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If you’re thinking about becoming an Estate Agency franchise or converting your existing estate agency business to a franchise, here we...

You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...

To commemorate PayProp’s 20th year in business, Estate Agent Today’s Lee Dahill took a walk down memory lane with Neil Cobbold,...

Now the dust has settled on what many described as an ‘underwhelming’ Budget, we take a look at what two business...

Let's be honest – landlords are the lifeblood of any letting agency. Winning and keeping their business keeps the wheels turning...

The benefits for letting agents to outsource their client accounting is well documented, however with an increasing number of options available,...

As Conveyancers we operate in such a volatile market, where government economic policy can and has repeatedly made our professional lives...

The recent cyber attack on CTS left around 80 conveyancing firms across the country commercially paralysed as the harm to their...

By Neil Cobbold Recent data from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show that 24,260 households served a valid Section...

A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...

Housing supply rather than the private rented sector (PRS) made the headlines during the Conservative and Labour Party conferences this year...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Bevan and I am the Sales...

Well as week’s come and go, this one’s been a bit of a downer but it is always worth remembering that...

From valuations to viewings, conveyancing to completions, technology has transformed our sector dramatically and permanently. After comparatively slow beginnings, PropTech really took...

Following publication of the Renter’s Reform Bill and the media coverage surrounding it, many agents and their landlords will understandably have...

Letting agents are between a rock and a hard place when it comes to opening a client account and getting Client...

Taking a proactive approach with viewing generation can increase foot flow through properties and generate more offers, and ultimately close more...

Considering the cost it takes to get a lead – from advertising to PR to relationship building – could you be...

One of the main advantages of a PropTech solution is being able to automate the time-intensive and repetitive jobs that employees...

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

A father and his two sons have joined forces to become the new owners of Martin & Co’s St Albans branch. Kevin...

We’re only in February and it’s already clear that this year will set the future direction of the private rented sector...

As another year ends it is essential to take time and reflect on what you have accomplished over the last 12...

Automated rental payment specialists PayProp recently held a high-profile event in London - PayProp Connect - which included a number of...

OnTheMarket Group has launched its own proprietary customer relationship management (CRM) platform for estate agents following a successful trial period.   TecCRM, which...

Over the last few months, The Letting Partnership has seen an increase in calls from agents who are struggling to open...

The results are finally in, and to no-one’s surprise Liz Truss has been named the new leader of the Conservative Party...

You may be thinking that cost and hassle outweighs the benefits of outsourcing, but read on, you may be surprised! The last...

Today’s consumers judge a business not just on the quality of its products, but also on their experience in using them....

The property recruitment market seems to be moving as fast as house prices. Here are some of the latest moves that took...

Accountancy terminology can be a turn off to many business owners, understandably so given that the majority aren’t working in lettings...

PayProp’s recent Rental Confidence Index survey polled property professionals about their biggest concerns for 2022. Unsurprisingly, new regulations were a top...

In this guest feature, Chris Mason, Operations Director at The Letting Partnership, outlines why agents might want to consider outsourcing client accounting. The...

Coadjute, the blockchain network for the UK property market that claims it can radically simplify home purchasing, has revealed that PropTech...

There is no denying that managing properties is labour intensive. As real estate agents you are responsible for administering and addressing...

Agents are always on the lookout to save time and money wherever they can, to improve, streamline and enhance their business. And...

Trust the process: subscribe your landlords and tenants to Task Plans and receive automated prompts when it’s the right time to...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I am Mark Armstrong, and my business card says...

Being a letting agent today means keeping up to date with the long list of rules and regulations governing how a...

Start-up letting agents looking to enter the market are finding it increasingly difficult to set up in business as banks point...

Christmas is creeping up on us and, for some agents at least, a short seasonal closedown beckons. To get us in the...

It’s that time of year again. Black Friday has been and gone and the run-up to Christmas is well and truly...

According to the annual Property Week PropTech survey, almost 48% of property businesses had tested new technology because of the COVID-19...

When letting agents are preparing to migrate from one piece of client accounting software to another, it can sometimes seem like...

How to stay on top of arrears during a global pandemic Many have speculated, though much of it is anecdotal – how...

The letting industry has come a long way over the past few years, embracing regulation and taking pride in doing good...

Letting agents are struggling to open new bank accounts and even large established letting agents with a long history of trading...

Most letting agents don’t set up a business to become accountants but losing control of client money poses serious risks for...

It's been two years since the SDL Group launched its franchise block management business, SDL Property Partners, the first of its...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has today published the paperwork behind the recent Countrywide £10m accounting controversy. Published on the RICS...

It’s now emerged that Countrywide has to pay a £100,000 fine to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors after breaching guidelines...

Countrywide has this afternoon released a statement suggesting it has, in its eyes, settled the controversy over unclaimed lettings funds being...

Countrywide has declined to comment on circumstances surrounding today’s Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors disciplinary meeting about diverted funds. One of RICS’...

In a previous Natter, I promised to talk more about CRMs – and here I stick to that promise. Following on from...

Professional client account solutions for modern letting agents Letting agents will need to come up with new ways to manage client money...

Have you asked yourself why technology is so important in letting agency today? Just look around and you will know why. Almost...

PayProp clients power through their monthly invoicing, collections, settlements and payouts in just a few clicks – whether they're managing 1...

This week I carry out a question and answer session with one of the most high-profile names in property. Isobel Thomson has...

Having launched 13 years ago, PayProp, part of Humanstate Group, an international private technology services group, has grown into a leading...

A riposte to Rob Hailstone's article: 'C'mon CHAPS, Don't be faized'. Good Day, and a late Merry Christmas. Sorry for the delay in...

A conveyancer who swindled his clients and HM Revenue and Customs out of almost £352,500 in stamp duty land tax, has...

Last month it was announced that the CHAPS payment system will be extended by one hour and forty minutes from summer...