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Estate agents spend almost half their working day chasing or being chased for issues as a new report highlights concerns about...

Slow conveyancers could drive estate agents out of business, it has been warned. National law firm Dutton Gregory has issued a warning...

Barriers to entry are a big concern for any sector, particularly those who need a greater number of technology innovations to...

Homes in Birmingham and East London are among the slowest in the UK to sell from listing to completion, analysis suggests. Property...

Consumer demand for auction can no longer be ignored. Month after month this alternative method of sale sees increased uptake as...

The sales process is starting to speed up, The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has claimed. Gareth Samples, chief executive of TPFG, which...

Proptech firm iamproperty has formed its own committee of agents to discuss issues facing the property market. The auctioneer and sales progression...

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

The PropTech network Coadjute, which says it will ultimately slash the time it takes to move house by as much as...

Whilst it was once seen as a way to sell niche or run-down properties, auction is now a mainstream method of...

A prominent estate agent has warned buyers and sellers about the perils of the controversial Modern Method of Auction. MMA is now...

Zoopla says it has so far delivered almost £80,000 in agent fees through its access to the Modern Method of Auction. MMA...

Rightmove is the latest portal to forge a link with the controversial Modern Method of Auction service being offered to agents. A...

Two prominent suppliers have teamed up to offer customers instant visibility of chain lengths, details of agents connected to properties being...

A survey of completion times for house sales over the past four years suggests that the worst performing local authority area...

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......

In recent years, estate and letting agents have been faced with a series of tough challenges to absorb and react to. There...

Q: What does it say on your business card? Charlie Lancaster,  Managing Director, m: 07976 507107 e:charlie.lancaster@mybid4it.com,  Blake House, 18 Blake...

Another new online auction company has launched and is bidding to woo traditional estate agents with the controversial ‘modern method of...

A report claims that the hybrid agency EweMove performs above average across a number of measurements. The study comes from TwentyCi, a...

A member of a prominent legal network is warning buyers and their conveyancers to be ”wary” of the Modern Method of...

A firm is launching a new Home Owner’s Passport this weekend in a bid to speed up conveyancing.  With characteristics reminiscent of the much-derided Home...

What questions keep you awake at night? Do you know if you’re losing new instructions by undervaluing, or whether you could...

A consumer group says agents are securing increasing income from online auctions, but it warns that for buyers there are pitfalls...

A call has gone out for conveyancers to have all monies - including mortgage funds - in place the day before...

We are currently engaged in consultations with our members to help to find a practical solution to the concern of the...

Three weeks has flown by (I missed an early deadline last week - apologies) and I find myself writing the next...

Whisper it quietly, but there seems to be change in the air when it comes to agents recommending lawyers based on...

A chain tracking platform claims a trial by Leaders Group during 2017 shows its sales progression tool improving completion times by...

A sales progression tool claims to have reduced the average transaction time for a property from around 94 days to around...

Hamptons International has announced that it is to launch a 'private conveyancing hub' later this year. The initiative has been designed to...