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SPRING cleaning is an annual ritual for many households, but firms in the property sector would do well to spend some...

Everyone’s a pundit these days, aren’t they? And January is pundit season – when a New Year starts, out come the...

Legal infrastructure provider CTS has managed to restore its services after a cyber-attack halted its conveyancing tools and delayed transactions at...

The recent cyber attack on CTS left around 80 conveyancing firms across the country commercially paralysed as the harm to their...

This week saw around 80 conveyancing firms across the UK paralysed by a service outage caused by a ‘cyber incident’ on...

OnTheMarket (OTM) critic Brett Stone is still making last-ditch attempts to stifle a takeover of the portal by CoStar UK. Stone, a...

Legal infrastructure provider CTS has said it is on the last phase of tackling a cyber-attack. CTS said last week that it...

The Guild of Property Professionals is urging estate agents across the UK to be on high alert as cyberattacks targeting the...

Synergies between sport and business have long been compared, particularly in the highly competitive world of property. Athletes and those involved...

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has urged members to check their client files to see if they may have been...

Legal sector infrastructure specialist CTS has said it is “urgently investigating” a cyberattack on its services that could impact property exchanges...

By Simon Shinerock At the time of writing, Rightmove had a market capitalisation of just under £4 billion, down almost 15% on...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

The Bank of England is facing calls to hold off on raising interest rates this week. Its Monetary Policy Committee is set...

The National Association of Property Buyers’ Jonathan Rolande gives his latest take on the property market. Having just got back from holiday, I am...

CRMs can be superheroes for your business, but not all of them possess the necessary powers to save the day. As...

As the unending attack on landlords continues, many are succumbing to the pressures of increased taxes, interest rates rising, regulations becoming...

The Labour Party has outlined three ways it will help first-time buyers onto the housing ladder as it ramps up its...

Recent tragic deaths of women walking home alone, notably Sarah Everard, have highlighted the need to address gender inequality in the...

Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...

Two of the biggest challenges facing the property industry right now are fraud and money laundering. The scale of these activities is...

Agency software provider Reapit has achieved ISO 27001 certification for information security management. The certification means that Reapit has implemented one of...

Christmas party season may be in full swing but football fans, including many estate agents, will be glued to their screens...

England progressed to the quarter finals of the World Cup last night but there was an extra achievement that slipped under...

Things can only get better from both an English and Welsh perspective in the final game of Group B this evening...

The Wales versus England match has been lined up as a crunch game this week after disappoint results in the second...

There was plenty of upset off the pitch after the Football Association’s last-minute u-turn – in fear of FIFA sanctions -...

The property industry often gets a bad rep, despite all the work that agents and others in the sector do for...

With the reported increase in agency staff turnover we thought it would be a good idea to look at how you...

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

In the current challenging economic environment, agencies need to ensure more than ever that they’re getting the most out of every...

Agents are ‘wrongly’ relying on hard copies of identity documents to verify people’s identities in anti-money laundering (AML) checks, new research...

Jacob Rees-Mogg is reportedly being lined up as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities should Liz Truss win...

Cybersecurity and cryptocurrencies have been identified among the main risks facing conveyancers. The latest Risk Agenda report from the Council for Licensed...

Anti-money laundering (AML) software provider SmartSearch is warning of a rise in financial crime, particularly targeting smaller property firms. A survey of...

Spicerhaart’s annual conference and awards ceremony returned earlier this month after a three-year hiatus caused by the pandemic. The company’s two day...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently announced that he is considering extending Margaret Thatcher’s Right-to-Buy scheme, that gives council tenants the chance to...

You can tell that spring is in the air as this week's Agents Do Charity is full of outdoor fundraising pursuits...

One of the most valuable assets to any company is the data it stores. According to a recent study completed by...

In a new column, solicitor Colum Smith, an expert in combating fraud at Taylor Rose MW Solicitors, explains why those looking...

The chief executive of Boomin says agents have asked him to do something about rival portals “pocketing income from mortgage referral...

The controversial conveyancing firm at the centre of an apparent cyber attack has hit back at newspaper claims that it did...

I’m sure most readers would agree with me that cyber-security is vitally important for almost any business, particularly those businesses like...

Reviews website Trustpilot has hit back after being attacked by property website allAgents.  allAgents chief Martin McKenzie is calling for Trustpilot chief...

A leading estate agency figure has hit back at a lawyer’s claim that agents who use exclusivity agreements are “shysters”.  Last week...

Will he stay or will he go? You don’t need me to say who ‘he’ is - it’s the only story...

Buyers typically pay 10.8 per cent extra for chain-free properties than for similar homes with chains, according to new research. Website GetAgent...

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

Boomin co-founder and chief executive Michael Bruce has returned to the attack on Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket with an open letter,...

