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Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with...

New guidance has just been agreed by conveyancers on house moves during the Coronavirus crisis. The procedures - made pubic only last...

Hello, and we trust you had as good a weekend as possible in these difficult circumstances.  As we start a new week...

The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...

The Law Society says there is still some possibility that those home movers scheduled to complete in the near future might...

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

Estate Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat. This is where you’ll find news, advice...

The head of a firm that has been creating digital property log books for well over a decade says the house-moving...

In the last few Natters I’ve focused on the slow death of local newspaper advertising, and how many agents are now...

Trials of reservation agreements for buyers and sellers have been delayed until the late spring. Statements last year from the Ministry of Housing, Communities...

Purplebricks and Countrywide have each recently claimed to be the biggest agency group in the UK but now Connells says that...

A conveyancing firm has launched what it claims to be one of the first ever apps for vendors and buyers in...

It’s been revealed that the branch closure programme by Your Move and Reeds Rains last year resulted in 460 lost jobs...

Agents now have only seven days to complete a referral fees survey, announced late on Friday by Trading Standards and The...

The National Trading Standards Estate & Letting Agency Team and The Property Ombudsman have launched an urgent survey to assess awareness...

The Law Society is telling prospective house purchasers to probe flood risks in the light of a new practice note it...

“It appears conveyancers either aren’t too concerned with PropTech right now, or they don’t yet have all the information needed to...

The Law Society has announced that there will be a new TA6 Property Information Form launching next week, on Friday February...

Rightmove and Zoopla have been working with key figures from government and the agency and conveyancing industries on how to reform...

It is possible that agents and their business partners in the conveyancing, mortgage and survey industries could be obliged to have...

Logbooks about properties must be made available up-front at the point of marketing and not later in the buying process if...

Independent agents in a fast-growing trade body are to be given the opportunity to secure exclusivity on land deals and new...

The group charged with pioneering Reservation Agreements in the house buying process admits both the industry and the public are split...

The increasing demand for information on Japanese Knotweed during the house buying process is emphasising the need for householders to pay...

In the field of conveyancing, there’s a new dynamic at play. And that dynamic is customer-driven and customer-focused, using digital technology...

Reapit has joined a consortium attempting to make the long-anticipated end-to-end digital home buying process a reality. It’s joined the IPN Consortium,...

HM Land Registry appears to be making painfully slow progress on digitising land charge search data - contrary to its earlier...

A digital platform claims its taken “a massive step” towards speeding up property sales with what it says is the first...

The typical house move in 2019 turned out to be just nine miles - and large numbers of buyers moved within...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager for the South West of...

Alex Chesterman, the entrepreneur who founded Zoopla, has given vocal backing to a new conveyancing app called Thirdfort. The app allows conveyancers’...

It’s one of the most crucial aspects of the homebuying and selling process but is too often bogged down by frustrating...

A new tie-up between Coadjute, a network for decentralised workflow and data sharing within the property industry, and banks including NatWest...

Online estate agency Housesimple is extending its offer to sell homes for free to some postcodes in the Midlands.  The offer is...

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...

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

There’s been a significant drop in the number of housing transactions dealt with by conveyancers in the first nine months of...

An estate agency has been fined £30,000 for waiting until minutes after the sale of a flat was completed to tell...

The former chief of an online estate agency says the top three surviving firms in the sector must merge if they...

One of the country’s most prominent estate agents has given renewed backing to a pilot project on reservation agreements, being tested...

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

The reform of the buying process is to take centre stage at a special conference called Bold Legal LIVE! taking place...

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

Property management service Move with Us has announced a new partnership with chain management service View My Chain. Move with Us, founded...

‘Workers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains’. So is written on the tombstone of the father...

A PropTech start-up says its service allows investors from anywhere in the world to buy property in the UK which can...

The typical estate agency fee paid by a seller has actually fallen one per cent in the past year according to...

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

This is the busiest week of the year for house moves, with the single busiest day being Friday according to a...

Online estate agency Housesimple has appointed a company to handle its public relations and social media as it rolls it its...

Rightmove says the number of homes stuck in what it calls “the legal log jam” is at its highest for over...

