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The slump in housing market transactions is beginning to translate into a fall in the number of conveyancing companies. A study by...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Lee O’Brien, Managing Director of iad UK. In your experience,...

The 2023 Autumn Budget, amongst its considerable 110 growth measures, contained an important announcement for the property sphere, with £3 million...

Digital transformation is now happening at a monumental pace, and dependence on technology is growing to new heights. In fact, the...

Prime estate agent John D Wood & Co has named a new Head of Sales and claims this marks “a new...

Two directors of Spicerhaart are set to take over as joint chief executive of the independent agency brand. It comes as its...

Changes to consumer behaviour usually arrive in waves. Most of the time these waves are small. They drive minimal impact, with...

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

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

You are aware of the business benefits of digital transformation. You understand the need for your estate agency to leverage technology to...

The only certainty at the moment is that we are living in a period of uncertainty. The challenges facing the property...

Conveyancing is an integral part of the house buying and selling process. But it is a slow process, with the length...

With reform of the home buying and selling process as crucial as it's ever been, and disrupters like Coadjute and PEXA...

House price growth slowed both annually and monthly during August, new figures show, as commentators warn a property market slowdown is coming. The...

Digital transformation is not a new concept. It has been around for many years in various forms and across multiple industries,...

In the current challenging economic environment, agencies need to ensure more than ever that they’re getting the most out of every...

For years now estate agents have been on a journey from digital infancy to digital maturity. But what does the future...

A reluctance by property firms to hire individuals to focus on innovation is leaving the sector behind when it comes to...

The current challenges facing the conveyancing sector have put the industry in the spotlight. Here, property expert Colum Smith, Chief Vision...

The digital transformation of the property industry is not a new chapter, but an ongoing journey in which the winners are...

In this article, Kristian Stott, Head of New Business at iamproperty, analyses the digital revolution in our lives and in property and why...

Technology developed for the estate agency industry has advanced and expanded seismically over the past decade as software vendors develop their...

Of the many industry buzzwords, I suspect “upfront information” was up there as one of the most widely used in 2021....

An agency which in 2020 moved from traditional branches to a hub-based business model, says it’s to become a ‘digital first’...

The last two years have been dramatic and decisive for many people and many businesses. Both have reassessed their work approaches...

If there is one thing that modern consumers have come to expect, it’s convenience. As a nation, we’re driven by on-demand...

The property industry and its many stakeholders are key participants in a global digital transformation that has been underway for quite...

Apart from a buoyant market, high transaction levels, and consumer confidence in the property market, one considerable additional benefit which has...

The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...

In recent years, the property market has been taking steps to become more digital – with HM Land Registry leading the...

A leading industry supplier says there’s been a jaw-dropping 495 per cent year-on-year increase in digital spend from agents - and that...

We are just over one year on from the day our lives truly changed, when the UK went into its first...

Purplebricks is now part of the mainstream landscape of British estate agency. There - I said it. An agency whose whispered name...

Connells Group has adopted e-Signatures from Yoti for its sales and lettings business across a number of brands. This follows a successful...

Agents have been warned they are likely to require PropTech assistance to cope with a surge in transactions expected this year. The...

It’s no secret that the recent pandemic has forced more businesses to operate remotely, but the shift for estate agents has...

The UK lettings market is no stranger to technology. But only a few of the early initiatives have remained, and landlords...

In the firmest sign yet that PropTech has entered the mainstream, Housing Minister Esther McVey recently launched an expert advisory council...

When we launched Reapit’s Foundations Platform as a Service (PaaS) in November, it may have seemed like a recent development in...

Yes, you can promise yourself that you won't eat all the mince pies, or yet another roast potato, nor drink as...

Everyone thought John Bercow was short. It probably didn’t help that I was on stage just before him. 5ft 6 versus...

KPMG published its Global PropTech Survey 2019 last week with the title: Is your digital future in the right hands? Interesting question:...

Housing Minister Esther McVey has launched an expert advisory council that the government says is “dedicated to the digital transformation of...

This line is one that I use a lot in my speeches and presentations, often as part of the final slide. I...

The founder of Rightmove and former Countrywide chief executive Harry Hill is one of a number of investors behind a new...

I have been banging on about partnerships and collaborations for years now. Whether it’s between two real estate firms, two PropTech firms,...

I want to take the time this week to talk about PropTech startups and how they can often be seen to...

As real estate firms begin to execute their Q3 strategies and think more closely about Q4, there is one major question...

This week, you find me in Italy. Now that we’ve entered that languid month of August, where all of real estate...

Keller Williams continues to drive culture, mentality, and process transformation by partnering with DocuSign to enable electronic signatures. It’s another lesson in...

1. Win More Listings For estate agency in the UK, the number one task is to get new properties to market. However,...

The city of Norwich has become the sixth part of the UK to switch from council Local Land Charges to digital...

Facebook is set to enter the cryptocurrency business with the big reveal of its formal plans scheduled for some point this...

The UK PropTech Association, set up in early 2017 with the objective of promoting engagement between tech business and the property...

It’s not often we can enjoy beautiful sunshine on bank holidays, but I suppose this one was a particularly blessed weekend,...

It’s time to think about planning the 2019 events calendar. This year, there are more PropTech conferences scheduled than ever before,...

For my final EAT contribution of 2018, I’ve put together a list of Christmas gifts that you could buy your PropTech-loving...

Propteq Global Property Technology and Innovation summit takes place in London on 26 - 27 Sep. 75 of the world's leading...

The time has come for full PropTech/property integration and only those who open themselves to the globe will be part of...

Last time out I looked at the growing importance of content, social media and design – but these should only form...

It’s all very easy, talking and evangelising about the use of technology in the property market, but, now that I’m selling...

The Future:PropTech event on May 2 is now under six weeks away and more details have been released about speakers and...

Three weeks has flown by (I missed an early deadline last week - apologies) and I find myself writing the next...

Greetings from Cannes, where the sun is finally shining over MIPIM. I’m sure many of you are out here, too, and...

There was an excellent article, published last week, based around an interview with Chandra Dhandapani, CBRE’s chief digital and technology officer.  The...

Property has always been an industry built on a foundation of personal relationships. Deals made, promotions gained, clients won, portfolios grown;...

Countrywide's decision to 'pause' the roll-out of its online option for sellers and landlords is "unforgivable and dumbfounding" according to a...

Last week was MIPIM PropTech Summit 2017 in New York, and it was the most oversubscribed to date - proof of the...

As we outlined in our EAT and LAT stories earlier this week, we (Angels Media) are seeking responses from estate and...

Angels Media and a property technology consultancy are joining forces to conduct the first-ever survey into how agents and other property...

Parliament is sitting again and the entire lettings industry is waiting with bated breath for more detail on the government’s proposal...

As someone who spends his days peering into the PropTech world, one thing I’ve observed is the way in which certain tech prompts...

You saw it, right? This article from Monday’s Guardian? It says that one in five estate agents are at risk of...

Two of the most influential figures behind the PropTech sector have run a microscope over Rightmove’s business model and technology -...

It’s that time of year again – peak conference/event season. And, while Brexit and a shock snap general election are dominating...

Two figures with high profiles in the world of PropTech have formed a consultancy to try to sell their services to...

A firm called Proper Local has launched, insisting it is offering “a new model” for estate agency, somewhere between a traditional...