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11 December 2019
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Online estate agency Housesimple is extending its offer to sell homes for free to some postcodes in the Midlands. The offer is...
11 December 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s beginning to look a lot like…we’re running a very popular service for agents, as we’ve been inundated with more fund-raising...
29 November 2019
From: Breaking News

A conveyancing company has thrown its weight behind reforms to surveys outlined by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. As Estate Agent Today...
22 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

An estate agency has been fined £30,000 for waiting until minutes after the sale of a flat was completed to tell...
07 November 2019
From: Breaking News

The former chief of an online estate agency says the top three surviving firms in the sector must merge if they...
30 October 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s most prominent estate agents has given renewed backing to a pilot project on reservation agreements, being tested...
22 October 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s no doubt that we live in politically charged times and every day appears to bring something new to the ‘party’. For...
05 October 2019
From: Features

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

Picture this: You have finally pushed that sale or purchase through, which means your client is over the moon and happy...
25 September 2019
From: Features

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

‘Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains’. So is written on the tombstone of the father...
19 September 2019
From: Features

A PropTech start-up says its service allows investors from anywhere in the world to buy property in the UK which can...
17 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The typical estate agency fee paid by a seller has actually fallen one per cent in the past year according to...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Hello and welcome to the latest PJT, your weekly opportunity to catch up on key moves within the industry. Everyone mentioned here...
09 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

Online estate agency Housesimple has appointed a company to handle its public relations and social media as it rolls it its...
21 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Rightmove says the number of homes stuck in what it calls “the legal log jam” is at its highest for over...
19 August 2019
From: Breaking News

The typical new real estate agency forms when an entrepreneurial high performer quits their job at a leading chain and sets...
17 August 2019
From: Features

A new house price index that in June predicted big house price rises over the summer has now repeated its claim,...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the largest surveys of housing concerns amongst consumers suggests that agents fees - once a major issue - is...
08 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A local authority in the Home Counties says it will not be possible to accept search queries for six weeks starting...
31 July 2019
From: Breaking News

We now have a new Leader of the Conservative Party and, rather more importantly, a new Prime Minister. That individual is Boris...
27 July 2019
From: Features

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Eric Woodhams F.N.A.E.A. mio Account Manager What is mio and what...
26 July 2019
From: 60 Second Interview

Some 115,000 house moves are delayed annually because of funds not being cleared on time or because sellers have not vacated...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A recent study has revealed what the biggest moving home fails are in the UK, including damaged furniture, scratched walls and...
18 July 2019
From: Sponsored Content

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...
29 June 2019
From: Features

Online agency Housesimple has become the first in the UK to sell houses for free. It says that based on the average...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Conveyancing platform The Moving Hub and Acquaint CRM have announced a strategic partnership. New and existing users of Acquaint CRM will have...
18 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

It may well seem that the government is pre-occupied with one issue, and one issue alone. While preparations for Brexit take up a...
01 June 2019
From: Features

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

New research suggests it takes, on average, six months and 24 days to buy a home. The study, for PropTech virtual tours...
28 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...
18 May 2019
From: Features

A law firm says it’s made legal history by integrating the automated voice-activated platform Alexa into its system. Customers of Simply Conveyancing...
17 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Reforms to the house buying process in England and Wales to bring it more into line with Scotland could slash the...
16 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Here at Estate Agent Today, we're always pleased to highlight the lengths the best agents will go to provide outstanding customer...
14 May 2019
From: Breaking News

Conveyancing platform The Moving Hub has this week launched its proposition into the estate agency and mortgage intermediary sectors. The firm is...
14 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has launched its long-awaited ‘How to sell a home’ and ‘How to...
08 May 2019
From: Breaking News

The issue of ‘intergenerational fairness’ has been raised in recent weeks, some might say somewhat ironically by a House of Lords’...
04 May 2019
From: Features

A lawyer appears to be suggesting that ‘clean and tidy’ clauses be inserted into house purchase deals, allowing buyers to retain...
29 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Humberts, the agency which was one of the first to ditch High Street offices in favour of fewer larger hubs, has...
25 April 2019
From: Breaking News

The leasehold scandal continues to generate plenty of column inches, with fresh stories emerging almost daily of people living in unsellable...
18 April 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