The typical new real estate agency forms when an entrepreneurial high performer quits their job at a leading chain and sets...

A new house price index that in June predicted big house price rises over the summer has now repeated its claim,...

One of the largest surveys of housing concerns amongst consumers suggests that agents fees - once a major issue - is...

A local authority in the Home Counties says it will not be possible to accept search queries for six weeks starting...

We now have a new Leader of the Conservative Party and, rather more importantly, a new Prime Minister. That individual is Boris...

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...

Some 115,000 house moves are delayed annually because of funds not being cleared on time or because sellers have not vacated...

A recent study has revealed what the biggest moving home fails are in the UK, including damaged furniture, scratched walls and...

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...

Online agency Housesimple has become the first in the UK to sell houses for free. It says that based on the average...

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

A conveyancing body is calling on mortgage lenders to standardise their policies in respect of unexpired lease terms in order to...

Instant online valuation service The ValPal Network has revealed a conveyancing partner which it says will help agents boost referral fees.  The...

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

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

Just 200 conveyancing firms control over 39 per cent of the market in England and Wales, wielding significant power over customers,...

New research suggests it takes, on average, six months and 24 days to buy a home. The study, for PropTech virtual tours...

Whether you love or hate it, Purplebricks has undoubtedly left its mark since arriving on the scene in 2015 – much...

A law firm says it’s made legal history by integrating the automated voice-activated platform Alexa into its system. Customers of Simply Conveyancing...

Reforms to the house buying process in England and Wales to bring it more into line with Scotland could slash the...

Here at Estate Agent Today, we're always pleased to highlight the lengths the best agents will go to provide outstanding customer...

Conveyancing platform The Moving Hub has this week launched its proposition into the estate agency and mortgage intermediary sectors. The firm is...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) has launched its long-awaited ‘How to sell a home’ and ‘How to...

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

A lawyer appears to be suggesting that ‘clean and tidy’ clauses be inserted into house purchase deals, allowing buyers to retain...

Humberts, the agency which was one of the first to ditch High Street offices in favour of fewer larger hubs, has...

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

More than 800 property transactions fall through daily, which can have repercussions both practically and financially, as agents fail to get...

Countrywide’s share price dipped to its lowest ever level yesterday, below 8p before recovering a little ground later in the day. The...

A quick-buy firm that buys homes at around 85 per cent of market value claims the industry is concealing how slow...

A large-scale survey by a consumer group has revealed that over half of home owners regard stamp duty as a growing...

When it comes to major issues confronting housing, and in particular the direction that the government would like to take the...

Half of first time buyers say they made expensive mistakes during their process of purchasing their home, with mortgage brokers, removal...

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

The head of residential property at a law firm is warning that referral fees can backfire on estate agents who may...

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

The director of strategy at the Council for Licensed Conveyancers says “the onus is very much on estate agents” to respond...

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...

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

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

More details are emerging of the first-ever ESTAS conference for conveyancers - the Bold Legal Conference - taking place on the...

With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on...

One of the country’s leading conveyancing chiefs has given his support to reforms to the house buying process. But Rob Hailstone -...

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

A London estate agent says his system of ‘moral agreements’ between sellers and buyers prevents chains collapsing and means his company has...

An annual study of transaction charges shows that house moving costs are now at a record average high of almost £10,000...

With far-reaching reforms of conveyancing and other aspects of house buying high on the government’s agenda, a trade body has revealed...

There’s been a dramatic improvement in the speed of searches being completed and returned by local authorities, the government claims. Housing minister...

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

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

It’s been revealed that the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team is to deliver new guidelines to agents for referral fees...

One of the largest estate agencies in the Midlands, Newton Fallowell, says it’s made a remarkable £5m in referral fees from...

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

The number of active conveyancing firms handling property transactions in England and Wales has fallen to an eight year low.  A market...

It’s been revealed that 37 regulated conveyancing firms have repelled attempted frauds in the past year. But 11 conveyancing firms have actually...

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...

When was the last time you looked at your business and really thought about what you could do to improve? Yesterday? Last...

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

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

Conveyancing regularly adds unnecessary and costly delays to the home buying process and improvement could be far quicker than any efforts...

