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Happy New Year, to you all. Now that we’re all back in harness and Christmas feels like a long-distant memory, I...

As we get ever closer to 2023, this final Natter of the year is dedicated to the five biggest property moments of...

The latest measures for property the Chancellor included in his Autumn Statement may not have been dramatic, but has it given...

You are aware of the business benefits of digital transformation. You understand the need for your estate agency to leverage technology to...

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

Over the last few months, The Letting Partnership has seen an increase in calls from agents who are struggling to open...

If recent headlines are anything to go by, estate agents and the wider property industry are not just feeling the heavy...

Digital transformation is not a new concept. It has been around for many years in various forms and across multiple industries,...

In a recent McKinsey poll* 85 per cent of people said that fear of criticism, fear of uncertainty and fear of...

As sure as night follows day, so our industry sets out a wish list of tax changes which it hopes the...

If you’ve paid even scant attention to Landlord Today or other trade titles, you’ll be familiar with the headlines about rogue...

What a waste. Islington council announced in recent days that it will buy back 310 ex-council houses this winter, to add to...

Talk about a wasted opportunity. The Conservative party conference - just finished, and possibly the last one before a General Election -...

After years - indeed a decade - of anti-rental sector policy and rhetoric it’s difficult not to see recent days as...

And suddenly it’s autumn. It’s just six weeks before the clocks change, days are getting shorter and - the real sign...

As we move closer to the end of the year, we invariably begin to think of what 2023 will bring, how...

With UK interest rates on the rise, following the mini-Budget announcement (now since almost entirely reversed), and several lenders pulling mortgage...

As the summer draws to a close, and we begin to move towards the final few months of the year, I’m...

SmartSearch looks at the importance of incorporating Source of Funds checks into KYC processes It is no secret that the UK property...

Why professional indemnity claims are on the rise In today's volatile economic landscape, the uncertainty faced by landlords and tenants has reached...

On Halloween eve, Safestyle decided to give everyone a real fright and announced the company had gone into administration. This has...

The For Sale board is one of the oldest marketing tools available to agents, but it is still considered one of...

In tougher times – as is the case now, post-Covid, post-Brexit, cost-of-living crisis, war in Ukraine, etc – reputation and consumer...

Many experts are predicting that house price growth will slow for the remainder of the year as the cost of living...

Property events and functions are now back in full swing, with 2022 likely to be the first ‘normal’ year for this...

Adam Day will be a well-known figure to many in the industry, having been the founder of Hatched (the online agency...

Inventory clerks and letting agency staff have been warned to put safety first when lone working or entering tenants’ properties for...

A report earlier this month warned that conveyancing firms should stress test their businesses for a sharp decline in work volumes. These businesses...

HMRC has fined estate agents over £500,000 for anti-money laundering (AML) breaches in the past two months. Yet despite property managers...

Readers of a certain age may remember 1983. The Space Shuttle Challenger made its first flight, Neil Kinnock was elected Labour leader,...

Usually, I enter January with a spring in my step - optimistic about what the future holds.  Two years ago, after the...

Over the later part of 2022, we have experienced unprecedented economic and political turmoil, which will remain as we head into...