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You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...

Propertymark has welcomed a move by the Government to lift restrictions on development along the abandoned HS2 route. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...

Two London firms have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) for failing to pay compensation to consumers. This brings the total...

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has warned it is receiving “too many complaints” about breaches of undertakings by solicitors. The regulator...

Labour says it will reform how land is valued under Compulsory Purchase Order powers in a bid to increase house building...

Eight agents were excluded from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme during the first quarter of 2023 including collapsed online brand Doorsteps for...

Agency-backed risk management platform Thirdfort has received awarded B Corporation status. The certification recognises Thirdfort’s commiutment to goals outside of shareholder profit...

Former Evolve staff are being offered £2,000 ex-gratia payments by the easyGroup after its ownership of easyProperty ended. Jason Bull, national sales...

As temperatures rise and the holidays begin many of us will be looking to enjoy our gardens and make improvements to...

Two senior agency figures have suggested there is more work needed to level the playing field for women in the sector. The...

In this guest piece, Colum Smith, a property expert at law firm Taylor Rose MW, sets out why speedier transactions could...

As amendments to smoke and carbon monoxide alarm legislation loom for rented properties later this year, we look at how inventory...

It was a quiet first quarter this year for sanctions at The Property Ombudsman (TPO). The redress scheme has revealed that just...

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

Momentum is building up in support of the government’s probe into whether the London homes of oligarchs on the sanctions list...

The government is considering seizing British property owned by Russian oligarchs on the sanctions list without paying compensation. The Financial Times says Housing...

A new guide to help avoid property title fraud, where home ownership can be stolen, has been released by the Fraud...

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

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

Reservation Agreements provide agents with absolute certainty that both sellers and buyers are being honest. “If they’re lying or… shall we say,...

Purplebricks' share price tumbled a remarkable 34 per cent this morning when trading opened on the London Stock Exchange. The price crashed...

Within weeks the focus of the industry will be on the White Paper to be issued on rental reform before Christmas. Let’s...

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

There are a huge array of products and services covering the entire journey of lettings, from prospecting all the way through to...

A prominent prime London estate agent has been awarded £180,000 by a compensation panel following her victory earlier this year in...

The Property Ombudsman says there’s been a big increase in enquiries to its service in recent months, despite the pandemic.  In its...

The Crown Prosecution Service has joined in the criticism of unemployed estate agent Lewis Hughes, who last week admitted a count...

A bankrupt builder from Devon persuaded pensioners to pay him £271,000 to construct a home - but his poor workmanship has...

No fewer than seven estate and lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme today. Most of them are now...

The veteran estate agent who led criticism of Countrywide’s former management is turning his glare on Foxtons. The London estate agency has...

A disgraced former estate agent has paid his victims around £110,000 but must pay another £5,000 or so in the immediate...

We have had a special relationship for many years and are bonded as countries in many ways – historically, politically and...

There’s been a very large rise in the number of complaints submitted by consumers to the Property Redress Scheme. This is partly...

The latest guidance from the government on the next phase of the HS2 high-speed railway confirms the previous demand that vendors...

Over the last few years, there have been a number of high-profile court cases in which renters took action against letting...

The Property Ombudsman has announced the expulsion of eight agencies, all for contravening TPO codes of practice. Most of the expulsions were...

You wouldn’t expect the good folk at Strutt & Parker to have anything less than a superlative set of home offices...

Based on our historical data over twenty years of nationwide operation and a survey conducted in partnership with YouGov, we estimate...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Jon Notley and I am the co-founder...

The government has - once again - announced the introduction of a New Homes Ombudsman.  The news came yesterday when Housing Secretary...

The Law Commission has set out three ways to cut the cost that leaseholders have to pay to buy the freehold...

Property professionals are increasingly worried about the threat of cyber attacks, according to new research. Some 41% of 'real estate professionals from...

Labour will this week discuss plans to allow councils to compulsorily purchase homes left empty for six months. Young Labour - a...

A PropTech company is suggesting that property mis-measurements and resulting over-valuations may be the next PPI scandal. The firm - Spec, which...

With the often negative portrayal of agents in the media and popular culture, you might ask yourself why anyone would want...

A trade association of agents selling properties overseas has launched a new feature which it claims will give buyers greater security...

Estate Agent Today has been contacted by an individual who says he is one of three former Emoov customers intending to...

