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TV presenter and property expert Martin Roberts has been named as host of the 2024 Variety North West Property Awards. Known for...

IT was the day the world malfunctioned.  From airport lounges to the reception areas of GP surgeries, the CrowdStrike IT Outage caused...

Rightmove’s decision to return £100m to its shareholders has been called into question. The property portal giant announced in its recent half-year...

A lack of cashflow is stopping agents from adopting technology to boost their business, it has been claimed. Proptech firm iamproperty recently...

The total value of the UK residential housing market is now worth £8.67 trillion, according to Savills, with the value of...

Lead instruction generation tool Spectre has added social media marketing capabilities to its platform. It is being delivered through an exclusive partnership...

It’s so good to see housing at the top of the government’s agenda for change. Finally! The housing crisis has been met...

Under the strain of a housing crisis, the UK faces a severe shortage of affordable homes. This is further emphasised by...

As mortgage rates remain high, estate agents report that housing market conditions continue to be demanding. A 0.1% fall in the average...

Proptech firm iamproperty has launched a CRM for estate agents. A dedicated data migration and onboarding team is in place to make...

As we move into the second half of the year, the property market is looking buoyant. Demand and supply are most...

There’s been a broadly warm response from much of the property industry to Labour’s manifesto, but a call for more detail...

Pattinson Auction is launching in Northern Ireland.  A statement from the high profile firm says the move is part of its mission...

Property marketing and communications software provider Nurtur is shifting its focus from agency networks to technology and artificial intelligence tools. It comes...

Fine & Country and The Guild of Property Professionals have been revealed as the next acquisition for The Property Franchise Group...

Industry figure Paul Clarke has joined LSL Estate Agency Franchising as director of proposition. It comes after Clarke left his Mr and...

Knight Frank says it’s opened six new offices over the past two years, and hired 14 new partners, as part of...

The Propertymark Trust has launched Prop X, its first-ever fundraising event, scheduled for Birmingham in September.  A statement from the trade body...

Thousands of people will be invited to take part in new research to help provide information on why one particularly badly...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss how the digital realm is transforming Estate Agency.   The...

CoStar Group, the US-based global online real estate provider which acquired OnTheMarket in December, has now snapped up Matterport, the well...

Landmark Information Group has been named as a principal partner for this year’s ESTAS Awards held in October. As part of this...

The Government may have backtracked on plans for 100% loan-to-value (LTV) mortgages but Yorkshire Building Society has come up with its...

The Guild of Property Professionals honoured its top agents last week. The network held its annual conference and awards at the QEII...

To commemorate PayProp’s 20th year in business, Estate Agent Today’s Lee Dahill took a walk down memory lane with Neil Cobbold,...

Happy birthday to us….and all members of the The ValPal Network! We are celebrating a decade in business and in those 10...

Average asking prices have increased at their highest rate for 10 months during March but the property market remains sensitive, Rightmove...

As most of the regular readers of this column will know (and because I’m not shy about admitting it) – I’ve...

Renting a flat or house in the UK has never been more difficult. The market is tight, supply is limited and...

Analysts have given their backing to Rightmove’s stock market prospects but there are warnings that it can’t “rest on its laurels”...

Industry leaders in both real estate and PropTech view AI/Automation and Big Data as the two major gamechangers in the next...

Proptech platform iamproperty has launched a recruitment campaign to boost its 575-strong team. There are more than 10 tech roles currently live, from senior...

UK property professionals should look to Norway when assessing how to improve the home buying process, a housing minister has claimed. Speaking...

It usually takes a scandal or a reshuffle to remove a Government minister so it came as a bit of a...

Building more homes is a better solution than mortgage schemes to support first-time buyers, a Zoopla executive has claimed. Richard Donnell, executive...

"Property is in the blood," my dad frequently reminds me, albeit for two generations—his and mine. During the property boom of...

The property industry is no stranger to shifts in the technology landscape. The past year in particular saw rapid growth in technology...

As the landscape of the property industry changes, as it has done in line with all new technologies over the decades,...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss their series of ground-breaking innovations announced at their annual...

The private rental landscape has been undergoing a profound transformation, with technology playing a pivotal role in shaping the way tenancies...

Large language models, machine learning, artificial intelligence, artificial general intelligence, and 'the singularity' change everything, but there again, they change literally...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss the first annual Iceberg Summit to be held the...

In today's fast-paced and ever-evolving property industry, it’s essential that forward-thinking agents strive for innovation through PropTech to improve processes, save...

Iamproperty, which champions the so-called Modern Method of Auction, has announced a private equity partner. A statement from the auction service says...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities are constantly developing, helping to improve efficiencies across all sectors and disciplines. Recent data* highlights that the...

The Guild of Property Professionals has launched a second virtual event this Autumn following its inaugural streamed event earlier this year. Scheduled...

Alto has boosted its training offering for estate and letting agents.  Agency users can now access an overview of Alto training via...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they review the valuable guidance and innovation offered by Estate Agency...

A new estate agency has benefited from a grant scheme run by multinational company Tata Steel. Lincolnshire estate agent Grahame Barratt-Needham has...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Mark Bevan and I am the Sales...

