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A new senior figure in Purplebricks claims the agency has much in common with selling broadband.  Nick Gunga is the new chief...

SPRING cleaning is an annual ritual for many households, but firms in the property sector would do well to spend some...

By Dawson Scott, CTO of Reapit. As the Chief Technology Officer of Reapit, I have always held the view that the privacy,...

With the reported increase in agency staff turnover we thought it would be a good idea to look at how you...

In tougher times – as is the case now, post-Covid, post-Brexit, cost-of-living crisis, war in Ukraine, etc – reputation and consumer...

I’m sure most readers would agree with me that cyber-security is vitally important for almost any business, particularly those businesses like...

A conveyancer has contacted Estate Agent Today suggesting that the Simplify Group IT data crisis could be the death knell for the company...

A consultancy specialising in data protection issues has sharply criticised the Simplify Group for its ongoing lack of communications over its...

A petition is being started, urging the government to ban the payment of referral fees to estate agents. It’s reported to have...

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...

Rightmove is to roll-out two-factor authentication within Rightmove Plus to try to protect agents against attempts by fraudsters to steal leads and...

If someone broke into your house and took a video of lots of personal information, like photos of family and pets,...

A newspaper claims that thousands of customers’ financial details held by Foxtons Group are being freely accessed on the so-called dark...

Foxtons is alleged by a newspaper to have suffered a malware attack and data breach which closed its MyFoxtons client website. The...

Estate agents and small businesses are being warned to take greater care over passwords to stop hackers breaking into their systems. David...

Zoopla has repelled a cyber attack on its Alto property software - with no breach of customer agents’ personal data. It has...

The National Association of Estate Agents is warning UK agents to take stock of their data collection and retention procedures following...

The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined a London estate agency £80,000 for leaving 18,610 customers' personal data exposed for almost two years. The security...

An IT firm says small and medium-sized estate agencies without the infrastructure of large corporates are putting themselves and their customers...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

Everyone wants to rank highly on Google. Why? Well, as the world’s biggest search engine, with more than 65% market share,...

In recent years January has become the month of detoxes, fad diets, health kicks such as Dry January and Veganuary, and...

There’s a new warning being issued for estate agents and all other businesses to ensure they are prepared for the General...

The UK estate agency and construction industries are not ready for the huge workload and responsibilities involved in the General Data...

Are you protecting your data right? This may sound like the sort of direct warning you get from cold callers or...

Estate and letting agents are being urged to prepare for new data protection legislation coming into effect next year - but...