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Referral fees, lack of trust and too much email have been identified as barriers to greater collaboration between conveyancers and estate...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News

Just this month, the Government Property Agency kicked off its search for a digital chief to lead its 10-year technology journey,...
14 May 2022
From: Features

Agents may be gearing up for this year’s ESTAS Customer Service Awards but there is another accolade that you could aim for next...
12 May 2022
From: Breaking News

There seems a consensus amongst agents, analysts and amateur pundits alike that the market will stay relatively strong for some months,...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News

The shortlists for this year’s much-coveted ESTAS awards will be revealed from the end of this week. The ESTAS Customer Service Awards,...
03 May 2022
From: Breaking News

You will hopefully have seen that the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 has now received its Royal Assent, meaning it...
30 April 2022
From: Features

I attended a forum in London a couple of weeks ago, which for the first time brought estate agents and conveyancers...
30 April 2022
From: Features

Property blockchain network Coadjute has launched a research project to identify ways estate agents and conveyancers can improve their working relationship. It...
28 April 2022
From: Breaking News

In this Q&A, I catch up with Jesper With-Fogstrup, chief executive officer of Smoove (formerly ULS Technology until a very recent...
23 April 2022
From: Features

In June, the biggest pilot scheme of a four-day working week anywhere in the world will begin in Britain, with more...
22 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A leading online residential conveyancing firm has opened its new headquarters and apprenticeship academy in Wirral, Merseyside, to try and help...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News

A leading conveyancing network that works closely with estate agents has signed up to property blockchain platform Coadjute. The blockchain technology provided...
13 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Estate agents are being urged to ensure clients have instructed a solicitor from “day dot.” Speaking in an exclusive video interview with...
12 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Conveyancing software company ULS Technology has rebranded. The London Stock Exchange-listed company, which encompasses conveyancing brands eConveyancer, DigitalMove, Legal Eye and Amity...
11 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Estate agents and conveyancers have agreed on better working relationships at the first collaborative event between the two professions. There has been...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News

Agents and conveyancers have signed up to a new buyers’s and seller’s property information form that is described as having been...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News

They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...
02 April 2022
From: Features

A number of pro-active conveyancers are joining a new conveyancing directory being set up by one of the leading figures in...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News

In a new column, solicitor Colum Smith, an expert in combating fraud at Taylor Rose MW Solicitors, explains why those looking...
26 March 2022
From: Features

Agents are being advised to revise their processes now to accommodate changes to the information required on property details, which begin...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News

The sponsor of an industry forum for agents and conveyancers to be held next week says the collaborative event hails the...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News

This week, you will have all seen the sad news that Graham Norwood is stepping down as editor of Estate Agent...
19 March 2022
From: Features

A new PropTech platform set up by a major figure in the conveyancing industry claims to slash the typical time for...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Those aficionados of the Sound of Music will recognise the tag line above. It came to my mind when thinking about...
12 March 2022
From: Features

Of the many industry buzzwords, I suspect “upfront information” was up there as one of the most widely used in 2021....
05 March 2022
From: Features

HM Revenue & Customs has been warned by financial experts that its latest crackdown on stamp duty abuse could make the...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News

Until a few years ago, you would have been forgiven for not knowing who or what Coadjute was. But the company, founded...
26 February 2022
From: Features

Property searches are not showing up some new road schemes because they are classified by local councils as planning consent for...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent Team has released background information on how it came to make changes to...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News

A leading property lawyer says some agents will struggle to meet the demand for more ‘material information’ put forward by Trading...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The overwhelming majority of vendors do not choose their estate agent based on fees, but on wider market expertise. That’s the finding...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Industry figures have come out in favour of the long-term programme of new compulsory information to be contained on property listings. From...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News
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Trading Standards and the government have jointly announced compulsory new data which must appear on property listings. A property's council tax band or...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News

‘Knowledge is power’ goes the old saying, and one variation on that theme is a quote from academic, Robert Boyce, who...
19 February 2022
From: Features

An Australian PropTech platform called PEXA aims to break into the UK property industry this year, claiming to improve transaction processes. PEXA...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Connells-owned Countrywide has announced a major deal in which 49 of its brands will use the ESTAS customer review platform. The deal...
11 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Some regional property markets are perilously close to running out of any stock to sell. That’s the news from property data...
08 February 2022
From: Breaking News

Coadjute, the blockchain network for the UK property market that claims it can radically simplify home purchasing, has revealed that PropTech...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News

For an unregulated industry, agents have an awful lot of regulations to deal with. For example, there’s the mandatory membership of a...
02 February 2022
From: Breaking News

The PropTech network Coadjute, which says it will ultimately slash the time it takes to move house by as much as...
25 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The ESTAS Forum scheduled for March says its aim is to encourage agents and conveyancers to work more closely together. “There doesn’t...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Imagine a world where you, as an agent, could focus on what you do best. Building and managing relationships, showing properties,...
19 January 2022
From: Features

A law firm is warning that one of the key risks facing that industry this year revolves around professional negligence claims against...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
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Estate Agent Today understands that the civil servant who has been at the heart of plans to reform the house buying...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News

The conveyancing technology firm Search Acumen has launched what it calls “an end-to-end solution” in a bid to abolish “antiquated” ways...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News

Blockchain PropTech operator Coadjute is to continue as Headline Partner for The ESTAS for 2022 and 2023. Coadjute - which took over...
11 January 2022
From: Breaking News

It’s often said that agency is a people business, and I can see no reason to disagree - agents dealing face-to-face...
10 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A conveyancer has contacted Estate Agent Today suggesting that the Simplify Group IT data crisis could be the death knell for the company...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News

A leading conveyancing expert says the traditional rivalry between his profession and estate agents has abated in 2021. Lloyd Davies - managing director and...
24 December 2021
From: Breaking News

It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...
18 December 2021
From: Features

Leasehold, quite rightly, remains not just an emotive topic given what has happened over the past decade, but it’s very much...
18 December 2021
From: Features

