate more closely to make business gains,...
15 July 2023
From: Features
![Estate agents need to know: How can digital ID tools help you with AML?](/upload/images/1%20Software-400x310.png)
Tackling economic crime is part of the day job for estate agents. But how can the latest digital ID tools help...
12 July 2023
From: Features
![Unlocking success: capabilities an ideal CRM toolbox should offer](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/ReapIT/RPT%20SC%203%20360x280.png)
CRMs can be superheroes for your business, but not all of them possess the necessary powers to save the day. As...
11 July 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![New private equity owners for prominent PropTech company](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech1-400x310.png)
TM Group, a high profile provider of data and technology services such as tmconvey, mio, and tmconnect, has been sold to...
10 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Accelerating growth: the key advantages of implementing a CRM](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/ReapIT/RPT%20SC%202%20360x280.png)
By adopting a top-notch Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, you're not only opening doors to acquiring new customers and nurturing existing...
05 July 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Education changes mindsets to the power of upfront material information](/upload/images/1%20PropTech2-400x310.png)
Fortune favours the brave, as the saying goes. So, when you consider how upfront material information can and does make the...
01 July 2023
From: Features
![How title insights can sharpen your selling process](/upload/images/__thumbs/EAT%20Special%20Feature%2021-6-23%20-%20How%20title%20insights%20can%20sharpen%20your%20selling%20process%20-%20Nick%20Ball.jpg/EAT%20Special%20Feature%2021-6-23%20-%20How%20title%20insights%20can%20sharpen%20your%20selling%20process%20-%20Nick%20Ball__400x300.jpg)
Ever taken on a property where the sale has got tangled up in problems arising from the title register? It’s a...
21 June 2023
From: Features
![Property industry needs to improve the well-being of its workers to thrive, according to research report](/upload/images/__thumbs/Property%20industry%20needs%20to%20improve%20wellbeing%20of%20workforce.png/Property%20industry%20needs%20to%20improve%20wellbeing%20of%20workforce__400x222.png)
The well-being of property industry professionals has taken its toll with the economic downturn and cost-of-living crisis, with over a third...
10 June 2023
From: Features
![PropTech Today: Technology provides the key to better customer experience](/upload/images/PropTech%20.jpg)
At the recent Home Buying & Selling Group UFI Roadshow in London, it was gratifying to note that panel members and...
25 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![It's time to turn fear of change into fuel for material information success](/upload/images/PropTech2.png)
Upfront material information is now firmly on the property industry’s radar, with Trading Standards CPR regulations expected to move towards disclosing...
03 May 2023
From: Features
![Sale proptech platform unveils sellers information pack](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Sales progression platform mio is set to launch its digital Sellers Information Pack (SIP), designed to make it easy for agents...
12 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Why material information does and should matter to you](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
According to the recent industry research report ‘Back to the Future’ from tmgroup, mio and CDS 40% of property transaction delays...
01 April 2023
From: Features
![Revealed! How movers feel about the home-moving experience](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Award-winning sales progression platform mio has uncovered the home moving experiences of nearly 200 movers and evaluated what this means for...
01 March 2023
From: Features
![Condensation mould – a black mark for property](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Sava/360x280%20heading%20image%20-%20black%20mould.png)
Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...
24 February 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Property Natter - Incoming! It’s hard work to figure out the housing market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/Property%20Natter.jpg)
Lies, damned lies, and statistics this week. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel as though I’m being bombarded...
11 February 2023
From: Features
![Most agents missed a pay rise last year - report](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
Only 11% of property businesses including estate agencies increased staff pay last year, a new report officially launched next week claims. Property...
06 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Date set for first Women In Estate Agency conference](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents3-400x310.png)
Details of the first Women In Estate Agency (WiEA) conference have been revealed. The group, founded by senior agency figures Liana Loporto-Browne...
14 December 2022
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
![The importance of recognising sales progression talent](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-1-400x310.png)
The sales progression function is what binds the whole property transaction together and the importance of effective sales progression in the...
05 November 2022
From: Features
![Property pros invited to reflect on their successes and challenges](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/miofeature400x310.jpg)
For the third year running, mio, tmgroup and Conveyancing Data Services (CDS) are inviting property professionals to share their successes and...