Estate agents are missing around half of the conveyancing referral opportunities they could take, according to a new report.  PropTech firm OneDome...

Hard-pressed buyers who try to minimise house moving costs by doing their own conveyancing have been warned of the disastrous consequences...

Conveyancers’ use of data and technology to speed through sales is on the cusp of a ‘big bang’ moment according to...

A digital conveyancing platform says a lack of transparency in the house moving process - particularly regarding legal costs - is...

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

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

Agents may sometimes have a tense relationship with conveyancers but admit it - when our legal colleagues are good, they are...

Few things anger the industry more than the effect of stamp duty and other costs on property transactions (well, maybe Purplebricks...

When Professor Andrew Baum’s PropTech 3.0 report was first published, a small event was held to celebrate the very first academic...

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

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

You will perhaps have seen recently that the Government has decided to boost funding to the regulator, the National Trading Standards...

Some conveyancers must publish some price and service information on their websites and in other media from December 6, according to...

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

Fresh data from a PropTech firm suggests that 'conveyancer absenteeism' is causing severe delays to property transactions. When You Move reports that...

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...

New rules set out by the Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC), which aim to support consumer choice, have been approved by...

In our previous 2 blogs we have covered the definitions of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs) and what the practical...

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

Were it not for climate change, I would be very close to predicting that the summer is close to being over,...

The London market continues to produce unexpected results with two high end agencies reporting contrasting fortunes.  Half year figures released by Chestertons...

Home is where ? - Recently moved actually, live in a lovely house that looks over the Thames Estuary. I love...

The Council for Licensed Conveyancers says it wants legal practice websites to list cost information, including whether they have referral arrangements. The...

A leading legal firm has given broad approval to proposals from the Law Commission aimed at improving the conveyancing process and...

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

The Law Commission has unveiled proposals that it claims could stop property fraudsters in theirb tracks and improve conveyancing at the...

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

You will notice that there is a new author for this regular column for Estate Agent Today. Last month I was...

If you’re an estate agent and have a property that is difficult to sell or the homeowner simply needs a fast...

HM Land Registry calculates that 125,000 buyers will benefit from just the first phase of its digitisation programme for Local Land...

Automated search companies have heaped praise on HM Land Registry following the digitisation of local land charge data - the LLC1...

A ‘disruptor’ tech company claims that large numbers of people are dissastisfied with the conveyancing element of house moves, with many...

A decade ago we were still years away from Purplebricks, Countrywide was a colossus in the industry, no one had thought...

Boy it‘s hot out there, with little end in sight yet. That’s the good news. Now the even better news -...

To say this is a turbulent time for UK politics would be something of an understatement. As I write, the Brexit...

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

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

A new online platform claims agents can now offer people a chance to buy a property with, literally, just one click...

A PropTech startup which claims to revolutionise the speed at which property transactions can be processed has officially launched this week. When...

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...

Despite numerous reports of a 'stagnant market' and predictions of a 'housing bust', conveyancers have 'bounced back after a disappointing end...

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

The Court of Appeal has overturned controversial fraud decisions which have a bearing on agents’ and conveyancers’ responsibilities for checking buyers’...

The rise and fall - and perhaps rise again - of Countrywide has been of enduring interest to the agency industry...

As the world becomes ever more digital and people increasingly look to technology to provide convenient solutions to sometimes complex problems,...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...

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

Given the level of resource and energy being put behind upping the number of first-time buyers in the UK, you might...

People living in leasehold properties should extend the remaining terms of their leases before they drop beneath 80 years, according to a...

A new study reveals precisely how little first time buyers apparently understand about the buying process.  In a survey of 500 people...

Estate agent licensing will reduce competition, make buying and selling homes more expensive, and add another layer of red tape to...

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

The Conveyancing Association has backed the government’s calls for extensive reform of the buying and selling process, announced at the weekend. The...

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

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...

The first-ever ‘digital mortgage’ deed has been lodged at HM Land Registry, for a property at Rotherhithe in London.  Coventry Building Society...

At any given moment it’s difficult to say which issue dominates our marketplace, but I think it’s fair to acknowledge during...

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

It’s spring at last! Although we’ve only just finished wiping the snow off our boots, it’s great news that the clocks...

