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Foxtons’ share price got a mini boost on Monday morning after rumours that the agency brand is preparing for a sale. The...

The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) has arranged a new pilot scheme for a group of lawyers and conveyancers to...

Property blockchain network Coadjute has secured a £10m investment from Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, Natwest, and Rightmove.  This is the first time...

Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors have launched the fifth iteration of the...

Lots of things change in the property sector - but one thing always seems to stay the same. For buyers and sellers,...

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

The Spring Budget missed the mark when it comes to boosting current market conditions, agents have claimed. A survey of 833 UK...

The property market is awash with data. A quick Google search and any prospective buyer can find property prices, listing history,...

Propertymark updates Property Information QuestionnairePropertymark has updated its Property Information Questionnaire (PIQ) in light of the latest part B and C...

Property professionals have called for the Government to allocate its promised £3m towards improving the home buying and selling process to...

Most agents agree that providing upfront information at the very start of the homebuying process would improve the buying and selling...

Knight Frank has launched a bespoke customer portal after 18 months of development. Coined ‘My Knight Frank,’ the firm says it is a digital customer experience platform, accessible...

UK property professionals should look to Norway when assessing how to improve the home buying process, a housing minister has claimed. Speaking...

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

Fintech firm Phoebus has joined UK trade body the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) as an associate member. The brand provides systems and...

Agents should be more picky about their listings during 2024 and focus on sellers that will help speed up sales by...

The factor most likely to influence the housing market next year is entirely outside the industry’s control: the General Election. Knight Frank...

The 2023 Autumn Budget, amongst its considerable 110 growth measures, contained an important announcement for the property sphere, with £3 million...

Go back a hundred years and property transactions were a much simpler affair. A group of people could get together in...

Reservation agreement provider Gazeal has partnered with Optimus, Landmark’s panel of conveyancers to offer its services as an option for home...

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

The Autumn Statement ended up being silent on Stamp Duty reforms and direct housing market stimulus but there were some nuggets...

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has expanded its executive committee with the appointment of Nick Chadbourne from conveyancing panel provider LMS. The...

Jackson-Stops has boosted its presence across the Cornish coast, with the hiring of three new directors, Richard Holder, Dean Lonergan and Daniel...

Proptech – it’s a people thing. It might seem like a strange thing to say but the best of tech is a...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Jake Gann and my business card says...

The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) is seeking feedback from agents on proposals that it feels will “revolutionise moving home...

Falling Stamp Duty and survey fees have pushed down the cost of moving. Comparison website reallymoving analyses the cost of moving home...

Build to Rent (BTR) is the UK’s fastest-growing sector and this trend looks set to continue throughout 2023 and beyond. The...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched a new document to help firms benefit from the range of digital services available to...

Despite a 15-year peak in interest rates, one of Glasgow’s leading estate agents, Corum, has reported a 10% surge in viewings...

The property transaction in England and Wales is a notoriously slow and fraught process, taking typically 150 days to complete, with...

A well-known Yorkshire estate agent is celebrating 40 years working at the same firm - and he’s marking his involvement in...

Client onboarding and verification tool LandmarkAgent has announce a strategic partnership with CRM provider Street.co.uk. The collaboration will enable agency users to...

The chairman of the Residential Logbook Association (RLBA) has queried the relevance of a new Government-backed property group focused on digital...

The Residential Logbook Association (RLBA) has produced a first specification for a ‘Digital Deed Pack’ that can be used for any...

Coadjute has launched a Digital Property Data Pack service for its users. The pack is designed to cover the requirements of the...

Fortune favours the brave, as the saying goes. So, when you consider how upfront material information can and does make the...

It’s a brave business owner who actually invites criticism.  I speak from the personal experience of asking the opinions of the...

Industry veteran Tim Main has issued a challenge for agents in the latest attempt to speed up sales and reduce fall-throughs. Main,...

The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) has formed an independent industry body, the Open Property Data Association (OPDA), for companies...

A year-long pilot of using upfront material Information by conveyancer Thomas Legal and search provider Conveyancing Data Services, a part of...

The founders of three-branch Berkshire-based agency Hat and Home has expanded into mortgage broking. Keeping with the hat theme, the brand’s co-founders...

A coalition of businesses from across the property industry have united to call on the Government to do more to speed-up...

Estate agents and others in the industry are being invited to a free “Tech Talk” on the power of motivation to...

A Propertymark-supported amendment that aimed to bolster support for leaseholders in unsafe buildings failed to gain approval in the House of...

Last week was the first ever National Conveyancing Week, which I hope registered with agents and perhaps you even took up...

I was delighted to read recently about the creation of the first ever ‘register of logbooks’ in the UK, which offers...

