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Most households in England today are ‘under-occupying’ their homes, according to the think tank the Resolution Foundation. And it says there doesn’t...

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

Demand for energy efficient new homes is on the rise, according to recent data from Knight Frank. A recent buyer sentiment survey...

The Single-Family Rental (SFR) sector is experiencing rapid growth in the UK, presenting a unique opportunity for local lettings and estate...

A PropTech platform that links buyers with estate agents’ off-market listings has won £800,000 in new investment.   The platform is called...

Zoopla has announced two new artificial intelligence (AI)-backed features to increase the number of high-intent buyers on its site.  The portal has...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) - the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry – has launched a new guide for conveyancing...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss advanced technology and innovative business models.  In today's UK...

If you’re thinking about becoming an Estate Agency franchise or converting your existing estate agency business to a franchise, here we...

In the fast-paced world of property, staying top-of-mind with your clients is crucial. And what better way to do this than...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched a new guide to help conveyancers understand and utilise digital signatures, electronic signatures and e-signature...

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

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

It’s not uncommon to see a seasonal slump around December and the Christmas period. Last year, Propertymark reported an average of...

In today's world of rising costs and economic uncertainty, estate agents are seeking innovative ways to maximise their resources while delivering...

In the property industry, technology must work in a way that is right for agents, helping to free them up to...

The roll out of ULEZ has been one of the big stories of the week. The new zones will have implications...

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

Do you need help to reach your target audience with the right content at the right time? Do you wish there...

Knight Frank has spoken out over what it claims is a severe lack of appropriate accommodation being marketed exclusively to the...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already being used by the property industry and its impact is only set to grow. But while...

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

More than half of prospective homebuyers looking for a new location to move to want to be within a 20-minute walk...

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

Agents and consumers have given their backing to minimum industry standards but there are differences when it comes to the level...

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

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

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology could change the way buyers search for property and alter the way portals operate, a proptech boss...

When the weather turns like it has, we use more energy to keep our homes cosy. However, this places increasing strain...

The check-out report is a critical point in the tenancy and has the power to make the moving-out process run smoothly...

Rising property prices in the UK mean that occupiers are renting long past their forties. According to the government’s last English...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove and minister Stuart Andrew are set to be grilled by MPs on their property market plans today. The...

The Queen’s Speech has unveiled proposed overhauls on planning, consumer and economic crime laws that could all have an effect on...

The total value of all UK homes broke the £8 trillion barrier in 2021 according to Savills - and London is...

A leading PropTech entrepreneur with a lengthy pedigree as an estate agent says agents should use more technology in a bid...

The surge in Omicron cases and possible future restrictions are set to hit the housing market in 2022 - and may...

Annual house price growth hit 10.0 per cent last month - and is now tracking close to the level seen before...

PropertyHeads, a platform describing itself as a social network for house buyers and sellers, has a new PropTech partnership. It’s linked with...

The average price of a house in the UK has hit £250,000 for the first time as the  market shows no...

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

House prices rose by the most in almost 15 years in September ahead of the end of the stamp duty holiday.  The...

House prices rose by just 0.1 per cent in September - but they are still increasing by 10 per cent a...

Rightmove claims to have identified the dream home for buyers. A survey of more than 2,000 visitors to the portal’s website has...

The Victorian phrase “as safe as houses” well surmises the security of the housing market as, whether they are buying or...

An unexpected claim was made over the weekend - that the long-running stamp duty holiday was not, after all, behind the...

Average house prices have risen by £29,000 over the course of the stamp duty holiday as house price annual inflation hits...

New research has found that homebuyers would prioritise buying a home with superfast broadband over being close to a good school.  A...

House prices have soared 10.9 per cent in the past year - the highest level since 2014 - according to the...

The total value of the UK’s housing stock has hit a record £7.56 trillion despite the pandemic. The calculation - by Savills,...

A surge in demand from buyers, even those unlikely to benefit from the stamp duty holiday, offers hope for the market...

Since the outbreak of the pandemic, we have all seen a dramatic change in that way that we live and work,...

A new survey suggests online agents are favoured by only three per cent of sellers. The study involved a modest sample -...

The last few months have seen property agents work hard to continue delivering quality client communications and maintain an increasingly digital...

Free to list portal Residential People is launching a new cloud-based platform which it says will help agents use Amazon-style technology...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

A new tool which identifies preferences of Facebook users and then targets them with ads for appropriate homes on sale, is...

A new property portal that operates a Tinder-style ‘swipe’ app is offering agents 12 months free listings. MoveStreets operates like the dating...

Zoopla has linked with a PropTech company led by the former boss of Purplebricks to offer agents free virtual viewings services. The...

Agents have universally welcomed new Nationwide data showing annual price growth picked up to 5.0 per cent last month - the highest rate...

Record house prices recorded this week by the Nationwide index are set to go higher still according to a leading agent. Nationwide...

The Nationwide says annual house price growth has recovered to 1.5 per cent. Its July house price index says the fall in...

It’s official – the property market is back open for business. Estate agents have started to unfurlough staff and many are...

Agents are consistently being told that they need to get on board with change. And one could quite easily make the...

Here’s the final part of our questioning of the three portals based on comments and queries from our readers - thanks...

Zoopla has revealed the most searched-for property terms on its portal in the past 12 months with ‘garage’, ‘parking’ and ‘garden’...

The competition is hotting up between Zoopla and OnTheMarket for new homes listings. Today Zoopla has revealed that it has seen a...

Zoopla is mining data from users of its website to target sellers on Facebook and Instagram, producing leads and making it unnecessary for agencies to...

We all know the three essential things an estate agent must have on their website include the ability to be able...

When Oakland A’s, a small-market team, stunned the baseball world 16 years ago by transforming itself into world-beaters on a shoestring-budget,...

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

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 - has now become effective and is...

A property technology analyst has floated the idea that portals could become eclipsed by powerful alternatives such as Google, triggered by...

easyProperty has unveiled details of its relaunch, declaring itself to be the UK’s second largest hybrid estate agency - second only...

Facebook appears to be interested in entering the sales and lettings world with its first advertising product geared solely towards industry professionals. The...

Our recent roundtable on the government’s proposed ban on letting agent fees charged to tenants generated ten tips for growing your...

Over 500 members of the Guild of Property Professionals have requested an easyProperty licence following the merger between the two organisations.   The...

Barely a week goes by without an announcement relating to the latest player entering the online agency world and when they...

‘Digital technology in the property industry is here to stay’ was very much the opinion drawn from the recent FUTURE: PropTech...