Countrywide’s share price dipped to its lowest ever level yesterday, below 8p before recovering a little ground later in the day. The...
28 March 2019
From: Breaking News

A quick-buy firm that buys homes at around 85 per cent of market value claims the industry is concealing how slow...
26 March 2019
From: Breaking News

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

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

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

Hello and welcome to this week’s PJT, your weekly chance to catch up on major moves in our industry. Everyone here has...
11 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

Rightmove is undertaking an investigation into a PropTech app that has tried to list private sales on the portal. The perhaps-ironically named...
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

The UK’s two leading conveyancing groups have merged to form what they call a “powerhouse” to be called Simplify. My Home Move...
26 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

With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on...
16 February 2019
From: Features

One of the country’s leading conveyancing chiefs has given his support to reforms to the house buying process. But Rob Hailstone -...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News

There are many misconceptions about the franchising world but, whether we’re talking about estate agency franchises or fast food franchises, it’s...
09 February 2019
From: Features

A London estate agent says his system of ‘moral agreements’ between sellers and buyers prevents chains collapsing and means his company has...
08 February 2019
From: Breaking News

An annual study of transaction charges shows that house moving costs are now at a record average high of almost £10,000...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News

With far-reaching reforms of conveyancing and other aspects of house buying high on the government’s agenda, a trade body has revealed...
30 January 2019
From: Breaking News

There’s been a dramatic improvement in the speed of searches being completed and returned by local authorities, the government claims. Housing minister...
28 January 2019
From: Breaking News

In what promises to be a transformative year for conveyancing in the UK, the ESTAS is joining forces with the well-known...
28 January 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

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

One of the largest estate agencies in the Midlands, Newton Fallowell, says it’s made a remarkable £5m in referral fees from...
23 January 2019
From: Breaking News

If you thought Christmas Eve meant no more news in terms of industry movers and shakers…well, think again - we’ve one...
24 December 2018
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

A firm is launching a new Home Owner’s Passport this weekend in a bid to speed up conveyancing. With characteristics reminiscent of the much-derided Home...
29 November 2018
From: Breaking News

When was the last time you looked at your business and really thought about what you could do to improve? Yesterday? Last...
28 November 2018
From: Features

Intelligent Services Group - parent company of online auction service IAM Sold - is rebranding around the IAM name. ISG and its...
20 November 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

Conveyancing regularly adds unnecessary and costly delays to the home buying process and improvement could be far quicker than any efforts...
17 November 2018
From: Features

Estate agents are missing around half of the conveyancing referral opportunities they could take, according to a new report. PropTech firm OneDome...
16 November 2018
From: Breaking News

Hard-pressed buyers who try to minimise house moving costs by doing their own conveyancing have been warned of the disastrous consequences...
15 November 2018
From: Breaking News

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

It’s the most obvious visual medium high street agents have at their disposal, and for many decades has been absolutely pivotal...
03 November 2018
From: Features

On the face of it, this year’s Budget was not what you could describe as ‘housing heavy’ in terms of the...
03 November 2018
From: Features

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

Few things anger the industry more than the effect of stamp duty and other costs on property transactions (well, maybe Purplebricks...
19 October 2018
From: Breaking News

When Professor Andrew Baum’s PropTech 3.0 report was first published, a small event was held to celebrate the very first academic...
10 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A series of leasehold roadshows beginning next month in Manchester aims to throw a spotlight on problems associated with the tenure,...
08 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

As the property market gears up for a busy autumn period, agents and property firms have been equally busy bolstering their...
10 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

Some 175,000 pieces of data relating to service in the conveyancing sector have been provided by 7,000 consumers for the second annual Conveyancer Awards...
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

In our previous 2 blogs we have covered the definitions of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs) and what the practical...
29 August 2018
From: Sponsored Content

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

Were it not for climate change, I would be very close to predicting that the summer is close to being over,...
18 August 2018
From: Features

The London market continues to produce unexpected results with two high end agencies reporting contrasting fortunes. Half year figures released by Chestertons...
07 August 2018
From: Breaking News

Home is where ? - Recently moved actually, live in a lovely house that looks over the Thames Estuary. I love...
06 August 2018
From: 60 Second Interview

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

It’s holiday time: schools have broken up, quite a few estate agents are taking time off, and the MPs are in...
28 July 2018
From: Features

