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MPs have launched an inquiry on improving the home buying and selling process in England. The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC)...

A new action group has been formed that is expressing concern about ineffective legal regulation as well as extra responsibilities being...

A conveyancing services proptech firm claims to have sped up transactions and reduced fall-throughs in just its first 18 months of...

Referral fees for estate agents could be back in the sights of industry regulators. It was reported last week that the National...

OnTheMarket has launched a new financial services arm. The portal has unveiled OnTheMarket Money, an umbrella brand providing consumers with access to...

The issue of conditional selling in estate agency has hit Westminster. There have been several reports in recent months about agents requiring...

Conveyancers have outlined ways they believe the property transaction process could be improved including shutting down or improving “dabblers” and getting...

As economic signs increasingly point to a contraction in the property market, competition for new business will inevitably heat up. But...

One of the particular characteristics of the property market is how it brings contrasting professions together. From estate agents to conveyancers,...

Automation is the direction the industry is moving in and it’s gathering pace every day. Forward-thinking agents are using automation and...

The ongoing debate about how to boost agent and conveyancer relations, and improve the homebuying system for all, continues to rage,...

Referral fees, lack of trust and too much email have been identified as barriers to greater collaboration between conveyancers and estate...

Challenger portal group OneDome has linked with a chain repair service to provide what it calls an end-to-end property offering. The OneDome...

Strike, formerly known as Housesimple, is the latest online agency to claim it’s going to secure a 10 per cent market...

The most senior Trading Standards officer policing the agency industry says he hopes the public will ask about referral fees in...

OnTheMarket has signed a deal with Brickflow, a new comparison site for development finance.   The portal says the partnership will provide member...

Barely three weeks into the new year and we’re already talking about plans to raise tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of...

Estate Agent Today understands that the civil servant who has been at the heart of plans to reform the house buying...

A hybrid agency that charges no fees to vendors but instead relies on referral fees for income has officially rolled out...

A conveyancer has contacted Estate Agent Today suggesting that the Simplify Group IT data crisis could be the death knell for the company...

The online agency Strike - which has a business model selling homes for free and relying on referral fees for revenue...

A petition is being started, urging the government to ban the payment of referral fees to estate agents. It’s reported to have...

A new service has been launched claiming to offer ‘a new supportive partnership opportunity’ for agents to earn referral fees. Cox &...

Referral revenues shared between agents in a major industry trade group has hit over £1.35m.  Daniel Pepperell, regional director at The Guild...

The House of Commons Library has published what may be the definitive record of estate agency regulations issued in recent years...

An estate agency is to link with a home set-up service and says it will give its referral fees to an...

It’s now more than a year since the government offered an additional £4 million to councils to combat rogue landlords. At the...

There’s been a flurry of recent activity involving agencies quoted on the London Stock Exchange: Hunters, The Property Franchise Group and...

To kick off 2021, we have a Q&A with one of the most high-profile – and, it has to be said,...

A study of 2,000 home owners shows that over a third have felt pressured by an agent into use its in-house mortgage...

The Property Ombudsman has joined calls for greater disclosure of referral fees by agents.  The issue has become a hot topic in...

The Boomin portal, which incentivises agents to cross-sell and benefit from referral fees, is to receive advice on fee disclosure from...

The founder of OneDome says a likely housing market slowdown is the perfect time for agents to optimise revenue by investing in PropTech. Babek Ismayil believes...

The six brands that make up The Property Franchise Group are the latest signings for yet-to-launch portal Boomin. TPFG’s brands are national...

Fledgling portal Boomin - launching later this month - has announced another 10 independent regional agencies as founder members. This includes its...

Housing Minister Christopher Pincher announced that the introduction of the Renters' Reform Bill will be delayed for an indefinite period due...

David Cox is joining Rightmove next week in a dramatic return to the industry. Cox left the ARLA Propertymark in late July after...

The latest review by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team into referral fees places the outdated practice of...

The National Association of Estate Agents has thrown its weight behind the recommendation of Trading Standards that agents must by law be...

Customers must be told about third party referral fees when buying or selling a home says the National Trading Standards Estate...

A new online platform claims to be the first of its kind to speed up the private treaty sales process for...

One of the many new portals recently launched has made a pitch for agents to join because of its referral fees...

It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...

A digital resource hub for estate agents claims to shorten transaction times. Sort Move, which has been operating since late 2019,...

It may be that by the time you read this it’s all over for Robert Jenrick, the Secretary of State for...

I was asked a question by a German journalist yesterday. What is the biggest lesson German and European PropTech founders can...

A senior property lawyer is to set up a franchise agency which he describes as embracing the best of the High...

There is no doubt that the BBC News article in early February caused something of a stir within the Deposit Free...

The Trading Standards report on the future of referral fees is almost completed and will be sent to government next week. However, James...

