For so long the message has been ‘take the cash deposit, secure the cash deposit’ but Lisa Isaacs asks if we’re on the cusp of an alternative mainstream approach.

The fallout from Covid and the Stamp Duty holiday have pushed mortgage demand to unprecedented levels and some buyers are still finding it hard to get a loan, as Richard Reed discovered.

Utility switching and home moving assistants can help lift agents out of their purely property role, improving their image and income in the process, says Lisa Isaacs.

Lettings has always involved paperwork, and growing compliance issues only make that worse – but software solutions are easing agents’ workload, as Richard Reed reports.

In the digital age, a quick response to enquiries has never been more critical. Richard Reed looks at seven different lead generation tools to see how they compare.

CRM software has evolved rapidly in the last couple of years empowering agents and freeing them up for the real job, as Richard Reed discovered.

Is it time to shift some of the conveyancing emphasis back to buyers and sellers, asks Lisa Isaacs – and will proptech provide the means to do it?

The ever-evolving risks affecting the property industry are easily overlooked by a busy agent under pressure, says insurance expert Oliver Wharmby. Here’s a timely reminder.