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

If you’re an estate agent and have a property that is difficult to sell or the homeowner simply needs a fast...
20 July 2018
From: Sponsored Content

HM Land Registry calculates that 125,000 buyers will benefit from just the first phase of its digitisation programme for Local Land...
20 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Automated search companies have heaped praise on HM Land Registry following the digitisation of local land charge data - the LLC1...
12 July 2018
From: Breaking News

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

A decade ago we were still years away from Purplebricks, Countrywide was a colossus in the industry, no one had thought...
02 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Boy it‘s hot out there, with little end in sight yet. That’s the good news. Now the even better news -...
29 June 2018
From: Breaking News
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To say this is a turbulent time for UK politics would be something of an understatement. As I write, the Brexit...
23 June 2018
From: Features

If World Cup 2018 appeared to be low profile at the start, it didn’t last long. Following this week’s Harry Kane goals...
22 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Having recently attended FUTURE: PropTech in London, it struck me just how far the integration of property and technology has progressed...
09 June 2018
From: Features

A new online platform claims agents can now offer people a chance to buy a property with, literally, just one click...
31 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A PropTech startup which claims to revolutionise the speed at which property transactions can be processed has officially launched this week. When...
25 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Two online agents and a number of PropTech companies have been named in startups.co.uk's Startups 100 index. Coming in at number 64...
22 May 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

As housing market stakeholders we’ve all had a month or so to try and digest the government’s own response to its...
19 May 2018
From: Features

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 rise and fall - and perhaps rise again - of Countrywide has been of enduring interest to the agency industry...
12 May 2018
From: Features

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

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...
03 May 2018
From: 60 Second Interview

I have sold hundreds of lettings businesses over the last twenty-five years. Based on this experience, these are the mistakes that you...
02 May 2018
From: Features

Given the level of resource and energy being put behind upping the number of first-time buyers in the UK, you might...
28 April 2018
From: Features

People living in leasehold properties should extend the remaining terms of their leases before they drop beneath 80 years, according to a...
26 April 2018
From: Breaking News

A new study reveals precisely how little first time buyers apparently understand about the buying process. In a survey of 500 people...
24 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Estate agent licensing will reduce competition, make buying and selling homes more expensive, and add another layer of red tape to...
18 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Online agency HouseSimple has become a completely No Sale No Fee agency - and is thought to be the only online...
17 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

To say I had a lot of reaction to last week's column about selling my flat would be an understatement. I've never...
11 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

The first-ever ‘digital mortgage’ deed has been lodged at HM Land Registry, for a property at Rotherhithe in London. Coventry Building Society...
05 April 2018
From: Breaking News

At any given moment it’s difficult to say which issue dominates our marketplace, but I think it’s fair to acknowledge during...
31 March 2018
From: Features

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

It’s spring at last! Although we’ve only just finished wiping the snow off our boots, it’s great news that the clocks...
23 March 2018
From: Breaking News

A magazine claims its investigations into the sales tactics of Countrywide and Connells suggest the two agency are “harming consumers, stopping them from...
21 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Conveyancing services firm My Home Move has launched a portal which it claims gives users complete transparency checking their conveyancing progress. eWay, which is...
14 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

The troubled Countrywide group has this morning revealed its recovery plan to get - in its words - ‘back to basics’...
08 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

Firstly, a huge thanks to everyone who shared and commented on my first blog and for all those that emailed me...
03 March 2018
From: Features

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

A network of agents representing over 800 brands with over 4,000 branches has announced the launch of a host of new...
21 February 2018
From: Breaking News

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

Conveyancing volumes shrunk by 12 per cent last year, the first annual drop in workloads since 2011 - and the struggling...
19 February 2018
From: Breaking News

“Are we there yet?” In the same way that these words can drive you to distraction (any parent who has endured the...
17 February 2018
From: Features

Almost a third of all ‘Suspicious Activity Reports’ concerning possible anti-money laundering infringements and reported to the National Crime Agency have...
13 February 2018
From: Breaking News

A law firm says the problems with housing transactions lie not with issues like fall-throughs but with “people’s general lack of...
07 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Spicerhaart, which describes itself as the UK’s largest independent estate agency group, has been on the acquisition trail again, showing its...
05 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Whisper it quietly, but there seems to be change in the air when it comes to agents recommending lawyers based on...
03 February 2018
From: Features

