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

It was actor Charlies Sheen who said: ‘I have one speed. I have one gear. Go!’ The same might not be said...

In the fiercely competitive property industry, staying ahead of the game is essential for thriving and achieving success. That's where the...

The phrase ‘customer experience’ is bandied around a lot these days, so much so that it’s sometimes easy to think that...

Award-winning sales progression platform mio has uncovered the home moving experiences of nearly 200 movers and evaluated what this means for...

Many experts are predicting that house price growth will slow for the remainder of the year as the cost of living...

The latest White Paper from the Institute of Residential Property Management (now part of The Property Institute) has called for customers...

In this piece, Nathan Emerson, CEO of Propertymark, discusses how the trade body is working to ensure member agents get the best of...

The entirety of the property market could be enhanced by embracing all-in-one moving and streamlining processes, according to The ValPal Network. This,...

It was announced back in February this year that PEXA, the Australian FinTech/PropTech that enabled the world’s first fully digitised property settlement...

Today’s consumers judge a business not just on the quality of its products, but also on their experience in using them....

Technology can be utilised to grow and advance a company's income. That’s not a new or controversial statement, but here I...

With new and exciting PropTech solutions approaching the market, Nathan Emerson, CEO of Propertymark, discusses some of their relevance and whether...

Although Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement did not include many announcements regarding housing, it did provide a good...

From the beginning of April, long-awaited rules from the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) came into effect....

PropTech solutions have continued to ingratiate themselves in both the forefront of an agency within advertising mediums and in the backend...

Ben Ridgway and Jamie Cooke, co-founders of iamproperty Group brought together industry leaders in a recent roundtable to discuss the challenges...

MRI Software explores the use of PropTech to enhance the performance of the sales and lettings processes and how to select...

In this guest feature, James Dilgul, Head of Marketing at Fixflo, the market-leading repairs and maintenance management software provider, looks at how...

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

Estate agency business platform Reapit is launching AgentPoint services in the UK - just seven months after it acquired AgentPoint in...

We are living in the age of information. Our working and personal lives are underpinned by software, data and technology to...

Tech, as has been shown more than ever during the pandemic, can be a wonderful thing – bringing people closer together,...

The growing number of lettings sector rules is a hotly debated issue, while the sales sector has been seeing its own...

A career in property can be fun and rewarding, but it’s a busy world to live and work in. As we...

Guided by our philosophy of being open and connected, at MRI we are constantly evolving and developing relationships and partnerships with...

As agents, we’ve finally got used to the word PropTech - some of us even like it! What’s more, PropTech has,...

In an unusual move, HM Land Registry has issued guidance to agents to help them reassure jittery buyers and sellers ahead...

Around 18 months ago, just a few months before the pandemic hit, I did a Natter with the team at software...

In the third part of this series, Neil Cobbold – Chief Sales Officer at rental payment automation provider PayProp – explores...

In the previous edition of PropTech Today, Nathan Emerson highlighted the importance of effective implementation, linking poor staff engagement to the...

We recently conducted a survey and discussion session with estate and lettings agencies called Agency panel - Cut through the noise...

Over the next few years, the property sector is set to change for the better – all thanks to PropTech. While the...

In the first of our revamped PropTech Today series - which will see six industry experts discussing a range of issues...

Brexit means that the UK’s anti-money laundering laws are no longer governed by the European Union (EU), but any estate agents...

In my previous Estate Agent Today feature, I endeavoured to explain the key differences between APIs and Apps, to help improve...

We are just over one year on from the day our lives truly changed, when the UK went into its first...

In a video interview for Estate Agent Today, property professional Chris Buckler speaks to Ed Mead,  all-round property guru and founder...

CRM supplier Reapit, backed by private equity funding, has entered into an international deal to acquire a leading Australian PropTech provider...

Fixflo’s webinar on February 9 saw an industry panel debate 2021’s threats and opportunities for letting agents. The panel discussed a range...

It’s now more than a year since the government offered an additional £4 million to councils to combat rogue landlords. At the...