EAT readers may have seen a piece in Friday’s property section of The Times about the long-running Simplify saga, which has...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News

We all know what did happen in 2021 - Covid and more Covid, the stamp duty holiday frenzy, a soaring rental...
11 December 2021
From: Features

With 2022 swiftly approaching, businesses in the property industry are likely to be reflecting on the trials and tribulations that have...
04 December 2021
From: Features

A record number of conveyancers have been trained in the last 18 months, despite the challenges of the pandemic and extended...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Coadjute, the PropTech platform that aims to slash the length of property transactions, has announced a further £6m investment. Coadjute is a blockchain...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News

Despite the progress made in so many areas, particularly in terms of leasehold reform – although we are calling upon the...
27 November 2021
From: Features

Some 14 trade bodies in the estate agency, conveyancing, property management and surveying industries have jointly launched new upfront documents which...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The police have been called in to investigate the ongoing cyber-security incident which has led to many firms in the Simplify...
22 November 2021
From: Breaking News

With the conveyancing crisis at the Simplify Group now approaching two weeks old, it appears Purplebricks has been the worst affected...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News

The conveyancing IT crash plaguing the Simplify Group of companies continues into its ninth day; however there is an update for...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents are being urged to be more open to new methods of stopping deals falling through. HBB Solutions - a part exchange...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Conveyancing firms in the Simplify Group, hit by a massive systems crash for much of this week, say they are working...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News

There’s been an update this morning on the dramatic systems crash that has hit the conveyancing services operated by the Simplify...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News

Property experts have joined forces to call for faster and more secure transactions. The PropTech and conveyancing voices have united in warning...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News

A prominent law expert is claiming that a high profile case of property fraud, reported earlier this week, involved a “devastating...
05 November 2021
From: Breaking News

As you are no doubt aware, building mutually beneficial relationships with conveyancers in your local area can not only make your...
27 October 2021
From: Features

Buyers are being warned about scams conning people out of hundreds of thousands of pounds. The Law Society of England and Wales...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News

With soaring property prices, supply continuing to be outstripped by demand and overworked and overtired industry professionals; we’re seeing the sector...
23 October 2021
From: Features

A property specialist is warning about “modern day ambulance chasers” who try to convince buyers they have paid too much stamp duty. “An increasing...
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The ESTAS – often known as the property world’s version of the Oscars – returns as an in-person event this Friday...
21 October 2021
From: Sponsored Content

Some 1,100 guests are expected to attend the ESTAS awards tomorrow - the first time agents, conveyancers and brokers will gather...
21 October 2021
From: Breaking News

Another market snapshot has identified low supply as the chief characteristic of the sales landscape this autumn. Landmark Information Group’s latest Property...
19 October 2021
From: Breaking News

In this thought leadership article, Videosign CEO Steven Tallant looks at electronic signatures and conveyancing and whether the time is nigh for the...
16 October 2021
From: Features

The ESTAS Forum scheduled for the morning of the annual awards ceremony on October 22 has been postponed - but the...
11 October 2021
From: Breaking News

The stamp duty holiday concluded at midnight, marking the end of the busiest period for the industry - all parts of...
01 October 2021
From: Breaking News

A video interview claims to spill the beans on how sales progression can be accelerated by three to four weeks. Estate agent...
01 October 2021
From: Breaking News

ESTAS has announced that FocalAgent, a visual content supplier to estate agents, has signed up as an executive partner for the...
30 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The recent stamp duty holiday and the subsequent conveyancing logjam this triggered has acted as a wakeup call for the industry....
25 September 2021
From: Features

In this guest editorial, experienced property solicitor Lorraine Richardson argues that reservation agreements - designed to reduce the number of fall-throughs in...
25 September 2021
From: Features

Being able to show proof of funds in a quick, transparent and simple way is more crucial than ever to keep fall-throughs...
16 September 2021
From: Breaking News

The property market over the last 18 months has seen unprecedented activity - as a result of changed priorities, the stamp...
16 September 2021
From: Breaking News

It may be the final day of August but Propertymark has first out of the blocks with advice for agents to...
31 August 2021
From: Breaking News

There are some parts of the world, including in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, where estate agent isn’t seen as...
28 August 2021
From: Features

A company says it’s gathering £500m in funding to purchase properties for a “gradual home ownership” scheme - a variation on...
19 August 2021
From: Breaking News

My neighbour had been seeking to move home for some time. Suggestions that he wanted to get away from his neighbours...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News

The estate agents’ trade body has set out three ways conveyancers can further help the sales process. Propertymark has made the suggestions...
16 August 2021
From: Breaking News

Following a month in which the number of property transactions was the highest since records began, it might seem a little...
14 August 2021
From: Features

Remember the early days of lockdown when there was a general panic? Perhaps the hot demand for toilet rolls was a sign...
24 July 2021
From: Features

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have another industry big-hitter and one of the most high-profile female leaders in property...
22 July 2021
From: Breaking News

A new online forum wants to unite estate agents and conveyancers, and ditch the traditional rivalry between the two professional disciplines. It’s...
22 July 2021
From: Breaking News

It’s a big ask to expect anyone to suddenly change what they have always done, particularly if their results have proven...
21 July 2021
From: Features

The reviews element of the ESTAS Group has signed a two year deal with Hunters. The agreement means Hunters - now part...
15 July 2021
From: Breaking News

Anyone working in residential property knows it is taking longer and longer to get from SSTC (sold subject to contract) to...
10 July 2021
From: Features

Coadjute, the long-awaited real-time network which uses Blockchain technology to sell a property, is launched today with its first property deal...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News

The government and property industry have been talking about it for a long time, and there have been numerous initiatives introduced...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News
03 July 2021
From: Features

The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...
03 July 2021
From: Features

By any measure, the housing market has been unprecedently busy in recent months, fuelled not just by the stamp duty holiday...
03 July 2021
From: Features