Purplebricks’ new UK chief executive officer, Lee Wainwright, is to address a major industry conference in May - his first address...
02 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

PropTech companies Gazeal and GetMeMoving have teamed up in a partnership which they claim goes some way to meeting the government’s...
31 January 2018
From: Breaking News

A former director at London agency Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward has taken a swipe at agencies that have made knee-jerk changes...
29 January 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

While there is a distinct market for flats held on particularly short leases, there is a middle ground where flat owners...
13 January 2018
From: Features

Estate agents are making buyers and sellers feel pressured into paying for additional services so as not to miss out on...
10 January 2018
From: Breaking News

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

Buyers spent £9.7 billion on moving house in 2017 with the average individual move costing £9,580 according to comparison website Compare...
10 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has announced that former Countrywide director Lee Wainwright has been appointed chief executive officer of the hybrid agency’s UK operations...
09 January 2018
From: Breaking News

Arun Estates has launched what it describes as “a major new departure” - a fully-staffed High Street office but covering a...
09 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

Controversial hybrid agency Purplebricks has been the subject of yet another complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. An unnamed complainant filed a...
20 December 2017
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 survey released this morning shows that estate agents’ fees have risen only four per cent in real terms since 2007...
15 December 2017
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks’ latest trading statement for the six months ending October 31 claims a large rise in revenue, its number of UK...
13 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

Online agency Settled is introducing a deposit scheme which it claims will assist sellers and buyers reach completion faster - and...
29 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

A search company called Big Property Data says it is working with 15 major institutions to provide automated property reports aimed...
16 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Winter seems to be firmly with us now, if the plunging temperatures are anything to go by. After a ridiculously mild...
11 November 2017
From: Features

The head of a major Oxford estate and lettings agency has written an open letter to Chancellor Phillip Hammond urging him...
07 November 2017
From: Breaking News

Two thirds of first time buyers over-estimate the cost of purchasing a home according to a survey from the NatWest. The NatWest’s...
06 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

There has been a wide range of views from trade bodies and individual agents on the government’s surprise ‘call for evidence’...
23 October 2017
From: Breaking News

A breakdown of data from over 4,100 agents has revealed that it takes on average 201 days to move home, from...
23 October 2017
From: Breaking News

With the Budget just over a month away, the steady stream of ‘leaks’ continues to grow as journalists and the industry...
21 October 2017
From: Features

In just 10 days time on Friday week the inaugural ESTAS Conveyancer Awards take place. The organisers have issued a ‘what...
10 October 2017
From: Breaking News

ZPG says it has reached the milestone of delivering over £1m in referrals to its agents via its new MoveIt tool. This provides agents with the...
09 October 2017
From: Breaking News

England faces a growing gulf between new build completions and new households being added to the population according to a new...
04 October 2017
From: Breaking News

There is growing concern that online agents who do not chase-up on behalf of clients are leading to delays and fall-throughs...
25 September 2017
From: Breaking News

It used to be so easy. Around 20 years ago there were what we now call full-service estate and letting agencies, and...
23 September 2017
From: Features

Another attempt to create an automated conveyancing system has been launched with the claim that it will banish paper trails and...
22 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Agents’ charity fundraising obviously spans a wide range of genuinely good causes, but it’s noticeable that at the end of each...
22 September 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

A PropTech start-up says its booking, valuation and communication tools will be available free of charge to any agency with fewer...
19 September 2017
From: Breaking News

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

An online platform that allows the public to compare the services and fees of traditional estate agents in their areas has...
12 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The Daily Telegraph claims that what it calls “dodgy practices” are leaving customers “thousands of pounds out of pocket.” The article quotes...
11 September 2017
From: Breaking News

It’s been quite a week, much of it concerning the technology that increasingly underpins our industry. A glut of fund-raising and relaunching...
08 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Activity in the conveyancing market dropped significantly during the second quarter of the year, according to Search Acumen. The search provider found...
07 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

eMoov, the online agency which last month secured an additional £9m funding from investors, has launched a recruitment drive for what...
01 September 2017
From: Breaking News

Now we hate to spoil a long weekend but for much of the UK this is the final Bank Holiday before......
25 August 2017
From: Breaking News

