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11 December 2019
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[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
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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
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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
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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...
05 October 2016
From: Breaking News

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...
16 September 2016
From: Features

I write this during the week that David Cameron resigned as an MP – it is quite startling how quickly politics...
16 September 2016
From: Features

Conveyancers will debate how various stakeholders – including estate agents – can deliver a more collaborative home moving experience at an...
13 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The Conveyancing Association says it is continuing to campaign to reform the leasehold transaction process, despite the government saying there is...
02 September 2016
From: Breaking News

With ever increasing obligations, estate agents know that compliance matters now more than ever. However, being able to obtain access to the...
12 August 2016
From: Features

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers has become the latest body to call for the scrapping of stamp duty to give the...
08 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The Conveyancing Association has set out recommendations to end what it claims are significant delays and overcharging taking place within the...
03 August 2016
From: Breaking News

What a month it has been. By the time you read this, we'll have a new Prime Minister, a new Cabinet,...
15 July 2016
From: Features

Nearly three quarters of people who have sold or bought a property deem it more stressful than having a child or...
15 July 2016
From: Features

The Zoopla Property Group have been confirmed as headline partner once again for The ESTAS next year. The ESTAS is a...
06 July 2016
From: Breaking News

The Conveyancing Association is setting up a working group to consider how to increase transparency, cut unnecessary delays and costs, and...
23 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A product that describes itself as a ‘concierge service for estate agents’ has launched under the title Property Butler, with links...
09 June 2016
From: Breaking News

Who are you? Carole Marsden What does it say on your business card? UK Sales Director What attracted you to join SearchFlow? SearchFlow has...
07 June 2016
From: 60 Second Interview

Fraudsters attacking the conveyancing sector, successfully stealing large sums of money from homebuyers, are making national headlines at a depressing rate....
27 May 2016
From: Sponsored Content

In this business you get used to dealing with regular customer and third-party feedback, input, and (occasionally) complaints. Much like the agency market...
13 May 2016
From: Features

Here are the top letting agents in Britain who go above and beyond to help their customers, as voted for by...
10 May 2016
From: Features

I have spent the last 20 years working within the conveyancing business, alongside estate agents and I can’t help feeling a...
06 May 2016
From: Features

On Tuesday we managed hail, snow, rain, sun and a chilly wind all in one day. Whatever you want to say...
29 April 2016
From: Features

SearchFlow, property intelligence specialists, has partnered with Decision First to offer an unrivalled service to protect conveyancers and homebuyers from the...
26 April 2016
From: Sponsored Content

Winners’ reactions and views from a fantastic day of celebration! The Kings Group scooped the gold award for Best Estate Agent in...
25 April 2016
From: Features

The complete list of this year’s ESTAS award winners has now been released after a hugely successful ceremony in London hosted...
19 April 2016
From: Breaking News

It’s almost impossible to write about the conveyancing market and not reflect on the activity levels of the past month or...
15 April 2016
From: Features

Having urged agents to think about the full marketing mix and not just price, we must look at our business relationships...
08 April 2016
From: Features

This website recently published a piece ahead of the nationwide launch of our new property platform, Be Street Smart. It explained how...
01 April 2016
From: Features

Just a third of conveyancers are carrying out the most thorough electronic anti-money laundering checks for all transactions, it is being...
24 March 2016
From: Breaking News

The government’s official consultation exercise on the stamp duty surcharge - launched in controversial circumstances over the Christmas holidays - attracted...
22 March 2016
From: Breaking News

Last month the news of the Conveyancing Association’s (CA) newly-launched progression training course for agents and mortgage brokers, reached the news pages...
18 March 2016
From: Features

A record 30,000 surveys have been submitted to the organisers of The ESTAS awards on the performance of estate and letting...
01 March 2016
From: Breaking News

An estate agent has spoken out about the threat of ‘abandoned sales’ if a completion bottleneck prevents purchases of properties going...
29 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The Conveyancing Association is launching a training course for estate agents, as the debate swirls over whether a shortage of conveyancers...
24 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Haart says a shortage of conveyancers and lawyers is leading to delays in transactions, made worse by the high volume of...
23 February 2016
From: Breaking News

With the scale of devastation from flooding witnessed recently, anxiety about purchasing a property in a flood risk area is heightened....
16 February 2016
From: Sponsored Content

A body that regulates property searches has criticised some councils for providing “very poor service” which delays transactions. The Property Codes Compliance...
15 February 2016
From: Breaking News

