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Auction sales are becoming more popular even as the wider market falls, figures suggest. Proptech firm iamproperty analysed data between January and...

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

Estate agents sold a record number of properties via online auction between July and September, figures from proptech firm iamproperty have...

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

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

Estate agents sold a record number of properties via auction between April and June, data from iamproperty suggests. The proptech firm’s latest...

Agents working with auctioneer iamproperty recorded record sales under the hammer during the first quarter of 2023, new research claims. A new...

Agents working with iamproperty sold more than 7,000 properties through its auction service last year, the proptech firm has revealed, as it...

Consumer demand for auction can no longer be ignored. Month after month this alternative method of sale sees increased uptake as...

Proptech firm iamproperty has reached a new milestone as it reveals its partner agent network has hit 5,000 firms. The milestone represents...

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

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

Proptech firm iamproperty has surpassed £1bn of sales using the Modern Method of Auction (MMoA) in the past 12 months. Its iamsold...

Auction house iamproperty is marking a record start to the year with landmark sales and fees raised for partner agents. The brand...

The iamproperty group’s auction service, iamsold, says it’s raised over £804m in capital value from properties sold by the Modern Method...

Hybrid agency eXp UK is the latest to include the Modern Method of Auction as a sales possibility for its remote...

Online auction specialist Iamsold has opened its training programme for applications for its January 2022 intake.  Jamie Cooke, managing director at iamsold,...

New figures from the Iamproperty group, parent of the Iamsold specialist in the Modern Method of Auction, show that the service...

The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA), also known as Conditional auction, can sometimes get a bad rap. However, much of the...

Rightmove - which for some time has linked solely with iamsold to provide the controversial Modern Method of Auction system to...

Auction house iamsold has marked its best summer yet. The auction service said it sold £196m worth of property under the hammer...

Auction service Iamsold says a small-sample survey it conducted of agents suggests that increasing numbers are looking favourably on auctions as...

Proposals to resuscitate the self-build housing sector have been welcomed by the government. Conservative MP Richard Bacon has published an independent report...

Hello and welcome to our final Property Jobs Today before the start of autumn - and it’s good to see people...

The largest player in the Modern Method of Auction sector has reported a record average number of bids per property. In July...

Some 18 months on, we’re only just beginning to understand the impact of Covid-19 and how it’ll shape the future economy...

The largest player in the Modern Method of Auction sector says there is growing consumer confidence in the way the system...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Jamie Cooke, Co-Founder and Managing Director of iamsold, part...

There may well have been times in recent weeks when any agent would have been forgiven for wanting a break -...

Movebutler, the digital onboarding platform from online auction specialist iamproperty, says it has some 900 agency branches signed up. These include Martin...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Ben Ridgway, Group Managing Director at iamproperty. What is iamproperty...

Estate agents are being invited to a webinar to end their apparent “misconceptions” about the controversial Modern Method of Auction. MMA has...

Whilst it was once seen as a way to sell niche or run-down properties, auction is now a mainstream method of...

Rightmove and Zoopla have both made PropTech announcements as the scramble to retain and win agents continues. Rightmove’s draw-a-search tool has been...

Iamsold, the company best known for its Modern Method of Auction online platform, has won top spot in an auction league...

Rightmove’s new Modern Method of Auction service launches on Monday.  The service - which Rightmove calls Online Conditional Auctions - will involve...

A prominent estate agent has warned buyers and sellers about the perils of the controversial Modern Method of Auction. MMA is now...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Dan Muir, Area Sales Manager, LetsBid Property What is LetsBid and...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Jake Field - Area Sales Manager What is lets bid Property...

The firm behind iamsold, the leading operator in the controversial Modern Method of Auction arena, is entering the private treaty sales...

Zoopla says it has so far delivered almost £80,000 in agent fees through its access to the Modern Method of Auction. MMA...

Rightmove is the latest portal to forge a link with the controversial Modern Method of Auction service being offered to agents. A...

One auctioneer Iamsold, which operates the Modern Method of Auction, says it’s enjoyed its strongest January on record.  It’s seen a 26...

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

An auction house that's made a transition from ballroom operations to online streaming is to publish all fees for all lots -...

