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19 April 2024
From: Sponsored Content
One of the UK’s largest mortgage lenders has reduced its upper age limit in a blow for home buyers . Halifax is...
14 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Down-valuations appear to be on the rise and it is shocking agents and mortgage brokers. Property professionals have seen an uptick in...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Increasing numbers of mortgage lenders are pulling decent deals as swap rates rise. Santander has become the latest high street lender to...
21 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank has launched a bespoke customer portal after 18 months of development. Coined ‘My Knight Frank,’ the firm says it is a digital customer experience platform, accessible...
09 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The Government’s latest attempt to bolster the property appears to be 1% deposit mortgages. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is reported to be considering...
22 January 2024
From: Breaking News
A new product has launched that protects homeowners from the growing threat of property-related frauds. Title Guardian is an app that monitors...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Two more major lenders have cut mortgage rates, prompting hopes that deals could seen come close to 3%. HSBC and Halifax have...
15 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Mortgage brokers have hailed a ‘watershed moment’ as Nationwide became the first lender in months to release a sub-5% home loan...
09 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Mortgage rates could be set to finally fall below 5%, brokers claim. The pricing of home loans has rocketed this year amid high...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The Propertymark Trust is offering grants to agents and family members affect by Storm Ciaran. The Met Office has issued almost 200...
07 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks remains in discussions with “credible bidders” about a sale of its business, a stock market update has revealed. An announcement from...
12 April 2023
From: Breaking News
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
Winkworth agents ranked second when it came to property exchanges in London last year, the franchise agency brand claims. A trading update...
12 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Two Foxtons directors have vowed to stand down from the agent’s board following opposition to their re-election at the company’s annual...
23 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Over the last five years, the Government has introduced a range of measures to regulate the property market, particularly in the...
12 October 2022
From: Features
A new proptech platform that is building online property profiles for the UK’s 28m residential properties so owners and potential buyers...
08 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Former Countrywide boss Bob Scarff has warned that estate agents have become too reliant on alerts, emails and text messages for...
07 July 2022
From: Breaking News
In this guest piece, the team at Iceberg Digital set out the benefits of Lifesycle 3, which is to appear this autumn. Perfect...
11 May 2022
From: Breaking News
April looks set to go down as the busiest month for house sales of the year. And with record numbers of properties predicted...
30 April 2022
From: Features
In this piece, the team at Iceberg Digital look at whether the first cracks are appearing in the portals. For the last...
06 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has rolled out a new feature within MyRightmove that allows home-hunters organise saved properties into various property lists. The portal says...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News
In this guest piece, the team at Lifesycle discuss a recent experiment they did with AI and estate agents' data and...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News
The ValPal Network has announced the release of its MovePal app on the Apple App and Google Play stores. The app is...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News
We’ve had a terrific display of agency and supplier videos running every weekday since late November - a wonderful lead-in to...
24 December 2021
From: Breaking News
Increasingly rigorous Money Laundering Directives have made regulations in the property industry more stringent than ever, and Estate Agents have a...
22 November 2021
From: Legislation & Compliance
An online intelligence platform has started ranking agencies in terms of their SEO and Google searches. The platform - Industry Alerts, which...
01 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The Victorian phrase “as safe as houses” well surmises the security of the housing market as, whether they are buying or...
09 September 2021
From: Marketing & Social Media
For many, paying money to use an estate agent is primarily because that company has a database of buyers or tenants....
30 June 2021
From: Breaking News
As estate agencies are covered by Money Laundering Regulations, agents are legally obliged to take customer due diligence measures to limit...
01 June 2021
From: Sponsored Content
You could make about 65 more cold calls, or hold 13 more viewings, or you could take a power-nap every day...
01 May 2021
From: Features
It’s hard to remember a time at any point in the last 20 years when agents have been looking for a...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News
We’re officially transitioning to summer – marked by the clocks going forward and warmer weather – just as restrictions start to...
15 April 2021
From: Sponsored Content
Rezi’s integration with Zapier has transformed the way in which estate agents can now save time, money and resource. Agents are...
27 November 2020
From: Sponsored Content
Newspapers are pushed through the door, whereas websites have to pull in visitors - it’s a simple but fundamental difference with vast implications...
21 November 2020
From: Features
A PropTech platform that says it halves the time taken for transactions has just completed a multi-million pound investment round. Coadjute - which...
12 November 2020
From: Breaking News
There’s no denying it, job hunting can be hard work – even more so at the moment, with all that’s going...
27 October 2020
From: Recruitment & Business Matters
A new PropTech startup is giving prospective buyers the opportunity to receive due diligence at a fraction of the time and...
