iamproperty has announced the launch of its prospecting solution - the Marketing Toolkit - seeing the business enter the lead generation arena for the first time.

New research shows that there are 5,152 estate agency job openings across the UK at present - 4% more than there were this time last year.

The South Wales property firm has generated a net profit before taxation of £572,000 in its latest financial accounts, its best to date.

The housebuilder stated that should market conditions remain stable they would be well-placed to see a return to growth in 2025.

The volume housebuilder has seen operating margins of an average of 25.4% per year since 2019.

The housebuilder said that its multi-tenure partnership model compensated for reduced demand from private buyers

Rocket Auctions, a newly formed subsidiary of the Bamboo Group, will offer estate agents the ability to sell properties by online auction through Bamboo’s technology platform.

Despite experiencing a “strong” last quarter, the volume housebuilder saw a 52% drop in pre-tax profits during 2023.

Despite being at the top end of its expectations, Taylor Wimpey’s full-year operating profit was still 49% down on its previous year, according to full-year results for 2023.

Thomas Proctor, founder and CEO of NCG, looks at the past, present and future of proptech, and why the long-awaited proptech revolution has never really transpired.