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Feb 20, 20243 min read
Heavyweight property primate
A 900-branch gorilla just slipped its way quietly into the UK estate agency market, shutting the door quietly on its way in and trying...

Feb 13, 20242 min read
Mortal portals?
What were you doing on 26 January 2015? Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars was the UK’s number one when OnTheMarket (OTM) made its...

Feb 7, 20242 min read
Purple Vain
Hubris: excessive self-confidence or pride. The puff that accompanies Purplebricks’ recent marketing effort, “Own It”, is perhaps a...

Jan 28, 20242 min read
House Schools: Estate Agents Heading Back to the Classroom?
In a very illustrative example of ‘being careful what you wish for’, estate agents in the UK are being shown exactly what deeper...

Jan 24, 20242 min read
The 1% (depositors)
The Government’s latest eye-catching wheeze to ‘fix’ the property market is to underwrite 99% mortgages for those that might otherwise...

Jan 6, 20242 min read
Boxing Clever
Congrats to everyone involved in making the ‘Boxing Day Bounce’ a thing. Like Black Friday or Pancake Tuesday, guiding people to behave...

Dec 24, 20233 min read
Review of the Year: Purple Haze
It must have been a very smoky room which contained the giggling Board of Directors at Strike, when they decided earlier this year that...

Dec 16, 20233 min read
Purple Zombie
This is definitely a movie sequel I’ve seen before. In the first film, a relatively stable community is suddenly overrun by brutal...

Sep 22, 20232 min read
The Bank of Uncertainty
With yesterday's 5-4 vote in favour of keeping rates where they are, the Bank of England could hardly have been less emphatic in its...

Sep 6, 20234 min read
Portal power play
This week has been a busy one for portal activity - and not just homeowners coming back from holiday and deciding they need to move as...

Sep 5, 20232 min read
Gen Z's Trust Shift: Property Portals to Personal Recommendations
New research reveals Gen Z's declining trust in property portals, favouring personal recommendations and reviews

Sep 4, 20232 min read
Zillow's 1% Down Payment: Revolutionising Home Ownership
Zillow's new 1% down payment loan program makes owning a home more achievable

Sep 4, 20232 min read
Jitty Bags Google's AI Fund For Property Search
Google's AI fund, Gradient Ventures, invests $2m in Jitty, a new property search engine by ex-Deliveroo execs

Aug 31, 20232 min read
UK Land Registry delays leave homeowners high and dry
Administrative delays at the UK Land Registry cause financial strain and frustration for homeowners and buyers

Aug 31, 20232 min read
London police to arrest landlords for illegal evictions
London police ordered to arrest landlords illegally evicting tenants, amid concerns of bias enabling unlawful evictions


Aug 31, 20232 min read
Mortgage wars - brokerages on the block
Belvoir Group expands in South West with two broker acquisitions, boosting its financial services network. Belvoir Group, the franchise...

Aug 31, 20232 min read
Labour's 'no wealth tax' pledge stirs controversy
Confusing at best, Labour's decision to rule out a wealth tax has sparked backlash. Confusing at best, worrying at worst - Labour's...

Aug 31, 20232 min read
UK home sales hit decade low, Zoopla reports
2023 sees UK home sales plummet, with soaring mortgage costs deterring buyers. The UK housing market is bracing for a chilly season as...

Aug 24, 20236 min read
The 'Spectrum Strategy': Think like your best competition
I've often thought about how differently a great corporate agent comes at a problem - say a dearth of stock - from how a great...

Aug 21, 20231 min read
The future of 3D property tours?
You +might+ think that this looks just like an iPhone video of a property. LumaAI would rather you thought that this was very much more...
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