A magazine claims its investigations into the sales tactics of Countrywide and Connells suggest the two agency are “harming consumers, stopping them from...

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

A critic of the conveyancing process has accused a law firm’s charge of £95 for “exchange and completion within five working...

Welcome once again to Property Jobs Today, the notice-board for agents, suppliers and other property professionals moving within, out or in...

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

Crimestoppers is working with estate agencies and financial advisers as well as conveyancers in a bid to eliminate house buyers’ deposits...

HM Land Registry has taken another step towards its aim to “make conveyancing simpler, faster and cheaper” for the general public. The...

Firstly, a huge thanks to everyone who shared and commented on my first blog and for all those that emailed me...

In a show of changing consumer behaviour in the property market, new research has revealed that digital-savvy movers are favouring specialist...

Representatives from estate and lettings agencies as well as professional organisations have formed The Home Buying And Selling Group with a...

In the great swathe of housing market data which is delivered each month, conveyancers’ case volumes often get overlooked, however the...

A network of agents representing over 800 brands with over 4,000 branches has announced the launch of a host of new...

Home movers are opting to use specialist conveyancers over local solicitors, according to new research. Conveyancing software firm InfoTrack says 43% of...

Conveyancing volumes shrunk by 12 per cent last year, the first annual drop in workloads since 2011 - and the struggling...

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

Almost a third of all ‘Suspicious Activity Reports’ concerning possible anti-money laundering infringements and reported to the National Crime Agency have...

A law firm says the problems with housing transactions lie not with issues like fall-throughs but with “people’s general lack of...

Spicerhaart, which describes itself as the UK’s largest independent estate agency group, has been on the acquisition trail again, showing its...

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

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

We seem to be getting more and more contact from agents and others in the industry who are doing great work...

PropTech companies Gazeal and GetMeMoving have teamed up in a partnership which they claim goes some way to meeting the government’s...

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

The government has given its support to Land Registry proposals to increase the digitalisation of its services, with changes coming into...

If you were under any misconceptions about how pivotal a role HM Land Registry is going to play in the future...

While there is a distinct market for flats held on particularly short leases, there is a middle ground where flat owners...

Estate agents are making buyers and sellers feel pressured into paying for additional services so as not to miss out on...

The body that regulates conveyancers says controversial referral fees should be disclosed earlier in the house buying process - but they...

Buyers spent £9.7 billion on moving house in 2017 with the average individual move costing £9,580 according to comparison website Compare...

Purplebricks has announced that former Countrywide director Lee Wainwright has been appointed chief executive officer of the hybrid agency’s UK operations...

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

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers says it is worried that HM Land Registry’s decision to publish details of apparent errors in...

HM Land Registry says it’s consulting with the legal industry on a proposal to publish a league table of conveyancers who...

Controversial hybrid agency Purplebricks has been the subject of yet another complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority. An unnamed complainant filed a...

A conveyancers’ trade body has told the government that it wants the house buying process to be modernised by having estate...

A survey released this morning shows that estate agents’ fees have risen only four per cent in real terms since 2007...

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

A company supplying the conveyancing industry claims that new research reveals 55 per cent of home-movers are frustrated by a lack...

The HM Land Registry has revealed more details of long-term plans to improve and speed up conveyancing processes in a five...

The first residential transaction has taken place under the so-called Conveyancer’s Code for Completion - a new procedure in which the...

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

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

A large part of the DCLG’s Call for Evidence on the home buying and selling process focuses on the role of...

A conveyancing body says it wants the government to allocate “a small fund” in next week’s Budget to promote research into...

A search company called Big Property Data says it is working with 15 major institutions to provide automated property reports aimed...

Winter seems to be firmly with us now, if the plunging temperatures are anything to go by. After a ridiculously mild...

The head of a major Oxford estate and lettings agency has written an open letter to Chancellor Phillip Hammond urging him...

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

Three hundred of the UK’s top conveyancers have celebrated the success of the industry at the first ever ESTAS Conveyancer Awards. The...

The Conveyancing Association says some of its members are piloting HIPs-style Digital Home Reports in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and...

Conveyancers and the speed of local council searches have come in for criticism as details have emerged of the government’s consultation...