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

Without wishing to blow our own trumpet at this time, we did say at the start of the year that 2017...
28 July 2017
From: Features

There has been general support from the industry for the government’s apparent intention to ban new homes in England being sold...
26 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A hybrid agency called 99Home Ltd, which made its debut back in April, appears to have relaunched with what it calls...
18 July 2017
From: Breaking News

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 Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint over a Purplebricks website statement featuring testimonials from clients; the complaint was made...
05 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

The political ebb and flow continues - seemingly with all the subtlety of a Boris Johnson rugby tackle on a 10-year...
01 July 2017
From: Features

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 gathering of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has called on the industry to unite and improve the buying and selling process...
26 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 vast majority of estate agents believe that not enough people are downsizing to free up family homes, according to conveyancing...
16 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has published the details of its investigation into a complaint made against the Law Society. The complaint...
14 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The UK's largest estate agency has announced a series of internal promotions, bolstering its senior leadership team. Yesterday evening Countrywide confirmed that...
08 June 2017
From: Breaking News

In years to come, students of political history might come to look at the 2017 General Election campaign with some interest....
03 June 2017
From: Features

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 have this morning announced a reform of the house buying process in the party’s manifesto for the June 8...
18 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

At the end of a week dominated by grim news, it is worth remembering our capacity for good far outweighs rare...
24 March 2017
From: Breaking News

A software platform offering a hybrid conveyancing and compliance service to agents has been launched following 12 months of testing with...
21 March 2017
From: Breaking News

Estate agency is a tough business, no doubt about it. It’s probably tougher now to win a listing and tie up...
15 March 2017
From: Sponsored Content

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

Countrywide has revealed that in 2016 it spent over £8.1m on redundancies, some £7.4m on contract costs relating to closed premises,...
13 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

Connells Group has announced strong figures for 2016 with the total number of properties sold rising five per cent and lettings...
02 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

Two conveyancing sector companies are claiming major advances for their products. Free2Convey, which claims to be the first conveyancing portal offering free...
09 February 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

One of the country’s leading estate agency consultants and trainers, Richard Rawlings, this week embarks on a six-week tour of the...
16 January 2017
From: Breaking News

I recently came across a consumer comment expressing frustration at the length and complexity of UK conveyancing and raising the question...
17 December 2016
From: Features

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

A conveyancing firm says the buyers at former retirement hotspots such as seaside towns are getting younger because mainstream purchasers are obliged to...
22 November 2016
From: Breaking News

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...
19 November 2016
From: Features

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

There is really only one topic of debate and forensic analysis at the moment and that’s the ascendency of Donald Trump...
12 November 2016
From: Features

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

It's been quite a week in the world but no matter how big the changes, one thing remains constant - our...
11 November 2016
From: Breaking News

The award-winning online agency HouseSimple has had one of its advertisements banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The advert was a poster for...
09 November 2016
From: Breaking News

A debate discussing how online and traditional estate agency would develop in the future, organised by City investment consultancy Jefferies, has...
09 November 2016
From: Breaking News

Who are you? Matt Lancaster, one of the founding partners of Free2Convey and Docs4Home. Tell us about Free2Convey… Free2Convey is the UK’s first free...
01 November 2016
From: 60 Second Interview

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

It's sometimes easy to overlook the fact that the majority of estate agents only receive payment for the weeks, if not...
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

Conveyancing is the most complained about area of law in England and Wales – accounting, on average, for nearly a quarter...
14 October 2016
From: Features

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

Who are you? Nick Dyoss, Group Business Development Director, SearchFlow, property intelligence specialists You have a high profile within the conveyancing search industry,...
26 September 2016
From: 60 Second Interview

Rising estate agency fees account for more almost half of the increase in average moving costs in the past year, according...
20 September 2016
From: Breaking News

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

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld two of three complaints against claims made in Purplebricks' TV and website advertising. The watchdog upheld...
14 September 2016
From: Breaking News
The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...
13 September 2016
From: Sponsored Content

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

It’s been a heartening few weeks for those of us who thought that protest was dead – or, more precisely, that...
09 September 2016
From: Features