A company supplying data to conveyancers and other property professionals warns that Japanese Knotweed is a bigger headache than usual this summer. A wet and frosty spring,...
29 June 2021
From: Breaking News

In an unusual move, HM Land Registry has issued guidance to agents to help them reassure jittery buyers and sellers ahead...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News

In the first of a two-part special with the presidents of the UK’s largest property trade organisation, we carry out an...
19 June 2021
From: Features

The finance arm of a leading estate agency has taken the unusual step of warning about delays in the conveyancing process. “The...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News

ESTAS has announced that SDL Property Auctions has become an executive partner for the 2021 Forum and Awards sponsored by Coadjute. In...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The current housing market frenzy would be easier to deal with if upfront buyers’ packs were available, improving transparency and cutting...
16 June 2021
From: Breaking News

Amro Partners, the Build to Rent and student accommodation operator, has launched a venture capital arm investing in PropTech and FinTech. Amro...
15 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The Law Society has published new guidance for what it calls “under-pressure conveyancing solicitors” as the stamp duty deadline of June...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News

The editor of the legal publication the Law Gazette has taken an estate agent to task for daring to suggest that...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News

New data shows no let-up on the pressure on the conveyancing sector as the stamp duty holiday and the broader economic...
02 June 2021
From: Breaking News

An anonymous conveyancer has admitted increasing fees to deter buyers and sellers in the frenzied housing market during the stamp duty...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Digital marketing agency Angels Media and digital platform Gazeal have announced an exclusive strategic partnership to help improve and speed up...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News

The head of one of the UK’s largest conveyancing legal practices is warning the property market could “fall off a cliff...
24 May 2021
From: Breaking News

Thousands of sales are at risk because slow searches by councils may prevent deals completing by the next stamp duty deadline. With just under...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News

TM Group and sales progression solution mio have signed up as partners for the 2021 ESTAS Forum & Awards, sponsored by...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News

A new home buying platform set up by a challenger portal will donate £100 to charity for every transaction it fails...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News
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Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Ben Ridgway, Group Managing Director at iamproperty. What is iamproperty...
10 May 2021
From: 60 Second Interview

In a return to a favourite series of mine, as it gives an excellent insight into the very many facets of...
08 May 2021
From: Features

The interim executive chair of Propertymark has now taken up a leading role in The Conveyancing Association Nicky Heathcote is becoming the...
07 May 2021
From: Breaking News

With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...
28 April 2021
From: Features

New Land Registry rules mean conveyancers and solicitors must have written evidence to show they have tried to resolve a request...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents are being urged to push through their pipelines before the upcoming stamp duty deadlines. The plea comes from Simply Conveyancing, which...
19 April 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech firm says its new tool allows comprehensive upfront property information to be shared instantly with all parties in a...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News

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

The last property event I attended in person – and I think the last physical property event held all told –...
10 April 2021
From: Features

A leading conveyancing industry chief says the one factor that would help improve the slow house buying process today would be the...
09 April 2021
From: Breaking News

The UK property market is always evolving but never as quickly as it is now. Traditional estate agents are seriously questioning...
07 April 2021
From: Features

One of the most outspoken campaigners against stamp duty has been fined for avoiding tens of thousands of pounds in … stamp...
07 April 2021
From: Breaking News

We are just over one year on from the day our lives truly changed, when the UK went into its first...
03 April 2021
From: Features

Conveyancers should consider the provision of electric vehicle parking and charging in transactions according to a legal company. Law firm says that...
30 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The Law Society is to pilot upfront conveyancers’ information for home buyers and sellers. This will involve the TA6 form which contains...
23 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Later this year, on October 22, the ESTAS 2021 will take place in London. The glittering ceremony will welcome property professionals...
17 March 2021
From: Features

The findings of the new ‘Thriving in a Pandemic’ report, recently published by tmgroup and mio, have highlighted that the market...
17 March 2021
From: Features

One of the companies at the heart of the campaign to provide more upfront information to prospective buyers has struck a...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News

Rarely do Budgets produce positive sentiments from the agency industry but Chancellor Rishi Sunak appears to have won widespread support for...
04 March 2021
From: Breaking News

The head of a PropTech platform wants financial penalties on conveyancers if transactions miss deadlines. “The only way to accelerate the current...
03 March 2021
From: Breaking News

No fewer than 79 per cent of people want the stamp duty holiday extended according to a survey conducted by an...
02 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A radical way to end the current stamp duty holiday has been suggested by three different legal bodies. The Society of Licensed...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News

A prominent conveyancer has hit out at the extension to the stamp duty holiday, which is now ending in late June and...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A conveyancing trade publication wants those involved in residential transactions to be kind to each other - especially as the stamp duty...
25 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will extend the stamp duty holiday deadline until the end of June - a three month extension. The lead...
24 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Reservation Agreement specialist Gazeal is to sponsor the Estate Agent categories at The ESTAS later this year. Gazeal chief executive Bryan Mansell...
17 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Agents and conveyancers are expressing doubt over whether a possible six week extension to the stamp duty holiday will be enough...
15 February 2021
From: Breaking News

The biggest awards in the residential property sector, The ESTAS, has confirmed an autumn date for its main 2021 event. Traditionally the...
09 February 2021
From: Breaking News

There is no scientific formula, no list of must-have elements in a successful campaign. That’s especially the case for a campaign involving...
06 February 2021
From: Features

We are now over four weeks in to our third national lockdown in the UK. Although the property market remains open,...
03 February 2021
From: Features

Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...
01 February 2021
From: Breaking News

Properties are currently taking 29 per cent longer than average to sell once under offer, according to research by a home...
29 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech supplier says the conveyancing process is “antiquated” and buyers and sellers would be better served if they were ’shadowed’...
26 January 2021
From: Breaking News
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The property market became somewhat fractious during 2020. After receiving a much-needed boost with the promise of stamp duty relief, things...
20 January 2021
From: Features

