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Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered property search app Jitty has launched a new feature that lets buyers find their dream home by simply...
30 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Average asking prices for new property listings had their usual summer drop this month but Rightmove is predicting a busy Autumn. The...
19 August 2024
From: Breaking News
An exciting new collaboration between TVPN, EstateApps and Paul Long is set to transform the way you advertise your property listings...
15 August 2024
From: Sponsored Content
A new estate agency in Hampshire is celebrating expansion after securing more than £40m of property listings in its first half...
13 August 2024
From: Breaking News
Moverly’s upfront information services have been integrated with technology platform Reapit. Agents using Reapit can now access Moverly's comprehensive material information solution,...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
Shared ownership and alternative homebuying portal Share to Buy has doubled its team in the past six months, marking significant growth...
24 June 2024
From: Breaking News
We don’t usually focus on agency property listings but this one gave us food for thought. A £300,000 two-bed property went up...
07 June 2024
From: Breaking News
The task of obtaining material information is more difficult than it appears for estate agents, Rightmove has warned. The portal revealed in...
17 May 2024
From: Breaking News
In the fast-paced world of property, staying top-of-mind with your clients is crucial. And what better way to do this than...
15 May 2024
From: Marketing & Social Media
Street.co.uk has added new fields directly into its property records to help agents stay compliant following the new material information guidance. It...
15 May 2024
From: Breaking News
It’s more than 100 days since global real estate tech giants CoStar Group acquired struggling property portal, OnTheMarket. If you cast your...
11 May 2024
From: Features
In the fast-evolving world of property, where every click counts and every search matters, mastering the art of Search Engine Optimisation...
11 May 2024
From: Features
The average time it takes to sell a house from listing to completion has dropped by 0.7% in the past year,...
11 April 2024
From: Breaking News
New data suggests Thursday 28 March was the biggest day for the number of new sellers coming to market so far...
05 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Time on the market for property listings has hit a five-year high, according to Rightmove. Data from the portal shows it is...
28 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Buyers in Scotland took advantage of the high levels of competition in the market between November January, research suggests. Analysis by Scottish...
06 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Some agents still appear unaware about their material information responsibilities, conveyancers claim. The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT)...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
As property listings go, this one may be more barking than beautiful. Zoopla has revealed an interesting listing that has appeared on...
10 January 2024
From: Breaking News
Long-awaited guidance on material information in property listings was revealed yesterday but policing of the rules won’t be any different, it...
01 December 2023
From: Breaking News
The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has published the long-awaited Parts B and C of material information...
30 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Almost three quarters of homes on the market would be exempt from Stamp Duty for home-movers if the Chancellor introduced a...
21 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The majority of agents back parts B and C of material information rules but more guidance is needed on where to...
06 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Trading Standards has insisted it is still on track to introduce parts B and C of material changes rules for property...
31 October 2023
From: Breaking News
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...
26 October 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Despite the announcements, the publicity, the guidance and the acres of website information, the most common complaint surrounding house sales is...
14 October 2023
From: Features
Welcome back to the second instalment of our blog series on social media marketing tips for estate agents! In part one,...
19 September 2023
From: Marketing & Social Media
United Trust Bank (UTB) has become the first lender to sign up to the Open Property Data (OPDA) Association. Additionally, the bank’s...
31 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Industry regulator the National Trading Standards & Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has issued a reminder to agents about their responsibilities when it...
16 August 2023
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket has become the first major UK portal to allow agents to promote their own revenue generating partnerships on listing pages. Agents who...
08 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Increasing numbers of agent listings are highlighting green features as key selling points, Rightmove claims. It comes as the portal call for...
28 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The founder of an online agency that switched to the for sale-by-owner model has turned his attention to property portals. Kae Travis...
20 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Property supply appears weighted toward couples and small families, an agent has claimed. Analysis by self-employed agency brand eXp UK analysed current...
19 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Providing material information upfront could help agents charge higher fees and even reduce their carbon footprint, while those not complying could...
14 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A new property platform aiming to help homeowners sell off-market properties has attracted 10,000 registered buyers in its first few months...
16 May 2023
From: Breaking News
With rising mortgage rates and the cost of living expected to be the biggest cause of a slowdown in the housing...
06 May 2023
From: Features
Hometrack has launched a property listings data product for agents to help analyse their local market. Powered by Zoopla data, the product...
04 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Property Webmasters has launched an overseas property opportunity for its estate agency clients to earn ‘passive income.’ The website and marketing tools...
27 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Keller Williams (KW) UK chief executive Ben Taylor has announced a “significant expansion plan” for the UK network but has said...
17 April 2023
From: Breaking News
According to the recent industry research report ‘Back to the Future’ from tmgroup, mio and CDS 40% of property transaction delays...
01 April 2023
From: Features
Did you know that 46% of withdrawn properties will return to the market within 24 months? Here are 3 steps showing...
15 March 2023
From: Features
Proptech firm ValPal has entered the artificial intelligence (AI) sphere with a new tool to help agents write better quality and...
13 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Property listings and sales remain down on pre-pandemic levels but there are signs that sellers are starting to heed agent advice...
20 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The South East of England has been the dominant region across the board this month for instructions, sales agreed and exchanges...
23 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The level of new listings coming to market is at its weakest since the end of the 2021 Stamp Duty holiday,...
19 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The property market is still active for ‘realistic’ sellers and serious buyers, OnTheMarket (OTM’s) claims. Jason Tebb, chief executive of the portal,...
18 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The level of new property listings and completions among agents were only slightly below 2019 activity during the fourth quarter but...