Agents now have only seven days to complete a referral fees survey, announced late on Friday by Trading Standards and The...

The National Trading Standards Estate & Letting Agency Team and The Property Ombudsman have launched an urgent survey to assess awareness...

It is possible that agents and their business partners in the conveyancing, mortgage and survey industries could be obliged to have...

The annual conference of the National Association of Estate Agents takes place on February 27 - the date when the future...

In its latest State of the Property Nation report, which questions over 650 agents and 6,000 consumers, Zoopla says 55 per...

It’s one of the most crucial aspects of the homebuying and selling process but is too often bogged down by frustrating...

Online estate agency Housesimple is extending its offer to sell homes for free to some postcodes in the Midlands.  The offer is...

A small online agency which in six months of trading has secured around 140 sales says it’s on course to be...

Since I started working with Zero Deposit for me the market leader in deposit replacement alternatives, the most common question I am...

Three key industry organisations have endorsed a best practice guide for the controversial Modern Method of Auction. The iamsold guide is aimed at...

The reform of the buying process is to take centre stage at a special conference called Bold Legal LIVE! taking place...

Picture this: You have finally pushed that sale or purchase through, which means your client is over the moon and happy...

If you thought - perhaps hoped - that five weeks of prorogued Parliament meant a break from politics, think again: the...

The Guild of Property Professionals has welcomed government steps to provide buyers and sellers with greater transparency in transactions - and...

The government has issued a revised version of its official How To Buy and How To Sell documents, aimed at consumers...

A company operating the controversial Modern Method of Auction says it is trying to improve the sector’s image after a series...

The head of online agency Housesimple has made another strident attack on the integrity of High Street agents by saying some...

Online estate agency Housesimple has appointed a company to handle its public relations and social media as it rolls it its...

  Who are you and what does it say on your business card?             Becky Howes, mio Account Manager What...

Online agency Housesimple has become the first in the UK to sell houses for free. It says that based on the average...

The minister at the centre of reforms to the estate and lettings industry sector has apologised for what she calls “inappropriate...

You may be right in thinking that Brexit has dominated the thinking of the government in the last three years. However,...

Conveyancing platform The Moving Hub and Acquaint CRM have announced a strategic partnership. New and existing users of Acquaint CRM will have...

Instant online valuation service The ValPal Network has revealed a conveyancing partner which it says will help agents boost referral fees.  The...

In recent years, estate and letting agents have been faced with a series of tough challenges to absorb and react to. There...

The Property Ombudsman says its members must in future disclose referral fees in a bid to make previously-hidden costs open and...

As we move closer to the halfway point of 2019, property market conditions for agents and their clients remain challenging. Brexit may...

Conveyancing platform The Moving Hub has this week launched its proposition into the estate agency and mortgage intermediary sectors. The firm is...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has launched its long-awaited ‘How to sell a home’ and ‘How to...

It has been a long time coming, but the tenant fees ban, which forbids landlords and letting agents in England from...

Estate agents have been warned that if new guidance over referral fees is not taken seriously, they could be faced with...

Countrywide’s executive chairman and group managing director have spoken to Estate Agent Today about the impact of Brexit on the company,...

The head of residential property at a law firm is warning that referral fees can backfire on estate agents who may...

The director of strategy at the Council for Licensed Conveyancers says “the onus is very much on estate agents” to respond...

The National Association of Estate Agents has led the support for stricter new guidelines on transparency for referral fees. The clampdown means agents...

The National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team has this afternoon revealed new industry guidance to make referral fees more transparent to...

With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on...

Purplebricks might have the last laugh - its biggest critic is ditching his High Street office and making his own agency online. Controversial...

Kit Malthouse has been making headlines this week, but – in keeping with his tenure as Housing Minister so far -...

Politicians and officials are studying a ‘model’ two page reservation agreement drawn up by a law firm as a possible way...

It’s been revealed that the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team is to deliver new guidelines to agents for referral fees...

The former chief executive of Emoov says online estate agencies charge too little, so risk appearing cheap and ineffective to potential...

One of the largest estate agencies in the Midlands, Newton Fallowell, says it’s made a remarkable £5m in referral fees from...

The civil servant leading work to reform the house buying has revealed key areas of government thinking - with a ban on...

A new website is offering to contact owners of homes that are not for sale, on behalf of people who would...

The title may be unfamiliar but most agents know by now that in the corridors of Whitehall a working party exists...

Estate agents are missing around half of the conveyancing referral opportunities they could take, according to a new report.  PropTech firm OneDome...

A government minister has told the estate agency industry that it must be more transparent over the issue of referral fees. In...

In a surprise weekend announcement the government has almost doubled funding for the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team - the...

The Swiss investment bank Credit Suisse has slashed its target share price for the company from 77p to only 17.2p.  The reason...

It’s holiday time: schools have broken up, quite a few estate agents are taking time off, and the MPs are in...