New partners have been announced for The ESTAS Group's annual awards event taking place in London in April. The headline sponsor remains...
11 February 2016
From: Breaking News

A poll of conveyancers suggests that the vast majority believe environmental searches to identify the risk of flooding will become standard...
10 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers is calling on the government to reconsider the three per cent stamp duty surcharge being introduced...
08 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Predicting how the housing market might play out over the next few months is incredibly difficult. There are a significant number...
30 January 2016
From: Features

To those working within the conveyancing sector, the recent statistics from the Legal Ombudsman regarding complaints are perhaps not surprising. In our...
30 January 2016
From: Features

SearchFlow’s rebrand and positioning as the specialist in ‘property intelligence’ is a response to new technological advancements and the changing market...
21 January 2016
From: Sponsored Content

This week, SearchFlow launches it new brand. Group Marketing and Communications Director, Maud Rousseau discusses the ethos behind the new brand...
21 January 2016
From: 60 Second Interview

A riposte to Rob Hailstone's article: 'C'mon CHAPS, Don't be faized'. Good Day, and a late Merry Christmas. Sorry for the delay in...
08 January 2016
From: Features

The British Association of Removers has entered the dispute over changes to the CHAPS arrangements for the transfer of monies on...
22 December 2015
From: Breaking News

There has been a fierce attack on failed conveyancing portal Veyo, in the form of an open letter from one of the...
18 December 2015
From: Breaking News

This week’s final batch of photos come from agents and other property professionals who have taken a personal approach to the...
18 December 2015
From: Breaking News

Earlier this week removal man Matt Faizey had an article published by Estate Agent Today in which he commented about the...
11 December 2015
From: Features

This week, Storm Desmond has left devastation in its wake. Once again, the nation’s attention is drawn to the threat flooding...
11 December 2015
From: Features

The little-publicised extension of the CHAPS settlement day - taking the closure up to 6pm from next summer - has received...
07 December 2015
From: Breaking News

The possibility of the Land Registry being amongst £4.6 billion of public assets earmarked for privatisation has provoked protests across the...
27 November 2015
From: Breaking News

When it comes to the regulation of the conveyancing industry, this question is a topic of open and ongoing debate. Licensed conveyancers...
20 November 2015
From: Features

It was perhaps inevitable that as Christmas looms closer so agents’ fund-raising efforts would grow even stronger - and we’re always...
20 November 2015
From: Breaking News

Who are you? Colin Breavington What does it say on your business card? Operations Director We hear SearchFlow is expanding next year, can you give...
16 November 2015
From: 60 Second Interview

An insurance company claims that around 60 per cent of estate agents do not check with their vendor clients about disputes...
10 November 2015
From: Breaking News

A new online service claims to protect agents and others working in the industry from the threat of cybercrime. The service, called...
02 November 2015
From: Breaking News

There was a recent article in Estate Agent Today titled: Agents 'missing out on income by not charging for referrals'. A study...
30 October 2015
From: Features

Wind back the clock a few years and the working relationships I had with most estate agents was productive, beneficial and...
02 October 2015
From: Features

PropSpace, an international cloud-based property software firm that has recently launched in the UK, is one of the new sponsors of...
23 September 2015
From: Breaking News

The ESTAS, the longest and largest awards ceremony in the residential agency industry, has outgrown its old venue and is moving...
24 July 2015
From: Breaking News

CHAPS has confirmed that its operational hours will be extended from summer 2016, enabling high-value payments to be made until 6pm. The...
24 July 2015
From: Breaking News

A number of my member firms (Bold Legal Group) have reported that, compared to three years ago, the time to get...
17 July 2015
From: Features

In my recent article, ‘Is Gazeal for Real?’ I reported on the imminent launch of this new product that claimed it...
26 June 2015
From: Features

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has embarked on a mission to engage with the lender community with a view to initiating a...
26 June 2015
From: Features

A house is pretty much the largest investment a person will make in their lifetime, and it’s natural to want the...
16 June 2015
From: Sponsored Content

The ESTAS are more than the biggest and most prestigious awards in the industry. They are a management information service, marketing...
12 June 2015
From: Video Articles

So spring has sprung and the Hare is on the loose. After a very long gestation period, the Veyo leveret has...
29 May 2015
From: Features

The conveyancing portal Veyo officially commences its roll-out across England and Wales today, after originally pledging to open in April. Veyo is...
26 May 2015
From: Breaking News

The issue of some estate agents insisting that buyers and/or sellers use a particular solicitor or conveyancer has reared its ugly...