The government may be stopping MPs debating an extension to the stamp duty holiday - despite a pledge they would do...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A PropTech company has won a grant for a project to improve ID verification in the buying and selling process, via...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A national newspaper is today launching a campaign for the stamp duty holiday to be extended. The Daily Telegraph says its campaign...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Sir Kier Starmer has told the government it should look again at whether estate agents’ viewings of properties for sale and...
11 January 2021
From: Breaking News

Just a week ago, I thought it was all over. Christmas and New Year had gone, as had the passionate calls...
09 January 2021
From: Features

There’s growing optimism that an extension to the stamp duty holiday - thought to be off the agenda just days ago...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A mortgage lender says it will now accept ‘no-search indemnity insurance’ for residential purchases in a bid to speed up the...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A trade body has called on House Secretary Robert Jenrick to intervene over the growing problem of delays in councils providing...
05 January 2021
From: Breaking News

An auction house that's made a transition from ballroom operations to online streaming is to publish all fees for all lots -...
31 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The largest company involved in the controversial Modern Method of Auction says it’s producing a “disruptive digital market campaign to address...
24 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Solicitors’ leaders say members of their industry are suffering mental health problems as a result of the workload to meet the...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News

MPs lobbied by agents to extend the stamp duty holiday are staying firmly on the fence with standard answers and no...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Delays with the return of property searches is one key factor for sales taking longer to complete. As conveyancers start to warn...
05 December 2020
From: Features

‘Many are in complete denial about the time it takes and still think it’s eight to 10 weeks.’ I won’t tell you...
05 December 2020
From: Features

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content

A leading conveyancing sector spokesmen says some mortgage lenders are making the current delays in the house buying process worse. Rob Hailstone,...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News

As what now seems like a common occurrence everything has changed again since I last sat down to write about the...
28 November 2020
From: Features

A high-profile publicity campaign has culminated in the launch of a new CRM which calls itself as “a transformative new technology, empowering...
25 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Searches that are bound by the Search Code, protecting the seller, buyer and lender, are property and not client specific. As...
21 November 2020
From: Features

The director of a conveyancing technology company has hit out at what he calls “an over-reliance on outdated processes” and “age-old...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The customer service performance of conveyancers has improved in recent months according to the ESTAS review platform. The long-standing and sometimes-heated debate...
18 November 2020
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s top buying agents is advising purchasers and vendors to avoid online agencies and 'bucketshop' conveyancers. Edward Heaton - founder...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A prominent PropTech supplier wants agents to hand over much more information to conveyancers to allow them to make faster progress on...
16 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Watching the government’s surprise press conference a couple of weekends ago the message was clear; we were heading into a gruelling...
14 November 2020
From: Features

A law firm wants the government to agree that properties that have exchanged but not yet completed can definitely benefit from the...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Conveyancers have considered whether the long-standing ‘caveat emptor’ or buyer beware principle in a property purchase should be replaced by ‘vendor...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading firm of conveyancers will this week tell new clients that their property purchases are likely to miss the stamp...
09 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The 2021 ESTAS Customer Service Awards are to be held on Friday June 11. For the first time the awards will host...
09 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks recently launched a meditation service to help buyers and sellers manage stress. You might disagree with the idea, but moving...
04 November 2020
From: Features

Buyers in around 30 per cent of English cities are almost certainly already too late to complete a purchase by March 31...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News

We can all agree that the recovery of the property market since May has been outstanding. The latest data from Zoopla...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Figures just released from HM Revenue & Customs show just how much stamp duty buyers pay, at least before the current holiday...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A leading market analyst says the widespread belief that we are ‘safe’ in our homes may indirectly lead to the recent...
02 November 2020
From: Breaking News

The housing market is to remain open in the four week lockdown in England. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government...
31 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been told to avoid a stamp duty holiday cliff-edge next March at any price - because it...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A conveyancing firm is blaming councils for delays in transactions. Conveyancers have themselves been sharply criticised in recent weeks as the sharp...
28 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The outgoing chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents is warning that the sales system continues to struggle with...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday has been a hot topic of conversation for many in the residential property industry –...
24 October 2020
From: Features

Savills says the shape and size of the housing market in the coming months will be determined by the capacity of conveyancers...
22 October 2020
From: Breaking News

I had a wry smile when I read the article on Monday from the conveyancers complaining about people getting off their...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Delays across the house buying sector mean those wanting to benefit from the stamp duty holiday need to begin the buying...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Conveyancers are sending a blunt message to estate agents: transactions will take longer than usual and don’t chase us with queries and...
19 October 2020
From: Breaking News

2020 has definitely been a year of change. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the day-to-day operations of almost every industry...
17 October 2020
From: Features

With many transactions now delayed by up to three weeks by slow searches, a body representing local search providers is urging...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News

The latest review by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team into referral fees places the outdated practice of...
10 October 2020
From: Features

In early September, mio achieved an industry first with the release of the mio chain view API. Now, all the parties...
10 October 2020
From: Features

A woman who bought a London house in 2012 is now suing the conveyancers that worked for her at the time...
05 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Consumer group Which? says the stamp duty holiday has cut more than £4,000 from the average cost of moving home -...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Property technology company OneDome, which operates two portals - OneDome and Nethouseprices - has raised another £5m in funding. It says it...
29 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The cross-sector group looking at reforming the sales process has agreed a new pledge which it says introduces greater transparency for...
25 September 2020
From: Breaking News

New PropTech products continue to appear, many aimed at enhancing transparency in buying and selling, or helping agents adopt new ways of...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Two agencies have entered the debate on whether the current frenzied housing market is seeing delays in completions. Yesterday EAT reported that...
22 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Almost two fifths of property buyers don't know what conveyancers and solicitors do, according to new research. My Home Move Conveyancing's survey...
16 September 2020
From: Breaking News

For a number of years now, predictions have been made that one of the major tech giants will eventually enter the...
12 September 2020
From: Features

Research by Zoopla has revealed the scale of the mistakes by and regrets for disillusioned home buyers. For large numbers of people...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The new president of NAEA Propertymark says one of her key objectives for the year ahead is to prepare the industry...
03 September 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...
29 August 2020
From: Features

