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I know there’s always been something of a love-hate relationship between agents and the portals. The ‘love’ comes because the portals are...

CoStar Group, the US-based global online real estate provider which acquired OnTheMarket in December, has now snapped up Matterport, the well...

As 2024 progresses, I expect to see an increase in the role that estate agents play in local communities. Once perceived...

Welcome back to the second instalment of our blog series on social media marketing tips for estate agents! In part one,...

Agency media brand Made Snappy 360 has come up with a rather different way of promoting its role at the upcoming...

With rising mortgage rates and the cost of living expected to be the biggest cause of a slowdown in the housing...

Made Snappy is offering Forever Tours that can be white-labelled by agents for their vendors to download and keep. The virtual tour...

As we’ve mentioned in other blogs, even though we’re going through uncertain times, this is the right time not only to...

Making predictions for the year ahead is notoriously difficult and leaves me open to having egg on my face, but I’m...

Video and virtual tours have an important place in property marketing but should be used on the most appropriate platforms, FocalAgent...

Estate agents need to concentrate on quality marketing more than ever before as mortgage interest rates rise and lenders become ever...

After two years of extraordinary activity in the housing market there are signs that the clouds are gathering as RICS reports...

I came across something which genuinely shocked me the other day. It was research showing that 1.7 per cent of homes listed...

There’s a spotlight now on property listings and as with so many changes in our industry, this is a case of...

There are many myths about using virtual tours to sell or let properties. The most common perceptions are that virtual property...

Adoption of virtual tours among estate agents remain low but new data suggests they could boost sales. Industry analysis shows just 4%...

In this special video interview, Angels Media's Lee Dahill chats to Mitch Handley of Inventory Hive about why - post-Covid -...

An agency has re-opened its head office after a two-year break because of Covid. Davidsons Estates has kept open a city centre...

PropTech firm CoreLogic UK has acquired the property search and marketing platform Rummage4. Rummage4 was founded in 2015 by agent Robert May...

A survey of sellers shows that 61 per cent of them visit the agent’s website before instructing them. According to respondents the...

Virtual tours are becoming an increasing necessity for agents when listing properties for sale or let. Covid has of course accelerated this...

Many agents working in the industry, whether for large corporates or smaller independents, might one day have ambitions to branch out...

British homebuyers take an average of 25 seconds to decide whether a house is right for them, according to Purplebricks. As a...

There are a huge array of products and services covering the entire journey of lettings, from prospecting all the way through to...

As virtual tours start to get even more popular, and in some cases become the norm for the majority of letting...

Drone technology has come on a long way in recent years, with different use cases across various industries. New developments in...

360 tour technology company Made Snappy has grown rapidly over the past 18 months and whilst many agents have grasped the...

Agents and developers are creating full-size show home-style properties overseas in a bid to woo wealthy foreigners who cannot travel to...

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

It’s a big ask to expect anyone to suddenly change what they have always done, particularly if their results have proven...

It doesn’t seem that long ago that 2D floorplans were considered cutting edge – but it’s safe to say they’re now...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Thom Hudson, photographer at Meyers Estate Agents What is Meyers...

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

After a recent incident involving an Estate Agent based in Devon in which a property virtual tour they published revealed a...

Potential house buyers may be fine with virtual tours during lockdown periods, but as the country opens up, people are going...

Buyer behaviour has changed over the past year of the pandemic and it’s up to estate agents to calculate how to...

An agency says it now sells more prime London properties than any of its rivals. Chestertons makes the claim based on figures...

If your house is anything like mine, the postman has a path beaten to your door over the last nine months. In...

Government guidance on how agents can continue working during the lockdown has given a new importance to virtual viewings, says an...

Property expert Phil Spencer is warning that “chaos” and “mayhem” looms in the housing market if the stamp duty holiday is...

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

Firstly, Happy New Year – here’s to 2021 being less chaotic than the last! In the final part of our series on...

Here at Giraffe360, the PropTech startup, we have raised a £3.5 million funding round to further accelerate our product development and...

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

It’s no secret that the recent pandemic has forced more businesses to operate remotely, but the shift for estate agents has...

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

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

Across the UK and Europe, lockdown measures are changing and the markets are kicking back into life as we grow accustomed...

Whilst Estate and Letting Agents have adapted their operations during COVID-19, to ensure safer working practices under Government guidance, ‘virtual property...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Stewart McRae, Sales Director at CoreLogic UK What is ‘company name’...

It has been three months since the property market was given the green light to reopen. During this time, we have...

There’s been a very significant increase in the number of listings carrying virtual viewings, accelerating during the period of the Coronavirus crisis and...

Although few expect virtual viewings to continue their popularity now that lockdown restrictions have been eased, there’s news this morning that...

A PropTech firm says it’s using what it calls “World War Three-style” hazard suits when they visit premises to create virtual...

Rightmove and Knight Frank are today both calling for a series of government incentives to kick-start the market after the Coronavirus...

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

Independent agency Nicol & Co is donating £100 to the NHS for every new instruction signed up by April 21. The agency...

In this time of economic uncertainty, more and more people are becoming unwilling to leave their homes, yet you and your...

Floorplan and photography supplier FocalAgent is making a free offer to every agent in the UK during the virus crisis -...

Over the last two weeks we’ve seen the country come to a standstill and the property market effectively put on ice...

A Spanish housebuilder’s bespoke system to allow prospective buyers to view properties without visiting is being offered to the UK agency...

Midlands estate agency Centrick has launched a new specialist division to focus on the luxury homes market across the West Midlands...

1. Win More Listings For estate agency in the UK, the number one task is to get new properties to market. However,...

It’s been a busy year for Giraffe360. Following its £1 million successful funding round in January and moving its headquarters from...

New research suggests it takes, on average, six months and 24 days to buy a home. The study, for PropTech virtual tours...

Virtual tours are a compelling way of enhancing a property’s potential through online marketing, increased transparency and efficiency for agents, and...

Who are you? Mikus Opelts, CEO of Giraffe360 What is Giraffe360 and what does it do? Giraffe360 is a unique digital photography subscription service...

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

A PropTech firm that provides photography for virtual tours, floor plans and online and hard copy property details is relocating from Latvia to...

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

A recent 'red flag alert' report from an insolvency firm warned that the number of real estate businesses defined as being...

A leading agent has urged major portals Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket to feature virtual viewings content more prominently on their platforms. Writing...

Firstly, my sincere apologies - it has now been over a month since my last PropTech blog, doesn’t time fly!  In the...

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

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

Online estate agency Tepilo has denied industry speculation that it is to change its fee structure now that it is under...

The man behind a PropTech company has blasted Rightmove and Zoopla for failing to emphasise 360-degree virtual tours - the feature recently...

Foxtons says it takes just eight minutes for a purchaser to know whether they will go ahead with buying a home.  The...

I’m excited to write this piece. I love it when something comes along and delivers that genuine thrill; the thrill of...

A provider of 360 virtual tours for estate and letting agents has announced it is offering customers a 'freemium package'. EyeSpy360 previously...

A PropTech firm is to launch a 'printed augmented reality' service that allows buyers to point their smartphone and get additional information...

eMoov is to offer virtual tours to clients free of charge - a service for which it says rival online agents...

When marketing a property for sale, there are a number of attributes that buyers and sellers today expect ‘as standard’, but...

One of the original online estate agents, Hatched, is marking its tenth anniversary with a series of announcements.  The firm, which began...

There’s been a lot of talk lately about artificial intelligence (AI). We’ve seen it feature prominently this year on film (in...

A London start-up is the latest to launch virtual reality technology aimed at estate agents and property buyers.  Launched last week, VirtuEye...