A lawyer appears to be suggesting that ‘clean and tidy’ clauses be inserted into house purchase deals, allowing buyers to retain...

The leasehold system has created many unsellable and unmortgageable homes and should change, MPs say. The all-party Housing, Communities and Local Government...

The Property Ombudsman has issued new guidance over what it calls “a growing issue” - that is, disputes over dual fees. TPO...

The Property Ombudsman scheme has taken action against another six rogue agents in recent days, bringing the total number expelled this...

The National Association of Estate Agents has given broad support for radical proposals from the Law Commission to end leasehold abuse...

The number of new franchise applicants reported by Winkworth in the first half of the year rocketed 135 per cent -...

The UK division of US-based estate agency Keller Williams says agents need access to internal training if service levels across the...

The Property Ombudsman has issued its annual report for 2017 and there’s good news for the estate agency side of the...

The Property Redress Scheme - one of the three government-approved redress schemes handling complaints about sales and lettings agents - has...

Average prices dropped another 1.1 per cent in prime central London in the year to March according to new figures released...

Labour MP Justin Madders is working on a Private Members' Bill creating leasehold reform in a bid to help leaseholders who, he...

An estate agent branded as "thoroughly dishonest" following a Gumtree scam has been jailed for 20 months, suspended for two years....

Even so close to the event, I don’t think anyone will be deeming 2017 as the ‘summer of love’.  The summer of...

Giving clients reliable advice when they are buying, selling or letting a home lies at the core of every successful estate...

When a tenant failed to pay any rent after the first month his tenancy last year, the landlord did not expect...

The Property Ombudsman has expelled a London lettings and estate agency for a year and is warning that the firm may...

Are you protecting your data right? This may sound like the sort of direct warning you get from cold callers or...

Agents’ Mutual says it will be seeking to recover costs and compensation for losses incurred after what is widely seen as...

The Property Ombudsman’s annual report reveals a significant increase in the number of formal complaints resolved by the scheme and a...

Last week’s acquisition of high-end agency Cluttons from pre-pack administration is to be investigated by the Pension Protection Fund. We reported on...

Finally! Spring has arrived so your property photos should look brighter and more cheerful shouldn’t they? I say, ‘should’ advisedly, because...

A new recruitment business for the property industry in general and agents in particular is offering a phased-fees system for clients...

A house builder has set aside £7m to spend on repairs to its own new properties after a series of complaints...

When a tenant paid his initial one month’s rent in addition to a tenancy deposit in exchange for the keys to...

The company that owns Heathrow airport is reported to have said that it will buy 750 homes on the site of...

The Fisher German group has responded to a protest body which accused the firm of conflicts of interests in representing sellers...

Conveyancing is the most complained about area of law in England and Wales – accounting, on average, for nearly a quarter...

eMoov founder and chief executive Russell Quirk has launched another online petition, this time calling for mandatory licensing of estate agents. The...

The Property Ombudsman scheme’s annual report, just released, reveals that there has been a dramatic 32 per cent surge in the...

With ever increasing obligations, estate agents know that compliance matters now more than ever.  However, being able to obtain access to the...

As a service provider to both Estate Agents and Conveyancing Solicitors from one platform, ETSOS sits in a fairly unique position...

So we now have a new 'official' index of house prices, and much good may it do us. For the chattering classes...

The Competition and Markets Authority - which has been active in the estate agency industry since its inception in April 2014...

One of the directors of Agents’ Mutual, parent body of portal OnTheMarket, has told Estate Agent Today that his firm does...

OnTheMarket chief executive Ian Springett has sent an email to member agents following articles about alleged legal challenges to the portal...

Two City consultancies have been quick to interpret the rebellion by OnTheMarket member agents as an indication of dire changes - or...

The Legal Ombudsman has published new guidance for first time buyers as a result of conveyancing problems topping the list of...

Who are you? I’m the Head of Redress at the Property Redress Scheme. I previously worked for Legal & General PLC dealing...

Two more agents have been expelled by TPO because they failed to pay awards when ordered to pay compensation, and because...

A jealous estate agent has been jailed for two months after dousing the bed of his ex-partner with diesel fuel and...

Knight Frank says the recommendation by the Airports Commission that there should be an additional runway at Heathrow will probably cause...

Earlier this week we passed the official deadline for letting agents to fully publicise their fees as well as providing evidence of...