Customer review and awards platform the ESTAS is parting company with headline partner Zoopla after 10 years. The founder of The ESTAS...
18 August 2020
From: Breaking News

HM Land Registry customers - including agents and conveyancers - can now manage all of their applications and correspondence including notices,...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News

A PropTech platform that aims to lock-in sellers and buyers via a mutually agreed reservation agreement system is being offered free...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Conferences, events and awards dinners are a hugely important part of the property calendar, bringing the great and the good of...
18 July 2020
From: Features

Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...
18 July 2020
From: Features

The ESTAS Group says it will combine its awards events for agents, conveyancers and mortgage brokers in one ceremony in May...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News

At a recent Conveyancing Association webinar focused on the provision of upfront information in the property sale process, there was a...
11 July 2020
From: Features

In the second of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, the Estate Agents Sales Progression platform, explores...
11 July 2020
From: Features

An estate agency is warning that the likely rush of transactions when the new stamp duty holiday ends next spring will...
09 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Collaboration creates a bigger market Iain White, of the Innovation Collaboration Group “the Estate Agency industry must recognise that collaboration will...
30 June 2020
From: Sponsored Content

With three months of lockdown behind us, commission income is vital, and sales progression is more important than ever. Emma Vigus, Managing...
27 June 2020
From: Features

Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...
27 June 2020
From: Features

A tax and legal specialist says there’s been a huge rise in stamp duty refund cases between March and June -...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News

PropTech supplier mio says it now has over 1,000 agency branches using its sales progression platform - and it’s recruited Countrywide...
03 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Consumers are not as worried as they should be about conveyancing fraud, putting them at risk of losing life-changing sums of...
02 June 2020
From: Breaking News

The government is jeopardising the success of the housing market relaunch through the inflexibility of the furlough scheme, claims a group...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A specialist legal advisory service is urging conveyancers to use the reopening of the housing market as an opportunity to increase...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News

A large majority of property professionals polled by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors say a stamp duty holiday would be...
14 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Guidance issued by the government explicitly advises agents, buyers and sellers that more activity should be done online if possible. “The process...
14 May 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s back to work today for England’s estate agents and the housing market - but it’s the start of a new...
13 May 2020
From: Breaking News

There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...
09 May 2020
From: Features

HM Land Registry is making it easier to verify individuals’ ID from today. In addition to conveyancers and chartered legal executives, verification...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Housing minister Chris Pincher is drawing up guidelines which could allow agents to return to something like normal working in the near...
03 May 2020
From: Breaking News

The coming week’s stories in the mainstream media - inevitably focused on Coronavirus - will be dominated by two things. Firstly there...
02 May 2020
From: Features

Business consultancy TwentyCi is the latest to try to put a value on the potential losses to the property industry and...
29 April 2020
From: Breaking News

At the moment, it somehow seems like tempting fate to think too far into the future, especially in terms of the...
25 April 2020
From: Features

If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could be in the category of High Street premises first allowed to...
18 April 2020
From: Features

Three more agencies have signed up to the ESTAS customer review platform. The arrival of Newton Fallowell, Lovelle and Goodchilds - all...
16 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Another body is calling for a stamp duty holiday to help resuscitate the housing market following the Coronavirus standstill. The Royal Institute...
14 April 2020
From: Breaking News

One of Britain’s leading agents says online viewing and interest in videos for homes on sale continues to be relatively strong...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News

New guidance has just been agreed by conveyancers on house moves during the Coronavirus crisis. The procedures - made pubic only last...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...
27 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Your business may be growing quicker than you could ever imagine which is great when it comes to raising brand awareness....
11 March 2020
From: Features

The head of a firm that has been creating digital property log books for well over a decade says the house-moving...
06 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The ESTAS today reveals its shortlist for the 2020 Awards which includes the Zoopla Xcellence Award - a special category that celebrates...
04 March 2020
From: Breaking News

The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The Law Society is telling prospective house purchasers to probe flood risks in the light of a new practice note it...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News

“It appears conveyancers either aren’t too concerned with PropTech right now, or they don’t yet have all the information needed to...
05 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The Law Society has announced that there will be a new TA6 Property Information Form launching next week, on Friday February...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Rightmove and Zoopla have been working with key figures from government and the agency and conveyancing industries on how to reform...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News

It is possible that agents and their business partners in the conveyancing, mortgage and survey industries could be obliged to have...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Some older estate agents may end up retiring when mandatory examinations and qualifications are introduced as there will be no ‘free...
28 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Logbooks about properties must be made available up-front at the point of marketing and not later in the buying process if...
28 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Reapit has joined a consortium attempting to make the long-anticipated end-to-end digital home buying process a reality. It’s joined the IPN Consortium,...
20 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Estate agents and others in the property industry have much more to do to deter money laundering. That’s the view of a security...
15 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager for the South West of...
07 January 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

Alex Chesterman, the entrepreneur who founded Zoopla, has given vocal backing to a new conveyancing app called Thirdfort. The app allows conveyancers’...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News

It’s one of the most crucial aspects of the homebuying and selling process but is too often bogged down by frustrating...
21 December 2019
From: Features

A new tie-up between Coadjute, a network for decentralised workflow and data sharing within the property industry, and banks including NatWest...
11 December 2019
From: Sponsored Content

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A PropTech company says the majority of transactions now involve chains and that the issue is becoming more problematic for agents...
27 November 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been a significant drop in the number of housing transactions dealt with by conveyancers in the first nine months of...
19 November 2019
From: Breaking News

ESTAS, the national customer service award scheme which recognises estate and letting agents, conveyancers and mortgage advisors, has now fully launched...
12 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Reservation Agreements are the subject of the moment in the agency industry. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is to...
09 November 2019
From: Features

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jason Wilson, mio Account Manager What is mio and what does...
05 November 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