12 October 2022
From: Features
![Agents have nothing to fear from market slowdown - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-Sky-Hands-400x310.jpg)
Agents have nothing to fear from a market slowdown, an industry executive claims. Nick Ball, head of sales and client services at...
27 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![New webinar series to discuss industry disrupters and unlocking property sales](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Webinar-400x310-min.jpeg)
High profile agents and industry executives are due to appear in a new video series to share best practice ideas online. The...
19 July 2022
From: Breaking News
02 July 2022
From: Features
![Agents advised against cutting fees to attract stock](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HomeInHands-400x310.jpg)
Estate agents are being urged to reassess their fee structure and not be afraid to reflect the time and level of...
20 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Changing Our Industry - PropTech group hold webinars on reform](/upload/images/library/PropTech-Toolshed-400x310.jpg)
PropTech supplier tmgroup is to hold a six-part webinar series called Achieving Change: Think tomorrow, act today. The webinars - from linked...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Sellers do NOT choose agents based on fees - claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Millennials-Handshake-400x310.jpg)
The overwhelming majority of vendors do not choose their estate agent based on fees, but on wider market expertise. That’s the finding...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![How to promote fruitful relationships with your local conveyancers](/upload/images/library/Millennials-Handshake-400x310.jpg)
As you are no doubt aware, building mutually beneficial relationships with conveyancers in your local area can not only make your...
27 October 2021
From: Features
![Three ways to prove the value of your fees in a competitive market](/upload/images/library/UK-Cash-NEW-400x310.jpg)
With the competition for new listings between agents as fierce as ever, it can sometimes feel like a race to the...
18 September 2021
From: Features
![How to minimise pandemic disruption in your estate agency](/upload/images/library/PropTech-TouchScreen-400x310.jpg)
Last month it was reported that up to 500,000 people had been ‘pinged’ by the NHS in a week. While the...
18 August 2021
From: Features
![PropTech Today - how can tech deliver a better sales process for all?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/ProptechToday-1-400x310.png)
My neighbour had been seeking to move home for some time. Suggestions that he wanted to get away from his neighbours...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Transactions time – how long and how much of a difference can agents make?](/img/default/eat.png)
Anyone working in residential property knows it is taking longer and longer to get from SSTC (sold subject to contract) to...
10 July 2021
From: Features
![Agents – getting to know you, getting to like you…](/img/default/eat.png)
A recent survey run by mio revealed that almost 50% of home movers selected their estate agent because they liked them....
09 June 2021
From: Features
![PropTech Today - bad product or bad plan?](/img/default/eat.png)
In the previous edition of PropTech Today, Nathan Emerson highlighted the importance of effective implementation, linking poor staff engagement to the...
26 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![The leaky bucket of estate agency and how to fix it](/img/default/eat.png)
Gathering and analysing feedback at all stages in the customer journey is highly important. So, where do we begin? For many estate...
15 May 2021
From: Features
![More PropTech partners for the ESTAS Forum & Awards](/img/default/eat.png)
TM Group and sales progression solution mio have signed up as partners for the 2021 ESTAS Forum & Awards, sponsored by...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Change is coming – how can we improve the homebuying process?](/img/default/eat.png)
With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...
28 April 2021
From: Features
![Property professionals welcome digitisation to better manage transactions](/img/default/eat.png)
The findings of the new ‘Thriving in a Pandemic’ report, recently published by tmgroup and mio, have highlighted that the market...
17 March 2021
From: Features
![2021 will not hold back Agents who are prepared to adapt](/img/default/eat.png)
With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...
08 January 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![Property transaction delays - where ARE the searches?](/img/default/eat.png)
Delays with the return of property searches is one key factor for sales taking longer to complete. As conveyancers start to warn...
05 December 2020
From: Features
![What should agents look for in a software provider in 2021?](/img/default/eat.png)
If this year has taught us anything, it's that estate agents need their software provider and specifically their CRM, to help...
05 December 2020
From: Features
![Agents can do more to speed up transactions by adopting technology](/img/default/eat.png)
Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Agents Do Charity … on Children In Need day…](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to your regular Friday charity round-up from the industry - appropriately enough on the day of the latest...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![The small things agents can do to reduce consumer stress](/img/default/eat.png)
Purplebricks recently launched a meditation service to help buyers and sellers manage stress. You might disagree with the idea, but moving...
