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Is there such a thing as an online estate agency any more? A decade ago, about the time I started editing Estate...

Alto has made a range of improvements to its cloud-based agency software based on user feedback. The Houseful-backed brand formed a Software...

Despite most businesses across industry now adopting some form of digital alternative to traditional work methods, many in the private rental...

As we get ever closer to 2023, this final Natter of the year is dedicated to the five biggest property moments of...

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

In recent years, we’ve witnessed a massive influx of channels for media consumers – two of the biggest of which are...

What do Tilly Ramsay and Kim Kardashian have in common? Other than both having well-known fathers, they’ve both also mastered the art...

There are many myths about using virtual tours to sell or let properties. The most common perceptions are that virtual property...

Zoopla’s cloud based software service Alto has launched a video series giving a behind the scenes look at estate agencies around...

OnTheMarket has entered a PropTech commercial partnership with Autoenhance.ai Limited, the AI photo editing platform.  Autoenhance was founded by PropTech entrepreneur Jamie...

Virtual tours are becoming an increasing necessity for agents when listing properties for sale or let. Covid has of course accelerated this...

Many agents working in the industry, whether for large corporates or smaller independents, might one day have ambitions to branch out...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Thom Hudson, photographer at Meyers Estate Agents What is Meyers...

Books about property are, relatively speaking, commonplace - books by estate agents are far less so, hence the interest in The...

This time out, I speak to one of the industry’s biggest-hitters. Adrian Gill may have retired from frontline agency, having had...

Here at Giraffe360, the PropTech startup, we have raised a £3.5 million funding round to further accelerate our product development and...

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....

The company at the centre of a controversy over estate agents’ business interruption insurance says its core package does NOT cover...

Following on from the second half of the last decade, the first few weeks of 2020 have been a bit mad...

In six years of editing Estate Agent Today, some of my most dramatic moments have been covering the troubles - some...

Rightmove’s blog suggests that pro-standard photos can increase enquiries by up to four times, but how do you make great photos? You...

BAD PHOTOS – 6 BIG MISTAKES YOU MIGHT BE MAKING! In our last article, we highlighted some really important and shocking stats...

There’s no end to the PropTech and photography solutions available to estate agents these days to help them sell good, old-fashioned...

Are you a real Doctor? Not in the conventional sense no, sorry to disappoint! I’m Tom Durrant and I’m the Creative Director...

The raison d'être for estate agents everywhere is to get their properties noticed! It’s as simple as that. These days you’re likely...

The assessment by an investment consultancy that Purplebricks sells some 76 per cent of the homes it lists may have made...

You don’t have to look far to see an abundance of photo failures, just head to any property portal and they’ll pop...

One day, I’ll sit down to write for Estate Agent Today and I won’t express my dismay at the lack of...

Getting your property marketing right is vital, and the starting point is with professional images.  With most buyers browsing the internet for...

Another new year is nearly upon us and, once we’ve got the season of mince pies, mulled wine, pigs in blankets,...

Over the past few months, hundreds of agents across the UK have been improving their photography skills by taking part in...

Let’s start with a quick fire quiz. How many more leads do you think you’d get with photos that have been...

**The free photography course for estate agents (part one) offer has now expired. It is still available in special circumstances so...

The story of the week has been the first steps of a trade body to represent independent estate agents - as...

It’s all been kicking off in recent weeks, hasn’t it? Marmite wars, the endless Trump v Clinton debate, Samsung phones blowing...

Estate agents are to be given access to PropertyBOX – a free floor plan and photo enhancing app. The app comes from...

The Wikipedia entry for OnTheMarket has been restored to its original condition after changes were made querying its apparent independence. Wikipedia is an...

An estate agent has conducted an interesting test on whether photographs on agents’ details may be improved by being edited on...

I received a call from a prominent agent known to many in the industry this week, asking an unexpected question: he wanted...