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Homeowners are becoming more concerned about property fraud, research suggests. A freedom of information request has shown a 26% increase in the number...

It’s more than 100 days since global real estate tech giants CoStar Group acquired struggling property portal, OnTheMarket. If you cast your...

Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...

Many agents may perceive that the need to negotiate only comes into play at the point of offer if a property...

The Spring Budget last Wednesday rounded out to be mostly a disappointment for the property industry, but it was also perhaps...

Housing policy should focus on making better use of existing stock as well building more homes, a new report claims. A report...

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...

Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

OnTheMarket has become the first major UK portal to allow agents to promote their own revenue generating partnerships on listing pages. Agents who...

Agents and property professionals will be keeping an eye on Threadneedle Street in London today, with the Bank of England expecting...

Success with your chosen CRM solution should not be a one-and-done package. Once you team up with a stellar CRM provider,...

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

By adopting a top-notch Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, you're not only opening doors to acquiring new customers and nurturing existing...

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...

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...

As is generally the case, we didn’t start out with solutions, we started with questions…. two, actually. The first was, ‘Why does...

AVRillo is seeking agents to help test a new product that aims to provide upfront material information to buyers at the...

The property industry's self-destructive, point-scoring way of working just doesn’t cut it. When low stock means low cash flow low, agents and...

Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...

Lies, damned lies, and statistics this week. I don’t know about you, but sometimes I feel as though I’m being bombarded...

The Bank of England increased interest rates from 3% to 3.5% yesterday, potentially pushing up costs for those looking to purchase property...

The number of mortgages available to borrowers has hit the lowest level for more than a year, Moneyfacts has warned. Analysis by...

In this Guides & Tips piece, Brian Murphy, Head of Lending at Mortgage Advice Bureau, offers insight into what rate rises...

Stipendium, the platform that simplifies life’s complex events, has compiled a guide to submitting an offer and exchanging contracts, to help buyers...

Between you and me, dear reader, I had little to no idea about what the metaverse was before researching it for...

The digital transformation of the property industry is not a new chapter, but an ongoing journey in which the winners are...

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

Stanley Michael Brecker, an iconic and revered figure on the London commercial property scene for more than 60 years has died...

Referral fees, lack of trust and too much email have been identified as barriers to greater collaboration between conveyancers and estate...

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) has long been the bugbear of many property transactions. Even the very wealthy will lose interest...

Hello and welcome to another Agents Do Charity, the weekly round up of fund-raising in our industry. Once more our thoughts are...

There’s been a marked reduction in mortgage product availability for a second consecutive month.  Independent mortgage market monitor Moneyfacts says there are...

In this latest Natter piece zoning in on independent agents doing things differently, following on from the one I did with...

I’m going to declare upfront that, as an investor, I have a financial interest in the success of MovePal but I also need...

The telecoms solutions company behind "Phone-in-a-Phone" (PiP) now brings property professionals the UK's first mobile-only business phone system in an app...

Estate agents, even before Covid-19 reared its ugly head, were flexible, hybrid workers. It is a job that requires a significant...

The worst of the Covid-19 pandemic appears to be firmly in the rear-view mirror as we move into the last quarter...

Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, technology has proven to be the answer for many problems faced by sectors across...

Like many of you, I have watched a lot of football recently and I’ve enjoyed every minute. It has been an...

We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...

Pre-pandemic, virtual and video viewings were a nice little add-on for some agents, but they were far from universally used and...

We know the industry-wide statistic that more than 50% of all vendors end up selling with the second (or sometimes third)...

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

The Chancellor has announced new measures to help businesses in the light of the lockdown announced in the past 24 hours. The...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

Property sales take a seriously long time to complete. There are a number of reasons for this, although often delays are...

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

Another new property portal has been launched, this one - Mutual - describing itself as the ‘Pre-Portal Property Platform for estate...

Seller and landlord leads are what makes estate agency tick. Without them, new business is nowhere to be seen and you...

A developer working in collaboration with Silverstone race circuit is creating homes inside the track, near one of the motor racing...