04 November 2020
From: Features
![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
![Single view of the chain - what does it mean for agents?](/img/default/eat.png)
In early September, mio achieved an industry first with the release of the mio chain view API. Now, all the parties...
10 October 2020
From: Features
![Here's how mio can help agents comply with RoPA framework](/img/default/eat.png)
As the review of the recommendations of the Regulation of Property Agents Working Group continues, Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager and...
01 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![New PropTech products aim to help transparency and Covid safety](/img/default/eat.png)
New PropTech products continue to appear, many aimed at enhancing transparency in buying and selling, or helping agents adopt new ways of...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![What happens when your sales progressor is off work?](/img/default/eat.png)
At mio, we often have conversations with Estate Agency firms who have a dedicated sales progresser in their team. Whilst there...
09 September 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Agents Do Charity - more fund-raising good deeds](/img/default/eat.png)
Hello and welcome to the weekend - if it’s Friday, it’s Agents Do Charity day as we pay tribute to fund-raisers...
21 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Women In Residential Property - group grows during lockdown](/img/default/eat.png)
The networking organisation Women in Residential Property has grown to over 300 members - its highest ever total. Launched three years ago...
20 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Sales progression – who should be doing it?](/img/default/eat.png)
“Many hands make light work” – Does John Heywood’s old English proverb from the 1300s apply to modern approaches on how...
01 August 2020
From: Features
![Heard the one about the agent, the conveyancer and the surveyor?](/img/default/eat.png)
Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...
18 July 2020
From: Features
![Jon Horton, Product director of sales progression platform, mio](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jon Horton, Product director of sales progression platform, mio What does...
17 July 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
![Fall throughs – the impact and the solutions revealed: Part Two](/img/default/eat.png)
In the second of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, the Estate Agents Sales Progression platform, explores...
11 July 2020
From: Features
![Grace Cotterill – Mio Account Manager](/img/default/eat.png)
What work did I do through lockdown? I went to work for a company who provide Domiciliary care for the vulnerable and elderly...
09 July 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
![Improving pipeline management with mio](/img/default/eat.png)
Let’s face it sales progression is difficult and frustrating: 1)The process has never been properly joined up - the average chain has...
07 July 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Fall throughs – the impact and the solutions revealed](/img/default/eat.png)
In the first of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, managing director of mio, the estate agent sales progression platform, explores the...
04 July 2020
From: Features
![Improving collaboration between the parties involved in property transactions is key to delivering faster transactions and reducing fall throughs, but how can collaboration help Agents and how does mio help?](/img/default/eat.png)
Collaboration creates a bigger market Iain White, of the Innovation Collaboration Group “the Estate Agency industry must recognise that collaboration will...
30 June 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Sales progression – Why? How? Let’s get better](/img/default/eat.png)
With three months of lockdown behind us, commission income is vital, and sales progression is more important than ever. Emma Vigus, Managing...
27 June 2020
From: Features
![Emma Vigus, What twenty years in sales has taught me](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Vigus, Managing Director of sales progression platform mio You’ve never...
25 June 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
![The single version of the truth - myth or reality?](/img/default/eat.png)
Imagine a Zoom call where ten people are discussing the same topic, but everyone speaks a different language and has a...
17 June 2020
From: Features
![Converting your pipeline to income faster](/img/default/eat.png)
As we emerge from lockdown, quickly progressing sales to completion is vital to replace lost commission income. What role can mio...
15 June 2020
From: Sponsored Content
![Sales progression app now used by 1,000 agency branches](/img/default/eat.png)
PropTech supplier mio says it now has over 1,000 agency branches using its sales progression platform - and it’s recruited Countrywide...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Standardise processes across multiple branches in 3 easy steps](/img/default/eat.png)
Your business may be growing quicker than you could ever imagine which is great when it comes to raising brand awareness....
11 March 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
![Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager for the South West of England](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager for the South West of...
07 January 2020
From: 60 Second Interview
![Higher fees generated through PropTech says senior agent](/img/default/eat.png)
A senior regional estate agent says the appliance of PropTech has helped his company streamline communications, reduce sales times, and generate...
30 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio What is mio and what...
