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Exclusive: London virtual tours firm bags global estate agency deal
A UK proptech company has signed a deal to supply a virtual viewings service to a property firm with 40,000 estate agents and 2,750 offices across 35 countries. North London firm EyeSpy360’s virtual...
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YOPA co-founder caught up in family legal battle over sale of Ritz hotel
One of the founders of YOPA, Andrew Barclay, has been named in legal proceedings currently under way in the High Court over the sale of The Ritz hotel in London. Barclay, who stepped down as a...
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Estate agent calls on ‘high profile’ London firms to stop bragging about...
An estate agent has taken to social media to criticise ‘high-profile’ competitors boasting about viewings, sales agreed and exchanges during the lockdown. Ellie Rees runs ethical estate agency...
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Northern Ireland agency joins £895 fixed price hybrid network
Hybrid estate agency network Love2Move has signed up two-branch Northern Ireland estate agency Pinkertons, which joins 46 other agencies mainly in the North East and North West of England using its...
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US deal makes British virtual viewings firm one of most widely distributed...
British virtual tours firm EyeSpy360 has bagged a second distribution deal for its service after being added to a major estate agency software company’s suite used by 1.4 million realtors across...
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Estate agents ‘may have to wear Hazmat suits at high risk properties’
Virtual tours firm Reevo 360 is to issue its staff with hazardous materials or Hazmat suits to wear when visiting high risk properties to record tours, photography, CGIS and floorplans once the...
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Complaints about estate agents increased 20% last year, figures published...
The number of people complaining about estate agents increased by 20% last year compared to 2018, it has been revealed The Property Ombudsman (TPO). This surprisingly large rise is part of a long-term...
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UPDATED: Estate agents to hear at 2pm if PM’s vague comments about ‘return to...
Boris Johnson’s announcement last night dashed industry hopes that the property sector could partially emerge from the lockdown, but more details of the PM’s announcement are due to be published at...
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Free Coronavirus rent payment plan tool launched for landlords and tenants
Online rent payments firm Flatfair has launched a free tool for landlords and letting agents to help set up rent payment plans with tenants if they amass arrears during the Coronavirus crisis. Called...
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Industry reaction to Bojo’s big COVID plan (and its lack of property)
The government has issued its more detailed plan for the easing of the Coronavirus lockdown which, many estate agents will be disappointed to hear, does not give the green light for non-essential...
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‘There’s a long way to go until conveyancing goes fully digital’
E-conveyancing will remain a myth until the Land Registry and lenders get key house mover data in a structured form and use a common transactional portal, according to conveyancing firm Muve. CEO and...
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Keir Starmer forced to defend Labour policy on tenant evictions
Keir Starmer has defended Labour’s five-point plan for residential tenants during the coronavirus crisis, as criticism intensified from MPs and campaigners on the left of the party. The Labour leader...
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Coronavirus is industry’s chance to ‘disrupt the duopoly’ as agents mull...
OTM acting CEO Clive Beattie has said he believes that the Coronavirus crisis is a defining moment for agents and gives them the opportunity to significantly disrupt the status quo in the portal...
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Government advice unravels as estate agents go back to work
Boris Johnson’s generic ‘return to work’ messaging and a lack of government guidance for estate agents has prompted some companies to staff their branches. Conflicting messages in the national media,...
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Conveyancing firm is latest to cease trading as Coronavirus bites
Online conveyancing firm Fletcher Longstaff is the latest victim of the Coronavirus housing market downturn after it was revealed that the company has gone into administration. The six-year-old firm,...
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Chancellor extends furlough until the end of October
The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has announced that the furlough scheme which pays 80 per cent of the wages of workers for companies affected by the pandemic, has been extended by four months, until the...
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Agencies welcome furlough extension but worry about future
Yesterday’s momentous decision by Chancellor Rishi Sunak to extend the government’s furlough initiative for a further four months will help the thousands of estate agencies in the UK which have many...
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Claims that most landlords are rejecting rent waiver requests are ‘untrue’
Generation Rent’s claim that the majority of landlords are failing to support tenants needing help during the COVID-19 pandemic is totally untrue, it has been claimed. A yet-to-be published survey by...
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UPDATED: Property sales and rental markets to reopen today
The government has given the green light to property sales and rentals restarting following a change to the main legislative instrument used to restrict travel during the Coronavirus crisis Yesterday...
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How close did Countrywide come to not being able to let staff work from home?
Countrywide has revealed how unprepared it was for the home working revolution that has swept the industry following the arrival of Coronavirus. As the company furloughed nearly 80% of the estate...
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