15 September 2020
From: Breaking News
“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
One of the many free-to-list portals now vying for attention is offering agents six months free access to a platform boasting...
08 July 2020
From: Breaking News
National property auctioneer Pugh & Co is launching an initiative to partner with estate agents across the UK. Via a new network...
08 June 2020
From: Breaking News
Rightmove says it’s to launch its biggest ever national marketing campaign in a bid to kick-start the market once lockdown eases. The...
07 May 2020
From: Breaking News
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
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
New research shows that 77 per cent of consumers use portals to conduct property searches - meaning, surprisingly, that almost a...
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket claims its visitor total last month exceeded 30m, a new monthly record and an increase of some 28 per cent...
06 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Quite a few years ago, I spoke at a conference for auctioneers. It was a traditional affair. Rural location. Nice hotel....
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Property portal OnTheMarket has thrown down the challenge to Rightmove by launching two new features for its listing agents. The first, Market...
07 October 2019
From: Breaking News
A well known regional agent has closed one of its offices saying “the old shop window of an estate agency is...
23 September 2019
From: Breaking News
‘Property ghosting’ is a problem that nearly all estate and letting agencies will face at one time or another. Ghosting, which is...
23 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content
– use technology to build a trusted brand as a people-focused custodian of client money Non-stop regulatory changes in the industry are...
01 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content
Figures released from OnTheMarket this morning suggest that its conversion programme for agents shifting from free deals to paid membership is...
13 June 2019
From: Breaking News
A buying agent has revealed how she advises potential clients to use portals when looking for a property to buy -...
13 June 2019
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket says high take up for its alert service demonstrates that it’s closing the gap on Rightmove. The challenger portal says that...
09 April 2019
From: Breaking News
In another bid to take on Rightmove, OnTheMarket is introducing a new range of advertising products which will enable agents to...
19 March 2019
From: Breaking News
New figures released this morning from OnTheMarket claim its listing inventory bis now over 80 per cent of the size of...
06 February 2019
From: Breaking News
Popular floor plan drawing service Metropix is excited to announce some festive fun to celebrate reaching a significant milestone. #festivefloorplans is being...
26 November 2018
From: Sponsored Content
An insolvency firm is warning that the real estate sector of the economy is showing a growing number of businesses defined...
26 October 2018
From: Breaking News
An insurance company is launching a policy which it says will protect consumers with comprehensive cover in the event of a...
04 October 2018
From: Breaking News
The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
25 June 2018
From: Sponsored Content
Many agents are missing out on significant time saving opportunities when it comes to their floor plans say Landmark, parent of the Metropix...
30 May 2018
From: Sponsored Content
Property portal OnTheMarket has announced that it now has listing agreements with over 8,500 estate and letting agency branches. It says that...
30 May 2018
From: Breaking News
Trussle, which describes itself as the UK’s first online mortgage broker, has won £13.6m in financing from international investors led by...
10 May 2018
From: Breaking News
With the rise of Purplebricks in recent years, many will be eager to know what the hybrid agency’s Local Property Experts...
07 April 2018
From: Features
Almost a third of all ‘Suspicious Activity Reports’ concerning possible anti-money laundering infringements and reported to the National Crime Agency have...
13 February 2018
From: Breaking News
After the fun and over-indulgence of the festivities, most of us are now back to the world of work. And, with...
13 January 2018
From: Features
In the UK, there are over 3.9 million homes situated in off-grid areas with no access to mains gas, so it’s...
11 November 2017
From: Features
The fact is that most house hunters simply do not have the time, let alone the inclination, to trawl around properties...
28 October 2017
From: Features
One one in every 300 property purchases by overseas buyers trigger a so-called ‘red flag’ with the National Crime Agency -...
12 October 2017
From: Breaking News
easyProperty has unveiled details of its relaunch, declaring itself to be the UK’s second largest hybrid estate agency - second only...
07 September 2017
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has reminded agents of its new 14-week re-listing timescale, first announced just before Christmas as part of its crackdown on...
17 February 2017
From: Breaking News
Zoopla and OnTheMarket have given their first reactions to Rightmove's portal juggling extension of its property re-listing deadline from two weeks to...
14 December 2016
From: Breaking News
Over 50,000 have signed up to the Land Registry’s property fraud alert service following a series of high-profile stories on the...
06 December 2016
From: Breaking News
A new automated sales progression tool being launched today promises to require fewer resources from agents in return for ensuring faster...
31 October 2016
From: Breaking News
A web portal which radically changes the way investors search for their next investment property has signed up 5,000 agents, less...