A warning has gone out to estate agents that “more and more” reports are being filed about cyber attacks on agencies...

A former estate agent described by a judge as being “cruel and manipulative” has been jailed after attacking and attempting to...

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

The head of a hybrid agency has made a blistering attack on the corporate agent business model, accusing it of being...

A consultancy specialising in data protection issues has sharply criticised the Simplify Group for its ongoing lack of communications over its...

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...

Property fraud is on the rise and early in 2022 agents will have an opportunity to attend a webinar featuring a...

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

I’ve worked in financial crime for the past seven years, beginning my career as a white collar crime litigator in a law firm. I know that the...

The last 18 months have been full of ups and downs, but the property market has coped remarkably well during the...

Agents must have a robust plan in place in case they are subjected to a ransomware cyber attack, says the Guild...

The Simplify Group’s latest statement on the ongoing IT problem suggests a gradual improvement in services to agents and other clients. It...

The police have been called in to investigate the ongoing cyber-security incident which has led to many firms in the Simplify...

A Connells senior negotiator has received a suspended prison sentence after being found guilty of wounding following an attack at a...

The Women In Property group claims talented females are being lost to the industry due to the menopause.  It says panic attacks,...

By the time I next write this column, we’ll be just days before the next Budget and Autumn Statement. So I’ll...

The head of Boomin has attacked Rightmove for the fees it currently charges agents, the likelihood of higher fees to come,...

A 3-2 loss on penalties. It’s sad and disappointing - desperately. Yet that gives way to pride when England’s performance across the whole...

How are the fingernails? After a tense night and with England destined for their first international tournament final in 55 years...

Have you recovered yet?  We don’t mean the hangover, but the shock from the fact that England never gave their fans cause...

Police are appealing for witnesses to an attack on a young agent last Saturday. Sussex estate agent Lizzie Noble, 22, was on her...

A senior figure in the UK activities of the Keller Williams estate agency has died at the shockingly young age of...

A leading industry trade body is warning that remote-working agents and smaller independent agencies are particularly vulnerable to the growing threat...

An estate agency has apologised after a bogus employee posted offensive comments about Prince Philip on a newly-created fake Facebook account. This...

The Competition and Markets Authority says it has pushed Facebook into taking new action to combat fake reviews - an issue...

Propertymark has chosen YoungMinds as its charity partner of the year.  YoungMinds is dedicated to ensuring every young person gets the mental...

Two of Britain’s largest house builders have reacted sharply to calls by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick and the Competition and Markets...

Rightmove has promised to keep its restrictions on access to Rightmove Plus under review - and says it’s aiming to help...

Labour says Chancellor Rishi Sunak “will give away half a billion pounds to second homeowners and landlords through the stamp duty...

As the official advice over holidays descends into farce - can we go this year? if so at home or away?...

Pressure is building for widespread property tax reform beyond short term issues regarding stamp duty. Many MPs in this week’s 65-minute special...

A newspaper claims that thousands of customers’ financial details held by Foxtons Group are being freely accessed on the so-called dark...

Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...

Property commentator Phil Spencer says lockdown - which we know will now last for another six weeks at least, and possibly...

A trade body is warning that increased home working triggered by Coronavirus makes the agency industry more vulnerable than ever to...

An estate agent who caught Coronavirus and spent 10 days in hospital has said “I didn’t think I was going to...

An estate agency is being criticised for marketing properties as second homes in an area reportedly suffering a housing shortage. Local media...

A cyber-attack on a London council has caused some transactions to fall through and others to be significantly delayed. The attack occurred...

Delays with the return of property searches is one key factor for sales taking longer to complete. As conveyancers start to warn...

Purplebricks founder Michael Bruce has batted away a stinging attack on him made by allAgents, a review website. allAgents has set up...

Criticism of the management of Countrywide has reached new levels of derision as the mainstream media have attacked the chaos surrounding...

The director of a conveyancing technology company has hit out at what he calls “an over-reliance on outdated processes” and “age-old...

One of the industry’s leading commentators says an unintended consequence of a possible Capital Gains Tax increase could be a bonus...

Strike, the firm previously known as HouseSimple, has launched another attack on the charges levied by High Street agents. This time it is...

The Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday has been a hot topic of conversation for many in the residential property industry –...

Foxtons is alleged by a newspaper to have suffered a malware attack and data breach which closed its MyFoxtons client website. The...

Hindsight is 20-20 vision, of course, and we can all see things we did ‘then’ that we would not do ‘now’....

A row is brewing over an agency which acted on a vendor’s request to use the English version of a house...

Agents are awaiting the outcome of a test case regarding Business Interruption Insurance, which may determine whether they receive thousands of...

Businesses across all sectors have struggled to adapt to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. One group that have bucked...

A successful property newspaper has collapsed after one of its former directors turned computer hacker and deliberately deleted over 5,000 files...