Innes & Mackay has been named the best estate agency in the north of Scotland for the second year in a...

Land Registry analysis tool provider Veya has announced a partnership with home buying and selling platform adoor to help speed-up sales. Clients...

According to the recent industry research report ‘Back to the Future’ from tmgroup, mio and CDS 40% of property transaction delays...

The Residential Logbook Association (RLBA) has launched the first iteration of its register, which aims to speed-up transactions and stop property...

The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) has announced a new update to the Leasehold Property Enquiries (LPE1) form, which it...

The property industry may be going to great effort to digitise and improve the process of buying and selling a home...

Conveyancers are warning that this week’s Land Registry strikes could have a knock-on effect on property sales once staff return to...

Property professionals have given their backing to the idea of a universal digital identity for buyers and sellers to speed up...

Industry analyst and and chair of The Home Buying and Selling Group Kate Faulkner, has called for the Government to stop agents being...

We are now well into 2023 and, while there have been a huge number of steps taken towards a digital future...

With the property market showing signs of a slow-down and the economic outlook rather uncertain, we spoke to Lucy Noonan, founder...

Property market analyst and chair of The Home Buying and Selling Group Kate Faulkner was given an OBE in the New...

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

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

Agents have begun trialling a new common technology framework devised by a committee within the Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG)...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt warned tough times were coming ahead of his Autumn Statement yesterday and agents were left with plenty to...

Recent political changes – and there have been quite a few in recent weeks – have brought about something of a...

Conveyancing is an integral part of the house buying and selling process. But it is a slow process, with the length...

With reform of the home buying and selling process as crucial as it's ever been, and disrupters like Coadjute and PEXA...

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

Sussex-based estate and lettings agency Mishon Mackay is celebrating as its first apprentice has completed his training. Max Blencowe, the first apprentice...

Let’s be completely honest - as challenges go, estate agents are up against it trying to persuade reluctant vendors to take...

The Government is being urged to take the lead on homebuying reform as conveyancers warn that recruitment issues and lawyer burn-out...

One of the biggest frustrations people have with the home buying and selling process is the amount of time it takes...

Chain management tool, ViewMyChain has been integrated with agency software provider Reapit. The integration means Reapit users will have a single sign...

First off, my own quick tribute to the Queen, who died on Thursday afternoon aged 96. Despite her age and declining...

The Land Registry has set out ambitious plans to automate up to 70% of all updates to its register by 2025...

In this latest Day in the Life of...Natter, I get an insight into one of the most vital cogs of the...

I am somewhat disappointed, yet not surprised, when I see the headlines ‘blaming’ various fractions of a property transaction as the...

Estate Agent Today's good friend Christopher Watkin recently carried out a video interview with Glynis Frew, the well-known former managing director...

It’s taken Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for the UK to finally take a much-needed step in the right direction to stop...

Earlier this year, we ran a story asking whether agency would ever embrace a four-day week. This came ahead of the...

Dye & Durham says it could potentially appeal the decision by the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) to effectively disallow its acquistion...

With so many benefits including lower fall-through rates and quicker sales, it is no surprise that selling a property via auction...

A network for women working in the residential property industry has signed up a trio of high-profile sponsors. Residential property industry suppliers...

Issues with property titles and borrower affordability have been revealed among the main reasons why mortgage offers have been withdrawn. The results...

The last week has been dramatic even by the standards of UK politics, with a Cabinet and junior minister rebellion bringing...

A senior member of the Home Buying and Selling Group has insisted work on reforms is ongoing despite the ministerial merry-go-round...

The housing market appears almost as stubborn as now caretaker Prime Minister Boris Johnson as it continues to defy predictions of...

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

I look back on when my dad helped me buy my first car and shared his pearls of wisdom on what...

More than 100,000 property transactions have benefitted from access to digitised local land charges (LLCs) data. Conveyancing software provider Search Acumen has...

There have been many articles about ‘digitising upfront information’, following the publication of DLUHC’s Levelling-Up white paper and National Trading Standards...

Between you and me, dear reader, I had little to no idea about what the metaverse was before researching it for...

If there’s not a book called ‘The Art of Collaboration’ then there should be. Update: a quick Google search shows there...

In this article, Kristian Stott, Head of New Business at iamproperty, analyses the digital revolution in our lives and in property and why...

Next month will see new rules around upfront Material Information for property sales and lettings come into force in the UK...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

Our inbox is regularly stuffed with exciting new industry developments and tools to help agents work better.  Here are some of the...

Off-market property platform Invisible Homes is planning to expand throughout London over the next year and to cover the whole of...

In this Q&A, I catch up with Jesper With-Fogstrup, chief executive officer of Smoove (formerly ULS Technology until a very recent...

They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...