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THE property sector has embraced technology and the enormous benefits that it can bring. Never was this more accurately demonstrated than during...

Estate agents could be putting their clients’ personal details at risk by taking information such as addresses, bank account or passport details...

Agency software provider Reapit has achieved ISO 27001 certification for information security management. The certification means that Reapit has implemented one of...

A warning has gone out to estate agents that “more and more” reports are being filed about cyber attacks on agencies...

Agents must have a robust plan in place in case they are subjected to a ransomware cyber attack, says the Guild...

The man behind the free-to-list portal Residential People says security across all portals should be tightened, with so-called Two Factor Authentication...

A leading industry trade body is warning that remote-working agents and smaller independent agencies are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has revised its Anti-Money Laundering guidance in the light of Coronavirus. It says the scale of...

“It appears conveyancers either aren’t too concerned with PropTech right now, or they don’t yet have all the information needed to...

An insurance provider says small estate agencies are peculiarly vulnerable to cyber attack yet are amongst the least prepared amongst their...

Nearly three quarters of people who have sold or bought a property deem it more stressful than having a child or...

Purplebricks chief executive Michael Bruce is to speak alongside eMoov founder Russell Quirk in a debate to be held at the...

A new online service claims to protect agents and others working in the industry from the threat of cybercrime.  The service, called...