Conferences, events and awards dinners are a hugely important part of the property calendar, bringing the great and the good of...

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

Auction houses are the latest part of the residential sector to seek PropTech help to attract business during the Coronavirus crisis. For...

The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...

Agents have reacted angrily to the government contemplating introducing a Mansion Tax, and to the Housing Secretary not ruling out the...

Following on from the second half of the last decade, the first few weeks of 2020 have been a bit mad...

Over the past decade, the short-term rental industry, now eponymised by Airbnb, has experienced meteoric growth. This has been driven by the...

A survey of readers of Estate Agent Today suggest that the majority believe the Chancellor will fail to honour a pledge...

It’s one of the most crucial aspects of the homebuying and selling process but is too often bogged down by frustrating...

“There won’t be a single home but millions of different homes”, is one quote.  “There will be an end to gadgets”, is...

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...

One of the country’s leading estate agents is leading the calls on Chancellor Sajid Javid to sort out the government’s stamp...

A recent study has revealed what the biggest moving home fails are in the UK, including damaged furniture, scratched walls and...

The city of Norwich has become the sixth part of the UK to switch from council Local Land Charges to digital...

Recent figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) have revealed a rather worrying landscape for small business owners across the...

An estate agency has produced figures showing a 12.5 per cent slump in the number of homes listed to sell in...

The end of 2018 was a bit of a rocky time for online estate agents. Yet only a few years ago...

There’s no end to the PropTech and photography solutions available to estate agents these days to help them sell good, old-fashioned...

Are you a real Doctor? Not in the conventional sense no, sorry to disappoint! I’m Tom Durrant and I’m the Creative Director...

Yet another property raffle has had to be abandoned because it has been deemed illegal under Gambling Commission rules. A Yorkshire couple,...

It’s safe to say that the majority of agents will be glad to see the end of the past two years....

Zoopla claims a new Property Valuation Report being trialled in nine areas will win more leads for agents.  The PVR will use...

Thanks to vast improvements in processing powers, the use of virtual reality (VR) in some sectors is becoming more evident than...

Shock figures out this morning show that a staggering £15.4 billion of annual interest is being paid by mortgage borrowers sitting...

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

Estate agency and property consultancy JLL is offering a clip-on accessory which it claims can be put on to a mobile...

A few stories caught my eye this week from China, all of which announce the arrival of cutting-edge technological innovation in...

A regional pilot has been launched for what is called the Voluntary Right to Buy - a scheme giving housing association...

The big story to break this week in the property world was the announcement by the new owner of Humberts that...

Amid the headline-grabbing political manoeuvring over Brexit, a policy proposal which could have serious ramifications for private landlords, and those who...

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

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

You don’t have to look far to see an abundance of photo failures, just head to any property portal and they’ll pop...

Thanks once again for your contributions to this weekly round-up of agents’ good works; we love covering these stories which show...

I had an interesting meeting last week with a VR company called Garou. Based in New York, they claim to have...

When Kenneth Bruce, co-founder of Purplebricks, published an emotional post on social media this week, my first reaction was; what a...

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

We’re already more than halfway through 2017 and, against all the odds, it’s pushing 2016 close in terms of eventfulness and...

First impressions are the most important when meeting new people and this is no less true for new customers finding your...

Q: What does it say on your business card? Gavriel Merkado, Founder and CEO of REalyse Q: Who are REalyse? REalyse is a big...

In recent years the mortgage industry has gone through some testing times. Recession and regulation have led to more stringent lending...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

So, Property Week has announced its Property Awards shortlist for 2017. Looking at the entries for PropTech Company of the Year, I'm surprised...

Annoying isn’t it. You take on a stunning property, agree a compelling asking price and your Vendor is desperate to get the...

What a mad, bonkers year it’s been. We’ve had, in no particular order: Trump, Brexit, Leicester winning the Premier League, a...

In recent weeks I have been carrying out question and answer sessions with some of the key figures in the property...

More estate agents are using – or at least considering using – virtual reality viewings as part of their services. But what...