Reservation Agreements may require bigger financial penalties than the £500 to £1,000 currently envisaged if they are to work. That’s the view...
01 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Another estate agency has come out in favour of reservation agreements. High-end agency Chestertons says transactions currently fall through too frequently and the...
29 October 2019
From: Breaking News

There are many adjectives that can be applied to Boris Johnson, probably very few of them complimentary, but there’s one that...
26 October 2019
From: Features

First details have emerged of the information vendors may have to provide up-front In future transactions if government house buying reforms...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has given more details of the trial of reservation agreements likely to take...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Yopa – launched in 2015 as part of the new breed of hybrid operators seeking to shake up the industry –...
19 October 2019
From: Features

A trade body has sharply criticised HM Land Registry for its slow progress on digitising local searches after a promising start...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Reservation agreements locking in buyers and sellers could be trailed with some agencies and conveyancers early in 2020, a government official...
15 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Case study: Connells reaping the time-saving benefits of new sales and communication tool Since adopting mio in September 2018, Josh Lally, Senior...
07 October 2019
From: Sponsored Content

The reform of the buying process is to take centre stage at a special conference called Bold Legal LIVE! taking place...
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Property management service Move with Us has announced a new partnership with chain management service View My Chain. Move with Us, founded...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A London estate agency says one of its buyers wants to delay completion until November 1 “just in case stamp duty...
02 September 2019
From: Breaking News

This is the busiest week of the year for house moves, with the single busiest day being Friday according to a...
27 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Phil Smith - mio Account manager What is mio and what does...
19 August 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

A sales progression tool is urging property professionals and consumers alike to do more to speed up typical transaction times, and...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News

What a credit to the industry so many agents, surveyors and suppliers are: this week’s ADC shows the diverse range of...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A new analysis of stamp duty suggests that a cut of around a third in SDLT could produce a 40 per...
05 August 2019
From: Breaking News

I feel I am in a fortunate position. I have been central to the PropTech movement for a number of years,...
24 July 2019
From: Breaking News
05 July 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...
03 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content

Purplebricks’ former chief executive Lee Wainwright has made a stout defence of the controversial agency’s sales progression process and its local...
28 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A conveyancing body is calling on mortgage lenders to standardise their policies in respect of unexpired lease terms in order to...
12 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Instant online valuation service The ValPal Network has revealed a conveyancing partner which it says will help agents boost referral fees. The...
12 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A member of a legal information and networking organisation says an online estate agency expects him to do some work in...
10 June 2019
From: Breaking News

In recent years, estate and letting agents have been faced with a series of tough challenges to absorb and react to. There...
01 June 2019
From: Features

Just 200 conveyancing firms control over 39 per cent of the market in England and Wales, wielding significant power over customers,...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Two PropTech suppliers have this week announced new partnerships and products with the aim of helping estate agents. Firstly, sales progression and...
09 May 2019
From: Breaking News

More than 800 property transactions fall through daily, which can have repercussions both practically and financially, as agents fail to get...
30 March 2019
From: Features

A large-scale survey by a consumer group has revealed that over half of home owners regard stamp duty as a growing...
26 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Over the last few years, there have a number of changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) regime, which have...
23 March 2019
From: Features

When it comes to major issues confronting housing, and in particular the direction that the government would like to take the...
23 March 2019
From: Features

Thinking about the state of communication across residential property chains is enough to induce a severe migraine. We work in a world...
20 March 2019
From: Features

Two 'challenger portals' have revealed major new services this morning as they fight to take on Rightmove and Zoopla. OneDome, the new...
15 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Half of first time buyers say they made expensive mistakes during their process of purchasing their home, with mortgage brokers, removal...
13 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The proliferation of big data is paving the way to improving our economy on almost every front as entrepreneurial digital companies...
09 March 2019
From: Features

The ESTAS has released details of those agents and suppliers to the industry who have been shortlisted for the most prestigious...
08 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The head of residential property at a law firm is warning that referral fees can backfire on estate agents who may...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The director of strategy at the Council for Licensed Conveyancers says “the onus is very much on estate agents” to respond...
05 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A new sales portal has launched with a radically different business model, aiming to pay agents to list on it. It’s the brainchild of...
28 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A member of a prominent legal network is warning buyers and their conveyancers to be ”wary” of the Modern Method of...
27 February 2019
From: Breaking News

More details are emerging of the first-ever ESTAS conference for conveyancers - the Bold Legal Conference - taking place on the...
26 February 2019
From: Breaking News

A review of the housing market at present, particularly when it comes to purchase transactions, might not necessarily feel overly positive. The...
26 January 2019
From: Features

Politicians and officials are studying a ‘model’ two page reservation agreement drawn up by a law firm as a possible way...
24 January 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s been revealed that the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team is to deliver new guidelines to agents for referral fees...
23 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The head of a property management company says conveyancers must do more to ensure buyers of leasehold properties fully understand the...
10 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of active conveyancing firms handling property transactions in England and Wales has fallen to an eight year low. A market...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News

It’s been revealed that 37 regulated conveyancing firms have repelled attempted frauds in the past year. But 11 conveyancing firms have actually...
04 December 2018
From: Breaking News

How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...
17 November 2018
From: Features

Conveyancers’ use of data and technology to speed through sales is on the cusp of a ‘big bang’ moment according to...
12 November 2018
From: Breaking News

A digital conveyancing platform says a lack of transparency in the house moving process - particularly regarding legal costs - is...
09 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Agents may sometimes have a tense relationship with conveyancers but admit it - when our legal colleagues are good, they are...
01 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Just under one in five buyers in the past two years have suffered moving day delays, either because funds have been...
16 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A government minister has told the estate agency industry that it must be more transparent over the issue of referral fees. In...
09 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A call has gone out for conveyancers to have all monies - including mortgage funds - in place the day before...
01 October 2018
From: Breaking News

You will perhaps have seen recently that the Government has decided to boost funding to the regulator, the National Trading Standards...
29 September 2018
From: Features

