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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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

A number of pro-active conveyancers are joining a new conveyancing directory being set up by one of the leading figures in...

PropTech solutions have continued to ingratiate themselves in both the forefront of an agency within advertising mediums and in the backend...

HM Revenue & Customs has been warned by financial experts that its latest crackdown on stamp duty abuse could make the...

A bid to regulate second home ownership in part of the UK through changes to planning policy will add complexity and...

A leading property lawyer says some agents will struggle to meet the demand for more ‘material information’ put forward by Trading...

Industry figures have come out in favour of the long-term programme of new compulsory information to be contained on property listings. From...

‘Knowledge is power’ goes the old saying, and one variation on that theme is a quote from academic, Robert Boyce, who...

The government’s call for a pack of property information to be made available upfront during the sales process has been welcomed...

The government’s Levelling Up White Paper, released today, contains an unexpected and shock commitment - to create a new 'lite' version...

High profile conveyancing supremo Rob Hailstone makes many announcements about government and industry housing policy - but he is less keen...

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

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

With 2022 swiftly approaching, businesses in the property industry are likely to be reflecting on the trials and tribulations that have...

Despite the progress made in so many areas, particularly in terms of leasehold reform – although we are calling upon the...

The ESTAS – often known as the property world’s version of the Oscars – returns as an in-person event this Friday...

The stamp duty holiday concluded at midnight, marking the end of the busiest period for the industry - all parts of...

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

Hello and welcome to another Property Jobs Today, your chance to see the latest moves in our industry. Why not be a...

Agents have been told in new government guidance that the liftings of some Covid restraints in wider society “does not mark...

The government and property industry have been talking about it for a long time, and there have been numerous initiatives introduced...

By any measure, the housing market has been unprecedently busy in recent months, fuelled not just by the stamp duty holiday...

The government has thrown its weight behind the concept of Unique Property Reference Numbers as a way of speeding up transactions. UPRNs...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Thom Hudson, photographer at Meyers Estate Agents What is Meyers...

Digital marketing agency Angels Media and digital platform Gazeal have announced an exclusive strategic partnership to help improve and speed up...

TM Group and sales progression solution mio have signed up as partners for the 2021 ESTAS Forum & Awards, sponsored by...

As an estate agent, you should of course be performing robust Know Your Customer (KYC) checks as part of your Anti-Money...

A PropTech firm says its new tool allows comprehensive upfront property information to be shared instantly with all parties in a...

The ESTAS Group has named a new headline sponsor for its 2021 Forum and Awards, taking over from Zoopla with immediate effect. It’s...

We are just over one year on from the day our lives truly changed, when the UK went into its first...

A PropTech company has won a grant for a project to improve ID verification in the buying and selling process, via...

Purplebricks has just appointed its new chief marketing officer, who was most recently global director of restaurants at a food chain. Ben...

Asking prices are down for the first time in many months. It’s a small drop - an average of 0.5 per cent...

Delays across the house buying sector mean those wanting to benefit from the stamp duty holiday need to begin the buying...

Conveyancers are sending a blunt message to estate agents: transactions will take longer than usual and don’t chase us with queries and...

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

The cross-sector group looking at reforming the sales process has agreed a new pledge which it says introduces greater transparency for...

Logjams in the mortgage, conveyancing and removal stages of house moving mean sales are taking much longer than usual, according to...

Ahead of the launch of a new iBuyer platform later this year, agents are being invited to attend two webinars hosted...

The ESTAS Group says it will combine its awards events for agents, conveyancers and mortgage brokers in one ceremony in May...

A company promoting a Blockchain platform with promises to speed up the buying and selling process claims the pandemic has proved...

The government is jeopardising the success of the housing market relaunch through the inflexibility of the furlough scheme, claims a group...

The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...

A PropTech start-up led by a prominent commentator has become the latest part of the industry to take a pop at...

Your business may be growing quicker than you could ever imagine which is great when it comes to raising brand awareness....

The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...

The chief executive of Purplebricks says agents are “miles behind” in using digital information to provide a personalised service.  Vic Darvey has given...

Now we’re well into the second month of the year, we have reached a crucial point in the ongoing plans to...

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

Logbooks about properties must be made available up-front at the point of marketing and not later in the buying process if...

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

A new tie-up between Coadjute, a network for decentralised workflow and data sharing within the property industry, and banks including NatWest...

In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...

A PropTech company says the majority of transactions now involve chains and that the issue is becoming more problematic for agents...

The chief of an online auction service says the Conservatives’ controversial proposal for a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on...

As an agent, it’s part of your role to protect and advise your clients throughout the buying and selling process. Mortgages are...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Eric Woodhams F.N.A.E.A. mio Account Manager What is mio and what...