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The Queen’s Speech has unveiled proposed overhauls on planning, consumer and economic crime laws that could all have an effect on...

RICS has appointed Lord Michael Bichard to lead a wide-ranging independent review into the governance and purpose of the institution. The review...

The perception of the housing market, especially in London, being awash with ‘dirty’ money is a problem that needs to be...

The bid by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors to re-establish itself as a trusted body continues with the naming of...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak says HM Revenue & Customs will probe any alleged wrongdoing in property purchases included in the so-called Pandora...

The independent review into the RICS scandal of recent months and how the governance of the body failed, has thrown up...

High end agency Savills is conducting “a full investigation” into a racist tweet posted overnight. A Savills statement posted on Twitter this...

Purplebricks has addressed its critics on house sales by pledging to return vendors’ upfront fees if the agency fails to find...

The Oxfordshire-based PropTech founders and software developers of Openview, today announced they have welcomed Pattinson Estate Agents to their list of clients.   Peter Grant, Managing...

Software provider Rex has launched three new live dashboards for agencies, one of which covers agent performance. Rex says the dashboards -...

When it comes to communications, Propertymark could do with a lot fewer confidentiality agreements and a lot more transparency. And I...

The president of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors insists that the organisation is acting on recommendations of a probe into...

Ever since the initial ripples of innovation in the 1990s, PropTech has proceeded to reshape our market beyond recognition; going on...

“I’ve got 47 years of experience as an agent. Do I still have to get a qualification?” asked one attendee at...

Despite the recent effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is still much opportunity in the market for letting agents to grow...

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

“Many hands make light work” – Does John Heywood’s old English proverb from the 1300s apply to modern approaches on how...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Nick Lyons CEO What is No Letting Go and what does it...

A few weeks ago, I came across a couple of really interesting articles which I immediately thought worth writing a piece...

I suspect that at some time we have all rented an Airbnb (I am sitting on the couch of one as...

Is this the ultimate in accountability or a desperate bid to win back public support for a company damaged by the...

Nicky Stevenson has had a very varied and interesting career in property. She started out as a lettings negotiator for Nicholas...

The industry press has given substantial space to recommendations from the Regulation of Property Agents, the government’s working party which has...

Trade bodies and property firms have strongly welcomed the recommendations for root and branch reform of the agency industry - and...

The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...

A property in London’s Mayfair has a price tag of £23m and is being sold via a system allowing interested parties...

The head of a property management company says conveyancers must do more to ensure buyers of leasehold properties fully understand the...

A decade ago we were still years away from Purplebricks, Countrywide was a colossus in the industry, no one had thought...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

Hello and welcome to our first Property Jobs Today, a weekly round-up of key job moves within estate and letting agencies...

Having launched 13 years ago, PayProp, part of Humanstate Group, an international private technology services group, has grown into a leading...

A group campaigning for the reform of money laundering and other accountability laws claims that billions of pounds worth of investment...

There has been a fierce attack on failed conveyancing portal Veyo, in the form of an open letter from one of the...

Stories of migrants attempting to make their way to the UK are now a daily feature in our news bulletins and...

Chartered surveying firm e.surv has announced the appointment of a new corporate governance director. Beginning in September, Paul Collins will  be responsible...

The rising phenomenon of agent-rating and review websites is a topic that seems to have caused considerable division and controversy among...