Zoopla Property Group is seeking to integrate uSwitch, its price comparison service, with MoveIT, its agents’ platform for ancillary revenue generation. It...
09 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 an anticipated “Call for Evidence” from the Dept of Business Innovation & Skills looking into the home-buying experience ETSOS is...
01 September 2016
From: Sponsored Content

The Residential Property Surveyors Association is the latest of many trade bodies to come out against government proposals to privatise the...
11 August 2016
From: Breaking News

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

A conveyancing portal claims it allows estate agents and other parties access to a property transaction to see conveyancing progress across...
18 July 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 joke doing the rounds last week still seems to be just as relevant this week: “the only man with a...
08 July 2016
From: Features

As a service provider to both Estate Agents and Conveyancing Solicitors from one platform, ETSOS sits in a fairly unique position...
06 July 2016
From: Sponsored Content

What does it say on your business card? Just ‘Director’ – I’m involved in every area of the business at the moment. What...
01 July 2016
From: 60 Second Interview

It’s been a remarkable week for Britain and a challenging week for the agency industry - with possibly many more to...
01 July 2016
From: Breaking News

One estate agency leader - you’d all recognise his name - described the victory of the Leave camp in the referendum...
24 June 2016
From: Features

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

The latest figures from the HMRC show the scale of sales market drop-off following the surge in purchases by buy to...
22 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A search company says the introduction of new search forms aimed at making council reporting easier to understand may lead to...
20 June 2016
From: Breaking News

A new e-conveyancing platform has been launched in Edinburgh ahead of a roll-out across all of Scotland. This system, Altis, is the...
13 June 2016
From: Breaking News

It’s long been considered the case that vendors tend to move only relatively close distance but new research has quantified the...
10 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

The government's consultation on the proposed privatisation of the Land Registry closes today. Interested parties have had since March 24 to give...
26 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Some 82% of consumers say they would prefer to work with a 'personal agent' who can manage the whole process of...
25 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Hamptons International has announced that it is to launch a 'private conveyancing hub' later this year. The initiative has been designed to...
24 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Conveyancing transactions hit a post-recession high during the first quarter of 2016, according to new figures. Search provider Search Acumen's analysis of...
23 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Conveyancing firm My Home Move has come up with an interesting view of how the housing market could look if -...
19 May 2016
From: Breaking News

An online petition against the privatisation of the Land Registry now has around 225,000 signatures with just over a week to...
17 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Connells has acquired the five-branch independent Paul Dubberley from property investment company Bond Wolfe. Established in 1992, Paul Dubberley offers sales, lettings,...
16 May 2016
From: Breaking News

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

It’s been another great week of fund-raising for good causes by our industry, as you can see from our roll of...
13 May 2016
From: Breaking News

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

Two initiatives appear to show efforts by the conveyancing industry to make its house transaction processes quicker and more appropriate to...
28 April 2016
From: Breaking News

It's a high quality RICS approved report, carried out by one of our RICS accredited local surveyors. The RICS HomeBuyer Survey is...
27 April 2016
From: Sponsored Content

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

A new survey suggests that it is the other fees associated with moving house - not estate agents’ charges - that...
21 April 2016
From: Breaking News

The average deposit paid for a Greater London property is over two and a half times larger than a home outside...
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

Storm Katie (makes it sound so harmless when they give it a name like that, doesn’t it?) might have given the...
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

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

As any marketer will tell you, the marketing mix in its most basic form is made up of 4 P’s: Price,...
12 March 2016
From: Features

The Law Society is calling on its members to warn not just clients but also estate agents if there is a...
11 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

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

Conveyancing search company SearchFlow has joined the attack on councils which are slow at conducting searches and threaten to delay transactions. Yesterday...
16 February 2016
From: Breaking News

Countrywide has revealed to Estate Agent Today that it is to begin a trial where selected local branch staff will work between 7am...
09 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

Public relations used to be a minor part of estate agency, something only ‘the big boys’ paid for and with little...
30 January 2016
From: Features

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

Only months after the collapse of the Veyo system aimed at creating a conveyancing portal for England and Wales, the Law...
29 January 2016
From: Breaking News

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

The Legal Ombudsman has published new guidance for first time buyers as a result of conveyancing problems topping the list of...
19 January 2016
From: Breaking News

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

A conveyancing firm claims there has been a 140 per cent increase in the number of properties requiring leasehold extensions in...
23 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