Some conveyancers must publish some price and service information on their websites and in other media from December 6, according to...
28 September 2018
From: Breaking News

HM Land Registry says the full roll-out of its Local Land Charges digital register could take up to seven years, with...
19 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Fresh data from a PropTech firm suggests that 'conveyancer absenteeism' is causing severe delays to property transactions. When You Move reports that...
06 September 2018
From: Breaking News

New rules set out by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), which aim to support consumer choice, have been approved by...
03 September 2018
From: Breaking News

Out and about recently, I got to thinking: how often do I actually have the call for cash anymore? Or, for...
25 August 2018
From: Features

After gaining my MBA qualification from Edinburgh Business School in 2005, I took careful consideration over my career moves and prospective...
22 August 2018
From: Features

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers says it wants legal practice websites to list cost information, including whether they have referral arrangements. The...
02 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A leading legal firm has given broad approval to proposals from the Law Commission aimed at improving the conveyancing process and...
30 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The Law Commission has unveiled proposals that it claims could stop property fraudsters in theirb tracks and improve conveyancing at the...
24 July 2018
From: Breaking News

We are currently engaged in consultations with our members to help to find a practical solution to the concern of the...
21 July 2018
From: Features

You will notice that there is a new author for this regular column for Estate Agent Today. Last month I was...
21 July 2018
From: Features

A ‘disruptor’ tech company claims that large numbers of people are dissastisfied with the conveyancing element of house moves, with many...
09 July 2018
From: Breaking News

As the process of making buying and selling more transparent continues to gather pace, the body that regulates conveyancers says it...
05 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Despite numerous reports of a 'stagnant market' and predictions of a 'housing bust', conveyancers have 'bounced back after a disappointing end...
22 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The Court of Appeal has overturned controversial fraud decisions which have a bearing on agents’ and conveyancers’ responsibilities for checking buyers’...
16 May 2018
From: Breaking News

The prospect of technology transforming the selling and buying process, including more power for portals and especially online agents, dominated parts...
14 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Estate Agent Today understands several major national agencies and some smaller operators are involved in a project to understand why transaction...
09 May 2018
From: Breaking News

As the world becomes ever more digital and people increasingly look to technology to provide convenient solutions to sometimes complex problems,...
08 May 2018
From: Sponsored Content

An umbrella body representing search organisations says searches “are very rarely the cause of delays” in transactions. The Council of Property Search...
20 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The Conveyancing Association has backed the government’s calls for extensive reform of the buying and selling process, announced at the weekend. The...
12 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The conveyancing industry regulator has thrown its weight behind the government’s proposals to improve the buying and selling process. Stephen Ward, director of strategy...
10 April 2018
From: Breaking News

More details have emerged of the government’s proposals to enhance estate agency regulation, regulate referral fees, offer guides for buyers and...
09 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has announced further measures which will, in its words, “professionalise” house buying and the estate agency business. In yet another Sunday...
08 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Industry suppliers Landmark Information and The ValPal Network have entered what they call “a strategic relationship” to provide the firms’ respective...
28 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Three weeks has flown by (I missed an early deadline last week - apologies) and I find myself writing the next...
24 March 2018
From: Features

The comparison site Reallymoving, which allows users to get online quotes for conveyancers, surveyors and removal firms, has acquired the property...
22 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A critic of the conveyancing process has accused a law firm’s charge of £95 for “exchange and completion within five working...
13 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Welcome once again to Property Jobs Today, the notice-board for agents, suppliers and other property professionals moving within, out or in...
12 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Crimestoppers is working with estate agencies and financial advisers as well as conveyancers in a bid to eliminate house buyers’ deposits...
07 March 2018
From: Breaking News

HM Land Registry has taken another step towards its aim to “make conveyancing simpler, faster and cheaper” for the general public. The...
05 March 2018
From: Breaking News

In a show of changing consumer behaviour in the property market, new research has revealed that digital-savvy movers are favouring specialist...
26 February 2018
From: Sponsored Content

Representatives from estate and lettings agencies as well as professional organisations have formed The Home Buying And Selling Group with a...
26 February 2018
From: Breaking News

In the great swathe of housing market data which is delivered each month, conveyancers’ case volumes often get overlooked, however the...
24 February 2018
From: Features

Home movers are opting to use specialist conveyancers over local solicitors, according to new research. Conveyancing software firm InfoTrack says 43% of...
21 February 2018
From: Breaking News

We seem to be getting more and more contact from agents and others in the industry who are doing great work...
02 February 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has given its support to Land Registry proposals to increase the digitalisation of its services, with changes coming into...
29 January 2018
From: Breaking News

If you were under any misconceptions about how pivotal a role HM Land Registry is going to play in the future...
27 January 2018
From: Features

The ESTAS Group has announced record entries for its 2018 estate and letting agents awards. The national award scheme - which recognises...
25 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Japanese knotweed, the invasive plant brought over to Britain in the Victorian era, threatens millions of pounds worth of property transactions...
20 January 2018
From: Features

The body that regulates conveyancers says controversial referral fees should be disclosed earlier in the house buying process - but they...
10 January 2018
From: Breaking News

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers says it is worried that HM Land Registry’s decision to publish details of apparent errors in...
03 January 2018
From: Breaking News

HM Land Registry says it’s consulting with the legal industry on a proposal to publish a league table of conveyancers who...
02 January 2018
From: Breaking News

A conveyancers’ trade body has told the government that it wants the house buying process to be modernised by having estate...
18 December 2017
From: Breaking News

A company supplying the conveyancing industry claims that new research reveals 55 per cent of home-movers are frustrated by a lack...
08 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The HM Land Registry has revealed more details of long-term plans to improve and speed up conveyancing processes in a five...
06 December 2017
From: Breaking News

The first residential transaction has taken place under the so-called Conveyancer’s Code for Completion - a new procedure in which the...
30 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The housing industry has set out a list of demands in advance of the government’s hotly anticipated Autumn Budget on Wednesday. Despite...
18 November 2017
From: Features

