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It may not be a good idea for a journalist to be personal about a politician, so I write about our...

Cast your mind back to July 2008 – Gordon Brown was Prime Minister, the Euros were in full swing in Austria/Switzerland...

To say this is a turbulent time for UK politics would be something of an understatement. As I write, the Brexit...

Having recently attended FUTURE: PropTech in London, it struck me just how far the integration of property and technology has progressed...

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

Just like that, the Easter Bank Holiday has come and gone and I find myself now looking ahead to the Summer.  The...

Three weeks has flown by (I missed an early deadline last week - apologies) and I find myself writing the next...

Firstly, a huge thanks to everyone who shared and commented on my first blog and for all those that emailed me...

The other day I met with two agents who have 30 years of property sales experience between them, and yet also...

So here’s the thing. It’s summer - not much going on, school holidays about to start, industry publications filling out space...

It’s no secret that technology has changed the way businesses operate, in all sectors. With that has come changes to the...

Peter Rollings is one of the most respected and best-known figures in property, having helped to rapidly grow Foxtons (where he...

100 years ago, 90% of the UK population rented a home. Today, that figure has flipped, and over two thirds are...

Ever wondered what it’s like to be on the frontline of property journalism? Well, wonder no more, as our very own...

Maplin, Toys R Us, Carpetright, Warren Evans – what do they have in common? All are well-known high street chains that...

Given the level of resource and energy being put behind upping the number of first-time buyers in the UK, you might...

At any given moment it’s difficult to say which issue dominates our marketplace, but I think it’s fair to acknowledge during...

In the great swathe of housing market data which is delivered each month, conveyancers’ case volumes often get overlooked, however the...

We’re lucky enough to interact with thousands of landlords and tenants every month. As a result, we get the chance to...

The For Sale board is one of the oldest marketing tools available to agents, but it is still considered one of...

Any letting agent appreciates the effort, dedication, and sometimes heartache, that comes with running a business yet equally knows that when...

Letting agents are being advised to think seriously about how they can recoup costs to help compensate for the introduction of...

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

As promised a few weeks ago, this week’s Natter concentrates on the importance of content, design and social media, three easily...

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

The death of traditional TV – where viewers sit down together to watch shows at defined times – has been much...

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

As housing market stakeholders we’ve all had a month or so to try and digest the government’s own response to its...

The announcement that MPs will set up a Select Committee to probe the scale of money laundering in the UK property...

In recent weeks, you could have been forgiven for thinking that you’re not actually in the UK.  Flash floods aside, the...

A recent holiday in the US gave me an opportunity to catch up with property news over there - and surprisingly,...

Recent void statistics have had me wondering how agents can juggle client and consumer demands in the face of the impending...