We know so many agents do good fund-raising during the festive season - here are just a few who made contact...
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

I’m sure I’m not the only estate agent confused by the Government’s approach to residential property ownership. Many of the current ministerial...
04 December 2015
From: Features

A new survey of over 1,350 homeowners across the UK shows that a large number regard the conveyancing process as too...
03 December 2015
From: Breaking News

An interesting story caught my eye a few weeks ago. A man from Lytham St Annes in Lancashire attempted to sell...
20 November 2015
From: Features

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

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

I’m writing this from the brand spanking new Center Parks in Woburn Forest. Set within 365 acres of lush Bedfordshire forest,...
23 October 2015
From: Features

We have reached an interesting point in what has been a most unusual year for the property sector. The latest figures from...
23 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

Over 64,000 property purchases over the last year involved the buyer relying on a gift of cash for all or part...
14 September 2015
From: Breaking News

We’re all familiar with 'gazumping' – most us have been 'gazumped' or indeed been the perpetrators of this practice, for it...
11 September 2015
From: Features

Another Friday so another opportunity for us to pay tribute to agents doing something for those in need. If you want your...
11 September 2015
From: Breaking News

The internet has changed the way that most businesses operate. In many cases, the opportunities opened up by the emergence of...
04 September 2015
From: Features
21 August 2015
From: Features

Conveyancing activity broke records between April and June 2015, according to analysis of Land Registry data by search provider Search Acumen. Total...
19 August 2015
From: Breaking News

Last month it was announced that the CHAPS payment system will be extended by one hour and forty minutes from summer...
07 August 2015
From: Features

Harry Hill, the former Countrywide chief executive, has described his old company as “going backwards” following the publication of its half-year...
31 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

Edinburgh Solicitor Property Centre claims to have reached what it calls a “major milestone” in its new e-conveyancing service called Central...
21 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

The rising phenomenon of agent-rating and review websites is a topic that seems to have caused considerable division and controversy among...
10 July 2015
From: Features

This week the Chancellor, George Osborne, delivered the first Conservative Budget for almost 20 years. While Mr Osborne claimed that it marked...
10 July 2015
From: Features

People buying or selling property in Scotland would be better protected if the regulation of estate agency was devolved to the...
07 July 2015
From: Breaking News

The internet and rapidly evolving digital landscape has revolutionised the way people buy and sell properties. With some reports suggesting 95 per...
03 July 2015
From: Features

We’ve already had the hottest July day ever recorded and the temperature is rising on agents’ efforts to help those who...
03 July 2015
From: Breaking News

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

Estate agents in Wiltshire say chains are breaking and sales collapsing because of the length of time it takes the county...
25 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Another week, another online estate agency launches - but the latest, called YOPA, claims not to charge any upfront fee to...
22 June 2015
From: Breaking News

It’s pretty hot out there but our industry still confounds critics by doing good work for good causes. We’ll gladly publicise your...
19 June 2015
From: Breaking News

Shepherd Direct, the UK operator of Century 21 estate agency franchises, has bought a minority stake in Stonebridge Group, the mortgage...
18 June 2015
From: Breaking News

A NEW SERVICE FOR YOU We are pleased to announce the launch of our NEW Conveyancing service, allowing you to offer an...
17 June 2015
From: Sponsored Content

The managing director of a new estate agency comparison website says he wants to work with and not against the industry. Ben...
10 June 2015
From: Breaking News

The number of conveyancing transactions fell 16% between the final quarter of 2014 and the first quarter of 2015. Search Acumen’s Conveyancing...
08 June 2015
From: Breaking News

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

Despite it being a short working week, we have once again been inundated with stories of estate and letting agents’ charity...
29 May 2015
From: Breaking News

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

In 2007, the government introduced a compulsory deposit protection scheme as part of the Housing Act 2004 to help protect tenants...
22 May 2015
From: Features

Poldark, a period drama recently on the BBC, has inspired a new trend dubbed the 'Poldark Effect'. Rather than an increase in...
15 May 2015
From: Features

The issue of some estate agents insisting that buyers and/or sellers use a particular solicitor or conveyancer has reared its ugly...
08 May 2015
From: Features

“More than 1 in 3 agreed property deals in England & Wales fall through… Gazeal is a new system for property sales,...