A large part of the DCLG’s Call for Evidence on the home buying and selling process focuses on the role of...
18 November 2017
From: Features

A conveyancing body says it wants the government to allocate “a small fund” in next week’s Budget to promote research into...
16 November 2017
From: Breaking News

An influential consumer group has responded to the government’s commitment to reform the house buying process by advocating legally-binding reservation agreements...
01 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Three hundred of the UK’s top conveyancers have celebrated the success of the industry at the first ever ESTAS Conveyancer Awards. The...
26 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The Conveyancing Association says some of its members are piloting HIPs-style Digital Home Reports in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and...
24 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Conveyancers and the speed of local council searches have come in for criticism as details have emerged of the government’s consultation...
23 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The founder of a new online sales assistance service says agents are often unfairly blamed by the public for failings in...
19 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The Guild of Property Professionals has launched a partnership with the ESTAS Group, which runs the customer feedback platform and customer...
13 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The ESTAS Group has today revealed the shortlist for its inaugural Conveyancer Awards. Over 5,000 customers have completed a survey about the...
06 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Whenever any research is released, part of me can’t help thinking of that old adage, ‘lies, damn lies and statistics’ especially...
02 September 2017
From: Features

You’ll see a lot of 10th anniversary stories in the property industry and consumer media in the coming days: early August...
28 July 2017
From: Features

A Conservative commitment to allow more fracking is the trigger for conveyancers to gather yet more environmental information during the search...
06 July 2017
From: Breaking News

The Competition and Markets Authority has released a set of recommendations on how conveyancing, and other legal services, could be made...
03 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Entries for the new ESTAS Conveyancing Awards are now open and you have just over a month to get nominations in...
29 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A new PropTech venture aims to do what the ill-fated Veyo system failed to achieve - creating an online platform bringing...
28 June 2017
From: Breaking News

A cluster of conveyancing and legal experts, known as the Legal Sector Group, has published a raft of proposals on leasehold...
21 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The banning of letting fees levied on tenants has dominated the industry headlines in recent months but this election campaign suggests...
27 May 2017
From: Features

Conveyancers have backed a call by the Conservatives for reform of the house buying process - and says more up-front information...
26 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A conveyancing expert is calling for sellers to complete and return their property information questionnaire to their conveyancer before there have...
25 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The Conservative Party says it wants greater competition and more digitisation to cut the costs and reduce the amount of time...
22 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The Conservatives now say they are not resuscitating Home Information Packs, despite a suggestion by a prominent former minister that they "had...
19 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Four Proptech experts have listed the top 10 start up companies they believe are the ones to watch for agents and...
10 May 2017
From: Breaking News

There are only a few days to go before The ESTAS - the biggest event in the awards calendar for agents,...
08 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The average cost of moving home in the UK was £9,472 in 2016 according to a survey by the Centre for...
03 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Not only did Theresa May stun everyone with her decision to call a ‘snap election’ but with the campaign now underway...
29 April 2017
From: Features

The first ever electronic e-signature exchange of contracts for a residential property transaction in the UK has been completed this month,...
19 April 2017
From: Breaking News

Legal Eye has been announced as the latest organisation to support the new customer service awards for the conveyancing sector launch...
18 April 2017
From: Breaking News

The publication of our Strategic Plan, ‘Building the framework for the future’, met with an anticipated degree of positive and not-so-positive...
01 April 2017
From: Features

The Conveyancing Association wants the creation of a ‘log book’ and ‘Home Reports’ for each home on sale - reminiscent in...
15 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has this week published a consumer guide on leasehold property. The document, released yesterday, has a specific focus...
07 March 2017
From: Breaking News

One thing that can be guaranteed in the property world each year is a range of conferences and awards dinners. Very...
01 March 2017
From: Sponsored Content

The ESTAS Group has revealed the shortlist for its 2017 awards - and has announced that this year has seen a...
01 March 2017
From: Breaking News

A sales progression tool claims to have reduced the average transaction time for a property from around 94 days to around...
27 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The housing market has not been short of a White Paper over the last few months, and while you might just...
25 February 2017
From: Features

Online agency HouseSimple has been told that by the Advertising Standards Authority that its TV advertisement including the claim ‘sell your...
22 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The rapid growth in popularity of buy-to-let in recent years, fuelled in part by the failings of the pensions industry, has...
17 February 2017
From: Features

Reapit, the provider of CRM software to much of the estate agency industry, has become one of the partners for the...
31 January 2017
From: Breaking News

A conveyancing portal has announced the release of new functionality which allows estate agents to create chains in its system. The 'Estate...
25 January 2017
From: Breaking News

They say you can prove anything with statistics, and 115% of the time I suspect they’re right – that was an...
21 January 2017
From: Features

Conveyancers are to be told to publish the charges for their house-moving services in a bid to help consumers and to...
16 December 2016
From: Breaking News

The Conveyancing Association has revised its wish-list of reforms to, in its words, “ensure fewer delays, a less costly process, and...
07 December 2016
From: Breaking News

A firm is warning of “a wave of litigation from home owners who were given inadequate advice from their solicitors or...
29 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Leaseholds Solution - the company behind the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners - says it wants recent proposals to modernise the...
28 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The Conveyancers' Association has called for sweeping changes to the house buying and moving system to create a "more certain and...
14 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Working relationships between estate agents and conveyancers can be mutually beneficial with the referral of work between parties. However, they are missing...
12 November 2016
From: Features

A new automated sales progression tool being launched today promises to require fewer resources from agents in return for ensuring faster...
31 October 2016
From: Breaking News

We are now less than a month away from Philip Hammond’s first Autumn Statement to the nation, depending of course on...
28 October 2016
From: Features

The ESTAS Group, which already runs the largest award scheme for the estate agency industry, has launched new awards for the...
27 October 2016
From: Breaking News

The Conveyancing Association says new Chancellor Phillip Hammond should use next month’s Autumn Statement as the opportunity to reverse controversial buy...