The largest company involved in the controversial Modern Method of Auction says it’s producing a “disruptive digital market campaign to address...

Over 100 Zoopla member branches have signed up to the Modern Method of Auction system offered via the portal. Over the summer Zoopla...

Online network love2move - which gives partner High Street agents an option to offer vendors an online sales service - is...

Online auction service Iamsold secured £52.7m in total for vendors in September, an increase of 16 per cent on the same period last...

The strong performance of the auction market in recent months has been reinforced by the latest figures from iamsold, the UK's...

With estate agents increasingly offering auction options to vendors, new research makes interesting reading - and suggests that homes sold via...

The Guild of Property Professionals is relaunching its online auction brand - Guild Auctions - even though it has already successfully...

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

Lets Bid works in partnership with a variety of Estate Agents across the Uk from big franchise brands like Winkworth /...

There’s been a huge change in the way estate agencies operate in recent years, with far more focus on marketing properties...

Training operator The Able Agent is to include a module on the Modern Method of Auction in its future programme.  Charlotte Jeffry-Campbell,...

Hello and welcome to a new week, and a new edition of PJT. If you’re on the move or your firm has...

Humberts' experiment rejecting branches and promoting a supposedly one-stop-shop for property related services has failed with reports that the firm is likely...

Humberts is the latest estate agency to announce that it’s going to offer customers the controversial Modern Method of Auction option. The...

This week’s Natter is dedicated to three contrasting agencies doing things differently, from a recently established hybrid to a design-led, Insta-friendly...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Milton Rodosthenous, Director of Equity and Capital & LetsBid Property.  What...

A new online auction service has launched this week, pledging a fairer service for agent partners, as well as buyers and...

Three key industry organisations have endorsed a best practice guide for the controversial Modern Method of Auction. The iamsold guide is aimed at...

Earlier this year, the Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) working group announced the initial details of plans for mandatory qualifications and...

A company operating the controversial Modern Method of Auction says it is trying to improve the sector’s image after a series...

iamproperty, parent company of IAMsold, says it now works with 2,500 estate agency branches nationwide and has sold over 16,500 properties...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Lino Goncalves – Area Sales Manager What is Lets bid property...

It’s now more than three years since the EU referendum result in June 2016, and we’re still no clearer on when...

The modern method of auction is proving to revolutionise the way properties are bought and sold across the UK.  By putting the...

An online auction service which only came into existence in September last year claims to have 150 partner estate agents already,...

The Innovative Collaboration Group - a collection of high-profile tech suppliers to the agency industry - has unveiled a raft of new...

The Property Ombudsman says its members must in future disclose referral fees in a bid to make previously-hidden costs open and...

Hello, welcome to a new week and to PJT, your regular Monday round-up of jobs news in the industry. Do please let...

Another new online auction company has launched and is bidding to woo traditional estate agents with the controversial ‘modern method of...

Outsourced auction provider IAMSold says it is the top independent auctioneer for residential property lots sold in 2018, according to the...

A member of a prominent legal network is warning buyers and their conveyancers to be ”wary” of the Modern Method of...

Agents need to focus on more targeted marketing using a mix of traditional and modern methods to optimise their position in...

The debate about online auction charges levied on buyers continues this morning with the release of figures showing that one company...

A consumer group which has already expressed alarm at some aspects of the so-called ‘Modern Method of Auction’ says it has...

A firm which links with agents to operate online auctions has hit back at a consumer group's allegations that this growing sector...

A consumer group says agents are securing increasing income from online auctions, but it warns that for buyers there are pitfalls...

New online auction house BidX1 says it has raised £2,087,000 from its second UK auction, posting a 70 per cent success...

Between October and December 2017, some £822 million worth of UK residential property was sold at auction, according to the Essential...

Here’s how the LetsBid Property team is helping them do it. A new property platform called LetsBid has launched in the...

What a year it’s been! Back in 2016 we had Brexit, a new prime minister, Donald Trump’s election, and so when...

Fine & Country is to offer auction sales options to vendors in its 200 offices from next year. “The modern method of...

Theresa May’s call for a snap general election on June 8 took many by surprise. But estate agents have been broadly...