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The Property Ombudsman (TPO) has questioned if allowing agents to choose their own redress scheme damages consumer trust. Speaking to the House...

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

Three members of the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners take a brief look at some of the trials and tribulations awaiting...

Success with your chosen CRM solution should not be a one-and-done package. Once you team up with a stellar CRM provider,...

There’s a warning today that confusion over plans to transition rural properties to greener heating systems may be deterring buyers. Trade association...

Just one agent was expelled from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) redress scheme in the latest quarter. TPO has revealed that Price Point...

All landlords need to have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPG), with few exemptions. As a property writer, landlord and Domestic Energy...

As the first signs of spring begin to appear, we look at how letting agents and landlords can start the season...

As the first signs of spring begin to appear, we look at how letting agents and landlords can start the season...

Purplebricks’ share price hit a new low last week after it announced a strategic review that could lead to the sale...

As economic signs increasingly point to a contraction in the property market, competition for new business will inevitably heat up. But...

The sales progression function is what binds the whole property transaction together and the importance of effective sales progression in the...

FCS Compliance has announced the latest in its anti-money laundering (AML) series of webinars with Rightmove.  The latest is titled The Role...

Thanks to a relentless market, the property market has enjoyed a purple patch over the past few years. But now that...

An estate agency in Snodland, Kent, has been honoured with an award for services to the local community. Independent agency was presented...

House and apartment sales are still being hit by confusion and worry over ground rents on existing second-hand leasehold properties. This is...

As you are no doubt aware, building mutually beneficial relationships with conveyancers in your local area can not only make your...

A Midlands estate agency has come up with a solution to avoid confusion over property offers. Forget poor connections or bad handwriting that...

Over the last three years there has been a quiet revolution in the tenant referencing market. Starting with the 2019 tenant...

Propertymark says confusion over new stamp duty rules has led to a surge in fall-throughs. Since April 1 homes bought in England...

Viewings are in the news right now and with good reason.  As the impact of the stamp duty holiday fades, and transaction...

Propertymark has welcomed the move by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to help make certain leasehold flats more attractive to would-be buyers...

The Grenfell Tower disaster in June 2017 exposed the dangers of inflammable cladding on residential tower blocks, and what has come...

A report by the Office of Tax Simplification on Capital Gains Tax has called for a series of changes. They include extending...

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

With March marking one year since the beginning of the first national lockdown across all four nations of Britain in response...

There is little doubt that the last year was one which none of us will easily forget both personally and professionally....

A PropTech supplier says the conveyancing process is “antiquated” and buyers and sellers would be better served if they were ’shadowed’...

Leading leasehold experts have sharply criticised the much-hyped reforms announced by the government last week. The Leasehold Group of Companies - formerly led by...

Here’s hoping you managed to have as good a Christmas and New Year as Covid rules allowed. Journalism in early January is...

Start-up letting agents looking to enter the market are finding it increasingly difficult to set up in business as banks point...

Safety checks which are apparently now preventing thousands of owners selling flats are to be eased - but there is confusion...

A security company says it is “disappointing” the estate agency industry is only around 55 per cent through preparations to cope...

Stamp duty specialist consultancy Cornerstone Tax claims some 120,000 buyers in the UK may be owed SDLT refunds. It says that in...

The National Association of Estate Agents has thrown its weight behind the recommendation of Trading Standards that agents must by law be...

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

As expected within the property industry, the Chancellor announced a stamp duty holiday in his Summer Statement. This now means that...

The devolved government in Wales - where the housing market is still officially closed - has urged agents to report rivals...

An agent in the unusual position of operating across the England and Welsh border says many of his competitors appear to...

A well-known saying in estate agency is that first-time buyers are the sellers of the future. If we believe this to...

Agencies, many of which campaigned vigorously to be included in the business rates holiday announced in March by the government, have...

A leading estate agency says it has observed that some banks previously opposed to accepting remote and desktop valuations have started...

New research of the buying habits of first-time buyers in the UK we’ve undertaken here at reallymoving.com shows that Shared Ownership...

*** Please see this story for the latest news on house moving, updated 12 noon on Tuesday March 24 *** The property...

The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...

Unfortunately for consumers, buying and selling properties is rarely plain sailing. But fortunately for agents, this provides you with an opportunity to...

The relaunched easyProperty hybrid agency is to rely exclusively on local marketing to drive awareness and customers, and not follow the...

As we know, the world’s moving very fast and how we communicate now is drastically different to even 10 years ago....

I think I speak for most people when I say that we are not currently where we thought we would be...

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...

If anyone thought a Boris Johnson government would be more decisive than Theresa May's when it came to housing policies, the last...

Richard Rawlings’ annual roadshow opens on September 3 with the first of 17 stops across the UK, each giving a three...

The recent announcement of a clicktopurchase partnership demonstrates some much-needed progression from Rightmove. In doing so, however, it could be said it...

Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ policy that was implemented in 2012 was designed to make staying and residing in the UK as...

PropTech company Landmark has thrown its weight behind the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ new Home Survey Standard, which is now out...

An interesting debate has been sparked in PropTech this week. It started with an interview, published on YouTube, in which Kristjan Byfield...

It’s time, surely, for government to crackdown not just on rogue agents and landlords but on rogue councils that confuse the...

The demand for rural properties is high, and with 20.7% of England’s population in countryside areas, estate agents have a large...

Barely a day goes by when we don’t read a new report on the unscrupulous practices of landlords; of the sub-standard...

People now expect a streamlined, digital-first experience from every single service they interact with - and the lettings industry is no...

A recent 'red flag alert' report from an insolvency firm warned that the number of real estate businesses defined as being...

A firm which links with agents to operate online auctions has hit back at a consumer group's allegations that this growing sector...

A respected mortgage broker has found that there is widespread public uncertainty amongst the public about the effects of stamp duty...

The sun has finally returned to ours skies and you’re on the lookout for a little bit of summer reading. As...

The troubled Countrywide group has this morning revealed its recovery plan to get - in its words - ‘back to basics’...

Landlords are being urged to step up and ensure that all rented properties and accommodation meet recent laws relating to carbon...

The government says it is going to look at “bold options” to improve consumer redress across all aspects of housing -...

Pressure is continuing to build on the government to reform stamp duty in next month’s Budget. Firstly a group of senior financial...

As those of us in the industry know, there is a fine balance to strike between disruptive technology – and the...

It now appears that OnTheMarket agents do not require to sign up to the portal for five years in order to...

Confusion surrounds the timing of the government’s eagerly-anticipated White Paper on housing. Respected property industry weekly magazine Estates Gazette has tweeted that...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell has met campaigners to scrap anti-buy to let measures introduced by the Cameron government in the past...

On Tuesday we managed hail, snow, rain, sun and a chilly wind all in one day. Whatever you want to say...

When, during his budget speech, George Osborne announced Capital Gains Tax (CGT) was going down to 20%, I experienced a mix...

A major estate agency is demanding urgent clarification on a three per cent tax levy - a ‘mini-me’ version of the...

Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on the fortunes...

Watch the latest weekly video round-up of news from Estate Agent Today and Letting Agent Today, featuring stories on the fortunes...

A consumer champion says a new privatised system of Alternative Dispute Resolution, being introduced in October, threatens to create ‘complaints chaos’...

In 2007, the government introduced a compulsory deposit protection scheme as part of the Housing Act 2004 to help protect tenants...