Why digitising your agency processes can improve profitability
Digital transformation has been an effective and necessary business strategy for agencies looking to improve their profitability and growth ever since estate agency CRMs started to make waves in the PropTech market.
Key Steps to Make Your Lettings Business Covid-Secure for Lockdown
With England about to enter another lockdown period from Thursday 5 November, agents across the country are wondering how the restrictions will affect them and what they should do to protect their...
What You Need to Know About the Draft Building Safety Bill
Born out of the Grenfell Fire Review, there are concerns that the government’s Draft Building Safety Bill could lead to increased bills for leaseholders. The draft bill is intended to make those...
Effective Digital Transformation is Not Just About Technology
We are in an era of digital transformation. Whether we like it or not, the pandemic has changed the way we do business, across every industry, not just property. With business regularly being...
Growing With A Block Management Business
Every manager worth their salt knows that the success or failure of a business comes down to the people employed within it. Good managers will understand that valuing their staff will inspire them...
What Should Letting Agents Do When There's a Local Virus Outbreak?
As various areas of the UK go into localised lockdowns with barely a moment’s notice, we take a look at what letting agents should be doing if there’s a local virus outbreak, and what they can...
5 Tips for Buyers & Sellers of Lettings Agencies
With a great deal of potential mergers and acquisitions within the property sector expected during the next 12-24 months, we spoke to John Paul, Founder and MD of Castledene Sales & Lettings. John...
Do you have to provide alternative accommodation when a property is...
With more and more extreme weather events occurring across the globe (Australian bushfires, American hurricanes and British storms Ciara, Dennis and Jorge) it’s no longer possible to deny the...
RoPA Vs. TPO - How Do They Compare?
After calls for more regulation across the property industry the Regulation of Property Agents Working Group has put forward suggestions for a new single, mandatory and legally enforceable...
The Importance of Training for Property Professionals
In August Fixflo held a masterclass with Susie Crolla, CEO of the Guild of Letting & Management, and a renowned training consultant in the lettings industry, to help lettings and property...
7 Key Learnings From Webinar: Unlocking Build to Rent
In June Fixflo hosted a webinar with the UKAA where our MD Rajeev Nayyar and a panel of experts from across the legal and property fields discussed how the Build to Rent (BTR) sector is faring in...
All You Need to Know About Excess Heat (HHSRS Hazard 3)
Although ‘the great British summer’ is often a laughable prospect (think washed-out BBQs, gusty winds and rain stopping play!) the reality is that the UK is getting hotter and temperatures of 40°C...
The Do's and Don’ts of Virtual AGMs
Annual general meetings (AGMs) have been given the green light to go online through the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 which passed at the end of June 2020. In addition to enacting...