17 January 2023
From: Breaking News
The “red tape ridden” system of buying a home is to blame for transaction delays more than individual conveyancers, agents or...
13 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Happy New Year! I hope you’ve recharged the batteries and have a shiny list of resolutions to make 2023 as successful...
04 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents are preparing to return for a full week of work as the festive period comes to an end, but was...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Only 16% of property listings are currently compliant with upfront information rules, it has been claimed. Agents are currently required to include...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
As we get ever closer to 2023, this final Natter of the year is dedicated to the five biggest property moments of...
17 December 2022
From: Features
The existence of renewable energy sources and parking facilities look set to be among details that Trading Standards will expect to...
13 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has launched a new product that enables an agent’s brand to be seen by more prospective local sellers who are...
29 November 2022
From: Breaking News
A co-founder of new free-to-list portal Jangle has outlined how the new business aims to disrupt the property listings market. Prime property...
08 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Given their leading role in the recent upfront information revolution, interest in the work of the National Trading Standards Estate &...
05 November 2022
From: Features
Agency proptech supplier Muuvo has made new data available to help agents comply with impending Trading Standards upfront information requirements. The National...
02 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Prime estate agent John D Wood & Co is getting into the Halloween spirit with its property listings. The brand is revelling...
26 October 2022
From: Breaking News
I can’t really write about anything else this week, can I? Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will have...
22 October 2022
From: Features
The housing market is moving but sellers need to be more realistic about pricing, Propertymark claims. It comes as the agency trade...
20 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Fine & Country has partnered with ListGlobally to feature all of their UK property listings on 106 international portals worldwide, according...
18 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents are getting more listings but it is taking longer for properties to go under offer, new figures show. The latest Homemover...
14 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Around one-third of properties on the portals are ‘fake listings,’ it has been claimed. Industry analyst Charlie Lamdin, founder of estate agency...
07 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The seller’s market remains but the wind may not be blowing as strongly as before, Propertymark warns. The latest member data from...
29 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Good estate agents are always busy, we get that, but the constant juggling of tasks that could be outsourced to others...
27 September 2022
From: Sponsored Content
First off, my own quick tribute to the Queen, who died on Thursday afternoon aged 96. Despite her age and declining...
10 September 2022
From: Features
Sellers are willing to cut their asking price expectations by as much as £150,000 to attract a cash buyer for a...
05 September 2022
From: Breaking News
I came across something which genuinely shocked me the other day. It was research showing that 1.7 per cent of homes listed...
02 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Forget large driveways and gardens, it turns out agents need to advise their sellers to add air conditioning units to their...
26 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Hundreds of homes reaching portals for sale with no supporting photos, research suggests. Estate agent media provider Giraffe360 analysed current sales stock...
23 August 2022
From: Breaking News
A senior agency executive has backed the controversial issue of including broadband and mobile signal in property listings. The National Trading Standards...
17 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Agency stock has reached its highest level for 12 months, OnTheMarket claims. The portal’s latest Property Sentiment Index revealed that there has...
17 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Research carried out by Rightmove has revealed the home features which have grown the most in popularity, with garden offices topping...
11 August 2022
From: Breaking News
There’s a spotlight now on property listings and as with so many changes in our industry, this is a case of...
04 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Trading Standards has indicated that non-compliant listings will eventually be rejected from portals as it urges agents to use their “professional...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents are being reminded that they still have an obligation to provide all material information as the sector awaits Part B...
12 July 2022
From: Breaking News
More than half of agents disagree that mobile phone signal should be treated as material information in listings. James Munro, head of...
11 July 2022
From: Breaking News
A client called asking for advice on their social media marketing strategy. They’d thrown a lot of budget at it, but...
06 July 2022
From: Features
The ongoing debate about how to boost agent and conveyancer relations, and improve the homebuying system for all, continues to rage,...
02 July 2022
From: Features
Agents may have to include the broadband speed and mobile signal for a property on listings in the next round of...
29 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents need to use social media for more than just posting property listings, an industry digital marketing expert claims. Craig Vile, director...
24 June 2022
From: Breaking News
Estate agents use property technology each and every day for residential property transactions, but is there more they can do with...
28 May 2022
From: Features
Adoption of virtual tours among estate agents remain low but new data suggests they could boost sales. Industry analysis shows just 4%...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Next month will see new rules around upfront Material Information for property sales and lettings come into force in the UK...
18 May 2022
From: Features
Millions of people use online property portals every year to conduct their property search, whether it be for sales or for...
11 May 2022
From: Features
The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) deemed yesterday that the use of POA or “price on application”...
05 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has deemed that the use of POA or “price on application”...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The property supply shortage may be easing but Zoopla has warned it will still take some time for stock to be...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News
The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features
Buyers are happy and ready to pay for more upfront material information when it comes to purchasing a property. It comes as...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News
From the beginning of April, long-awaited rules from the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) came into effect....
23 April 2022
From: Features
Trading Standards has advised agents to update listings once they reach the "sold subject to contract" (SSTC) stage. It comes after legal...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents are being offered an easier way to offer 3D virtual viewings that could get homes listed more quickly. Spatial data technology...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents and conveyancers have signed up to a new buyers’s and seller’s property information form that is described as having been...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News
They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...
02 April 2022
From: Features
A number of pro-active conveyancers are joining a new conveyancing directory being set up by one of the leading figures in...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents are being advised to revise their processes now to accommodate changes to the information required on property details, which begin...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News
A prominent industry supplier has produced startling statistics about the numbers of fall throughs in just the first 10 weeks or...
22 March 2022
From: Breaking News
Boomin claims that one of the online influencers it has commissioned to create YouTube content has won has many viewers as...