10 December 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
![Training - how can you be the best estate agent?](/img/default/eat.png)
Here at sales progression and communication tool mio, we recently caught up with Sarah Edmundson, co-director of The AllStars Group, the...
30 November 2019
From: Features
![EA Today: mio welcomes a refreshing take on estate agents’ attitudes to sales progression](/img/default/eat.png)
28th NOVEMBER 2019: Christopher Watkin’s recent thought-provoking interview with Dan Marsden sheds light on the property industry today and offers an...
27 November 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Michelle O’Brien, Account Manager of mio](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Michelle O’Brien, mio Account Manager for Home Counties North What is...
27 November 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
![Jason Wilson, mio Account Manager](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jason Wilson, mio Account Manager What is mio and what does...
05 November 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
![Case study: Taylors upgrade to new “user friendly and easy to use” sales progression and communication tool](/img/default/eat.png)
Ashleigh Thwaites, Branch Manager at Emersons Green, Taylors shares how mio has transformed her approach to sales progression by making it...
04 November 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Agents Do Charity - especially with an hour’s extra sleep…](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s that time again, with the clocks going back an hour to mark the start of slightly brighter mornings and significantly...
25 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Be tech-savvy and attentive to woo young buyers, agents advised](/img/default/eat.png)
Young homebuyers want tech-savvy, astute and attentive estate agents who are able to handle their complex requirements via a range of...
23 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Case Study: Improved visibility of sales progression makes life easier for Allen and Harris, as well as their clients](/img/default/eat.png)
One month on from introducing sales progression and communication tool, mio, to her branch in Chippenham (Wiltshire), Michelle Hallas, Residential Sales...
21 October 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![David Masters, Account Manager of mio](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? David Masters – Account Manager for the Midlands What is ‘company...
08 October 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
![Case study: Connells reaping the time-saving benefits of new sales and communication tool](/img/default/eat.png)
Case study: Connells reaping the time-saving benefits of new sales and communication tool Since adopting mio in September 2018, Josh Lally, Senior...
07 October 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![mio gives new direction to William H Brown’s sales progression](/img/default/eat.png)
Robert Anderson, Branch Manager at William H Brown in Leicester shares how sales progression and communication tool, mio, has created a...
23 September 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Sales progression even more vital with Brexit and election imminent](/img/default/eat.png)
Continuing political uncertainty over Brexit and now a significant chance of an autumn or winter General Election makes the case for...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Fox and Sons goes digital and improves their sales progression with mio](/img/default/eat.png)
Fox and Sons goes digital and improves their sales progression with mio Lucy Luxton, Branch Manager at Fox and Sons, Tiverton (Devon)...
09 September 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![mio makes instant difference to Haus Properties’ sales progression](/img/default/eat.png)
Since first meeting the mio team at The Negotiator Awards back in November 2018 – and being presented with no less...
26 August 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Phil Smith, Account manager of mio](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Phil Smith - mio Account manager What is mio and what does...
19 August 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
![Average exchange of contracts takes over five months - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
A sales progression tool is urging property professionals and consumers alike to do more to speed up typical transaction times, and...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![mio helps boost productivity for multi-tasking Estate Agents](/img/default/eat.png)
Carl Hemming, Director from Ginger in Balsall Common explains how mio has quickly proven to be a cost-effective way to simplify...
12 August 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![mio brings Edwards & Co’s sales progression into the 21st century](/img/default/eat.png)
Matt Nicholson, Sales Progressor at Edwards & Co in Rhiwbina, Cardiff, explains how adopting sales progression and communication tool, mio, has...
29 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Eric Woodhams, Account Manager of mio](/img/default/eat.png)
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Eric Woodhams F.N.A.E.A. mio Account Manager What is mio and what...
26 July 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
![‘Good communication helps keep vendor expectations in check’](/img/default/eat.png)
Improved communication and increased transparency throughout the buying process can manage vendors’ expectations, improve satisfaction scores and create long-term clients. That’s the...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News
05 July 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
![Property Natter – guide to property startups, Part 2](/img/default/eat.png)
In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...
29 June 2019
From: Features
![Agents get nine months free use of PropTech tool in latest FIA deal](/img/default/eat.png)
The Federation of Independent Agents has agreed another new partnership with an industry supplier. The arrangement will allow FIA agent members nine...