Products & Services
News covering new and developing products and services from companies supporting estate and letting agents and the wider residential property industry.
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‘An end to lettings fraud’, says fast-expanding rental payments platform
Rental payments platform PayProp says its technology will help eliminate fraud in the sector once and for all, as the company passes the 200-agent milestone…
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Would you pay £32 to look around the ZPG head office?
Would you pay £32 to be shows around the ZPG head office? That is the price being charged to participants in this year’s Workplace Week…
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Photo editing software drives 20% more views on Rightmove, says leading Manchester agent
An estate agent in Manchester says it is gaining up to 20% more views on its Rightmove-listed properties since the company began using specialist photo…
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CMA clears ZPG acquisition of Expert Agent
The sale of Expert Agent to ZPG has been cleared by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) following a three-month investigation into the deal, which…
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Purplebricks taking market share off traditional agents, it says
Hybrid agent Purplebricks has published an upbeat summary of its most recent year of trading revealing increased revenue, number of Local Property Experts, market share,…
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New rent collection tech puts paid to standing orders
A new direct-debit rent collection system that significantly reduces the amount of time agents spend chasing late or non-payment of rent, and that takes tenants…
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Can equity release loans help agents save the day in a sluggish market?
Nearly half of all estate agent have seen an increase in the number of vendors forced into a sale to pay off interest-only loans over…
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Simple idea that can speed up conveyancing by 14 days
The conveyancing process can be speeded up by two weeks on average if vendors are asked to fill in the standard questionnaire about their property…
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Lost letting fees can be replaced by other income streams, claims referencing firm
Referencing firm Rent4Sure says agents are going to face a “challenging time” when the letting fees ban is introduced, but that there will be ways…
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Start of the revival? ‘More people asking for home valuations’
The number of home valuations being requested by homeowners has risen by 26% this spring despite the uncertainty in the market created by Brexit and…
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