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

Agents could be giving up a “prospecting goldmine” if they effectively shut-up shop on their marketing in the run up to...

Home-movers have been identified as one of the most attractive consumer groups during the cost-of-living crisis, contributing an estimated £29 billion...

Average property values have decreased for the third time in the past four months as Halifax warns of the end for...

Agency proptech supplier Muuvo has made new data available to help agents comply with impending Trading Standards upfront information requirements. The National...

The Government’s mini budget on September 23 was anything but ‘mini’ with several major announcements one of the most significant of...

In this Q&A, I catch up with Jesper With-Fogstrup, chief executive officer of Smoove (formerly ULS Technology until a very recent...

The average asking price across the UK is now £43,000 higher than it was in late 2019 according to data and...

Annual house price growth increased to 8.1 per cent in October according to the Halifax.  The average UK property price is now...

Zoopla data has confirmed that buyer demand started to moderate in the months prior to the initial stamp duty holiday tapering...

The UK property market is always evolving but never as quickly as it is now. Traditional estate agents are seriously questioning...

In this week's Natter, I focus on the inspiring story of Clare Hughes, who has bounced back in the last 12 months...

You can always tell when Budget day is approaching. There’s lots of comment from every imaginable quarter about what the Chancellor of...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...

Technology has advanced in leaps and bounds in recent years, undoubtedly improving many parts of the moving process for both estate...

Delays with the return of property searches is one key factor for sales taking longer to complete. As conveyancers start to warn...

Searches that are bound by the Search Code, protecting the seller, buyer and lender, are property and not client specific. As...

Newspapers are pushed through the door, whereas websites have to pull in visitors - it’s a simple but fundamental difference with vast implications...

Tenants, landlords, agents, and house buyers all breathed a sigh of relief on Halloween when the government announced that home moves...

Watching the government’s surprise press conference a couple of weekends ago the message was clear; we were heading into a gruelling...

A survey says many people under-estimate the costs of moving with conveyancing and mortgage fees often higher than expected. Some 54 per cent of...

A south coast estate agency which has been operating since the 1980s has opened its seventh office.  Jacobs Steel’s latest branch is...

Zoopla has entered into a partnership with an online platform to promote the so-called Modern Method of Auction option to estate...

Analysts are putting a surprise surge in mortgage approvals from banks down to a spike in applications ahead of the General...

There was an increase in the number of first time buyers getting on the property ladder in September compared to the...

Fox and Sons goes digital and improves their sales progression with mio Lucy Luxton, Branch Manager at Fox and Sons, Tiverton (Devon)...

Carl Hemming, Director from Ginger in Balsall Common explains how mio has quickly proven to be a cost-effective way to simplify...

Matt Nicholson, Sales Progressor at Edwards & Co in Rhiwbina, Cardiff, explains how adopting sales progression and communication tool, mio, has...

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card?             Becky Howes, mio Account Manager What...

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...

It may well seem that the government is pre-occupied with one issue, and one issue alone. While preparations for Brexit take up a...

A new sales progression tool that claims to have been hugely successful over an 18-month pilot is being rolled out across...

Thinking about the state of communication across residential property chains is enough to induce a severe migraine. We work in a world...

New figures from the Mortgage Advice Bureau give an insight into the changing demographics of home buyers and buy to let...

Fresh data from a PropTech firm suggests that 'conveyancer absenteeism' is causing severe delays to property transactions. When You Move reports that...

The number of owners selling up and moving home is at its highest level since 2007 with one exception - London.  The...

It appears activity in the housing market in 2017 will be around 15% down on 2016. The number of housing transactions...

The number of existing home owners moving house fell two per cent in the first six months of 2017 compared with...

There were an estimated 354,000 homemovers in 2016, a fall of 4% compared to the 367,000 recorded the previous year. Analysis by...

With more house-hunters than ever now starting their search for a new home by typically looking online on one of the major...