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

If we turn the clock back only twenty years, the concept of managing our lives from a handheld device was within...

At iamproperty we are excited to share the announcement of our future innovation strategy and vision, continuing our commitment to transform...

After a bumpy six months media-wise, I was fascinated to see that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle chose a tech-based project...

Barriers to entry are a big concern for any sector, particularly those who need a greater number of technology innovations to...

Property data in the UK is mined from a labyrinth of sources such as local authorities, various government departments and private...

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

From valuations to viewings, conveyancing to completions, technology has transformed our sector dramatically and permanently. After comparatively slow beginnings, PropTech really took...

The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) has formed an independent industry body, the Open Property Data Association (OPDA), for companies...

The Home Buying & Selling Technology Group (HBSG) has launched the latest version of the Property Data Trust Framework following live...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Heather Staff and it says Co-Founder of Street Group...

In simple terms, as you are probably aware, ‘lenders’ are the organisations who loan you something, in this case money to...

As a property market expert, I have been closely monitoring the challenges faced by the housing market, particularly the issue of...

Amidst mounting regulatory pressure and the escalating threat of financial crime, property firms must embrace innovation to protect themselves and their...

Proptech firm iamproperty has launched a new recruitment drive across the North East. There are 10 jobs being created initially with a...

Yes it should….and we’re getting closer. Where there’s no chain involved, here at AVRillo, we can be ready to exchange contracts in...

Agents will receive automatic updates for ‘on market’ and ‘sold/let’ by area under the latest innovation from prospecting tool, Spectre. It will assist...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they review the recent Estate Agency X 8, 2023 On 23rd March, the...

From Million Dollar Listing to Selling Sunset, we’re used to seeing real estate reality TV in full force on Netflix. Whilst...

Conveyancing company AVRillo has pledged to further reduce transaction times after scooping a top innovation award. The conveyancer brand picked up the...

  It's not often that I have sympathy for our glorious leaders – those who set the rules by which we all...

Deepak Chandrababu is no stranger to problem-solving. He’s been doing it for 25 years. As Chief Operating Officer of Technology Blueprint Ltd....

2023 has been coined as ‘the year of AI adoption’, and with this technology trickling down to almost every sector, its...

Rightmove has reported its second highest year for average revenue per advertiser (ARPA) despite agency branch membership dipping slightly. The portal revealed...

For agents who take full advantage of new developments in technology in 2023, it’s a chance for them to move ahead...

In recent weeks, the big buzzword across all industries has been AI, as it has the real potential to transform the...

Happy New Year, to you all. Now that we’re all back in harness and Christmas feels like a long-distant memory, I...

Collapsed challenger portal Boomin has officially named its liquidator as company documents this morning outlined a deficiency of almost £10m in...

The property sector braced itself for the chill wind of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement this week. His pre-Budget comment that he...

Agency website and lead generation software provider Homeflow has acquired lead management and automation business of Area Technologies. Homeflow said the move...

Knight Frank’s head of London residential sales Rory Penn has been named ‘Property Adviser of the Year at the Spear’s Awards...

In this guest feature, Ben Bailey, CCO at Even, a mortgage lender for first-time buyers launched this year, provides commentary on the end...

What’s the difference between Centralised Ledger Technology and Decentralised Ledger Technology? Repeat after me; centralised and decentralised ledgers and Distributed Ledger Technology...

Dozens of estate agents have been fined a combined total of £519,645 for failing to meet their obligations under anti-money laundering...

Rightmove has named Johan Svanström, former chief executive of travel booking website Expedia Group Inc and McDonald's Corp as its new...

Over the last two years, the property industry has experienced unprecedented change through shifting market conditions and new regulations around compliance. To...

In a recent McKinsey poll* 85 per cent of people said that fear of criticism, fear of uncertainty and fear of...

Fine & Country founder Jon Cooke has promised an autumn of innovation for the agency brand’s licensees. Cooke released a bullish statement...

Property data specialist Sprift has updated its comparables tool feature for agents. The updated version lets users manually add comparables, for example...

First off, my own quick tribute to the Queen, who died on Thursday afternoon aged 96. Despite her age and declining...

Industry figure Iain White has admitted he has overcome ‘original scepticism’ about the launch of OnTheMarket after the portal was added...

More than 1,000 estate agency branches are to join iamproperty’s partner network from SDL Auctions after a trade deal between the...

As uncertainty, apprehension and anxiety increasingly infiltrates every aspect of our professional and personal lives, to ‘keep calm and carry on’...

Dye & Durham says it could potentially appeal the decision by the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) to effectively disallow its acquistion...

You may be thinking that cost and hassle outweighs the benefits of outsourcing, but read on, you may be surprised! The last...

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

There has been so much coverage recently over how painfully slow conveyancing is at the moment - 18-20 weeks is now...

Automation is the direction the industry is moving in and it’s gathering pace every day. Forward-thinking agents are using automation and...

To be fair, there aren't a lot of things that scare me. That's not because I think I'm particularly brave, it's...

A typical comment accompanying news of the UK heatwave is that our homes are not built for 40-degree heat. Many residential homes...