The ‘future of residential’ is a huge term to contend with but one that was addressed last week through our RE:Connect...

With the Government announcement this week of another national lockdown across England amid the surging coronavirus infections, it once again puts...

January presents an opportune time for agency leaders to resolve and plan for resilience, performance and growth in 2021. With most of...

Back in September, Westminster Council launched a new strategy to help 'protect tenants' and 'ensure they live in good-quality and well-managed...

So, we’re back to where we were in the spring, more or less. England is in a national lockdown again to...

Here at The ValPal Network, we know that there are other options available when considering to use a valuation tool, so...

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....

Integration, collaboration and connected platforms – some great buzzwords, but what do they actually mean and do they really help agents? One...

Recent Natters have explored the differences between the UK and American models of agency, and why Purplebricks failed to make a...

Despite the recent effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is still much opportunity in the market for letting agents to grow...

Life as we know it has changed – for everybody – and what tenants want, need and expect in this post-pandemic...

Buying and selling a house is often referenced as being one of the most stressful life experiences that we can go...

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...

Property expert Phil Spencer will soon be sharing his unique insight into Move iQ’s engaged consumer audience alongside advice from other...

The National Association of Estate Agents has announced that it’s to offer US PropTech solutions to UK agents. The REACH programme has...

Reapit has launched a platform, cloud infrastructure and marketplace called Foundations which aims to provide “all the PropTech solutions” for agencies’...

The founder of Rightmove and former Countrywide chief executive Harry Hill is one of a number of investors behind a new...

I have been banging on about partnerships and collaborations for years now. Whether it’s between two real estate firms, two PropTech firms,...

Hello and welcome to your regular Monday PJT, the essential guide to who’s moving where in our industry. Everyone mentioned here got...

I suspect that at some time we have all rented an Airbnb (I am sitting on the couch of one as...

I want to take the time this week to look at an area of PropTech and real estate which is seeing...

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

The recent ARLA Propertymark conference featured a hugely interesting line-up of speaks and session during a watershed time for the lettings...

More than 800 property transactions fall through daily, which can have repercussions both practically and financially, as agents fail to get...

Many of the industry’s best known and widely respected suppliers have set up a new group which they say offers agents...

An interesting debate has been sparked in PropTech this week. It started with an interview, published on YouTube, in which Kristjan Byfield...

Interesting news this week from South Africa where the PropTech startup, Flow, has raised R20m in the country’s 'biggest PropTech seed...

“Estate Agents must be suffering from supplier fatigue. Where do you even begin? Most agents haven’t got the time.” So started the...

PropTech has been mainstream for a few years now, and as more agents are familiar with the range of products and...

Photos and floor plans remain an essential tool in property marketing. Despite a wealth of choice from aspiring UK PropTech start-ups the...

How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...

Last week, the first of a new kind of industry event took place; an open debate between agents and PropTech suppliers. Strong...

Increasingly cash-strapped traditional estate agencies should consider abandoning their High Street offices and work from serviced offices or similar lower-profile and...

With the news that Hunters and Fisher German are the latest agencies to offer online auctions to sellers, is this something...

Before I get into the nitty gritty of the government (well, one of its startup accelerator schemes) giving away £20,000, let...

Floor plans are an essential marketing tool, which play an important part in helping an estate agent sell a home.  A floor...

It’s all very easy, talking and evangelising about the use of technology in the property market, but, now that I’m selling...

Well, I don’t know about you but after the holidays I've got an imprint just below my navel where my belt...

Parliament is sitting again and the entire lettings industry is waiting with bated breath for more detail on the government’s proposal...

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

I would argue the property industry is fundamentally inefficient. Much of that inefficiency is now being handled by PropTech companies and...

A post-Christmas treat this week, as I carry out a Q & A with one of the leading figures in property,...

A fantastic exclusive this week as I carry out a question and answer session with one of the leading names in...

The former managing director of Countrywide has responded to claims made by Russell Quirk that the UK's largest agency rejected the...

Agents take an average of seven working hours and 11 minutes to respond to email leads - and just over a...