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The smart home movement has been gathering pace for some time and connected living should be top of the agenda for...

Last week, the UK’s leading conveyancing services provider, LMS, announced a five- year strategic partnership with software, data and insight business,...

The emergence of the Digital property market represents the most profound shift for the industry itself since the advent of the...

The partners of Cluttons have completed a management buyout of the agency and property consultancy brand. James Gray continues as chief executive...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities are constantly developing, helping to improve efficiencies across all sectors and disciplines. Recent data* highlights that the...

CRMs can be superheroes for your business, but not all of them possess the necessary powers to save the day. As...

The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) has formed an independent industry body, the Open Property Data Association (OPDA), for companies...

The Home Buying & Selling Technology Group (HBSG) has launched the latest version of the Property Data Trust Framework following live...

Having just had an appointment popped into my diary by my car as it apparently told the garage it’s due a...

MPs have criticised the lack of detail in the government’s flagship Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill when it comes to housebuilding...

Until a few years ago, you would have been forgiven for not knowing who or what Coadjute was. But the company, founded...

The government’s new Levelling Up White Paper, revealed this morning includes a radical reshaping of the private rental sector. Section 21 eviction...

Imagine a world where you, as an agent, could focus on what you do best. Building and managing relationships, showing properties,...

As the UK housing market faces an ongoing boom, there’s one profession that’s certainly rushed off its feet — estate agents....

A leading agency predicts that prime central London house prices, so long in the doldrums throughout the pandemic, will bounce back...

Estate agents, even before Covid-19 reared its ugly head, were flexible, hybrid workers. It is a job that requires a significant...

The last 12 months have heralded significant change across the property market and indeed we could argue across all markets in...

In my previous Estate Agent Today feature, I endeavoured to explain the key differences between APIs and Apps, to help improve...

Have you found yourself asking the question: “what is the difference between an API and an App?” No doubt we are all...

One of the biggest trends in recent times, as a direct result of the pandemic, is the concept of working from...

Who are you? Hi, I’m Richard Price, Managing Director at Dezrez. Who are Dezrez and what EACRM do you provide? At Dezrez we’re on...

Software provider Dezrez has entered into an integration partnership with Boomin - the fledgling portal’s first PropTech deal.  The agreement ensures that...

If this year has taught us anything, it's that estate agents need their software provider and specifically their CRM, to help...

A PropTech platform that says it halves the time taken for transactions has just completed a multi-million pound investment round. Coadjute - which...

Integration, collaboration and connected platforms – some great buzzwords, but what do they actually mean and do they really help agents? One...

The new Boomin portal being launched shortly has named 10 high profile agency chains as founding members. The 10 give the new portal...

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...

PropTech supplier mio says it now has over 1,000 agency branches using its sales progression platform - and it’s recruited Countrywide...

As last Friday was the VE Day Anniversary bank holiday we have a bumper bundle of fund-raising activities to report on...

New research suggests the internet and broadband coverage have become even more important to buyers and tenants. The study - involving 228...

Agents are being offered a two week free trial of a service giving mobile telephone signal strength information and broadband connectivity...

You’ve probably heard about unified communications (UC) before. But why are your competitors and other organisations moving towards centralised comms platforms? What are...

A service has launched for estate and letting agents to copy and paste a widget into online advertisements free of charge. It...

A £3.6 billion Towns Fund to support towns across England to build prosperous futures through innovative regeneration is a perfect chance...

I suspect that at some time we have all rented an Airbnb (I am sitting on the couch of one as...

As the founder of Jupix, I worked in the property industry between 2008 - 2014. I had the privilege to lead...

During our school days, most of us did that task where we imagined and drew the homes of the future, but...

A survey by the Centre for Ageing Better recently showed that 72% of people want to see every new home built...

Rather like doctors, estate agents are present at critical points in our lives – moving in together, bidding farewell to a...

I am a patient man; a pacifist. Yet there is little in life right now that would satisfy me more than...

A property software guru says he wants PropTech firms to join with him in an ‘open platform’ which would allow smaller...

A PropTech startup which claims to revolutionise the speed at which property transactions can be processed has officially launched this week. When...

A mergers and acquisitions specialist says traditional agencies have been pushed into becoming more innovative by the rise of portals and...

Another attempt to create an automated conveyancing system has been launched with the claim that it will banish paper trails and...

Google, under the command of parent company, Alphabet, has set its sights on building the world’s first digital city, in Toronto,...

New research has identified homebuyers' top 20 'must-have' features that would encourage them to purchase a seller's property. According to the survey...

So, Property Week has announced its Property Awards shortlist for 2017. Looking at the entries for PropTech Company of the Year, I'm surprised...

Lots of people buy new-build due to the perceived lack of hassle with maintenance, as they are built to the latest...

The East of England, which takes in areas from Hertfordshire to Norfolk, has recorded the biggest hike in property prices over...

The days are getting longer, the sun is starting to appear on a more regular basis, Easter is just around the...

Strutt & Parker is early off the marks with its forecast for 2016 and beyond, predicting the strongest market growth in...

LSL Property Services, owner of Reeds Rains and Your Move amongst other high street chains, says last month’s sales market was the...