There has been a wide range of views from trade bodies and individual agents on the government’s surprise ‘call for evidence’...

A breakdown of data from over 4,100 agents has revealed that it takes on average 201 days to move home, from...

With the Budget just over a month away, the steady stream of ‘leaks’ continues to grow as journalists and the industry...

In just 10 days time on Friday week the inaugural ESTAS Conveyancer Awards take place.   The organisers have issued a ‘what...

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...

England faces a growing gulf between new build completions and new households being added to the population according to a new...

There is growing concern that online agents who do not chase-up on behalf of clients are leading to delays and fall-throughs...

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

Another attempt to create an automated conveyancing system has been launched with the claim that it will banish paper trails and...

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

The founder of a new online sales assistance service says agents are often unfairly blamed by the public for failings in...

A PropTech start-up says its booking, valuation and communication tools will be available free of charge to any agency with fewer...

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

An online platform that allows the public to compare the services and fees of traditional estate agents in their areas has...

The Daily Telegraph claims that what it calls “dodgy practices” are leaving customers “thousands of pounds out of pocket.” The article quotes...

It’s been quite a week, much of it concerning the technology that increasingly underpins our industry.  A glut of fund-raising and relaunching...

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

The ESTAS Group has today revealed the shortlist for its inaugural Conveyancer Awards.  Over 5,000 customers have completed a survey about the...

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

eMoov, the online agency which last month secured an additional £9m funding from investors, has launched a recruitment drive for what...

Now we hate to spoil a long weekend but for much of the UK this is the final Bank Holiday before......

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

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

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

There has been general support from the industry for the government’s apparent intention to ban new homes in England being sold...

  A hybrid agency called 99Home Ltd, which made its debut back in April, appears to have relaunched with what it calls...

A Conservative commitment to allow more fracking is the trigger for conveyancers to gather yet more environmental information during the search...

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

The Competition and Markets Authority has released a set of recommendations on how conveyancing, and other legal services, could be made...

The political ebb and flow continues - seemingly with all the subtlety of a Boris Johnson rugby tackle on a 10-year...

Entries for the new ESTAS Conveyancing Awards are now open and you have just over a month to get nominations in...

A new PropTech venture aims to do what the ill-fated Veyo system failed to achieve -  creating an online platform bringing...

A gathering of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has called on the industry to unite and improve the buying and selling process...

A cluster of conveyancing and legal experts, known as the Legal Sector Group, has published a raft of proposals on leasehold...

The vast majority of estate agents believe that not enough people are downsizing to free up family homes, according to conveyancing...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has published the details of its investigation into a complaint made against the Law Society. The complaint...

The UK's largest estate agency has announced a series of internal promotions, bolstering its senior leadership team. Yesterday evening Countrywide confirmed that...

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

The banning of letting fees levied on tenants has dominated the industry headlines in recent months but this election campaign suggests...

Conveyancers have backed a call by the Conservatives for reform of the house buying process - and says more up-front information...

A conveyancing expert is calling for sellers to complete and return their property information questionnaire to their conveyancer before there have...

The Conservative Party says it wants greater competition and more digitisation to cut the costs and reduce the amount of time...

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

Not only did Theresa May stun everyone with her decision to call a ‘snap election’ but with the campaign now underway...

The first ever electronic e-signature exchange of contracts for a residential property transaction in the UK has been completed this month,...

Legal Eye has been announced as the latest organisation to support the new customer service awards for the conveyancing sector launch...

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

At the end of a week dominated by grim news, it is worth remembering our capacity for good far outweighs rare...

A software platform offering a hybrid conveyancing and compliance service to agents has been launched following 12 months of testing with...

Estate agency is a tough business, no doubt about it. It’s probably tougher now to win a listing and tie up...

The Conveyancing Association wants the creation of a ‘log book’ and ‘Home Reports’ for each home on sale - reminiscent in...

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

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has this week published a consumer guide on leasehold property.  The document, released yesterday, has a specific focus...

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

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

The housing market has not been short of a White Paper over the last few months, and while you might just...

Online agency HouseSimple has been told that by the Advertising Standards Authority that its TV advertisement including the claim ‘sell your...

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

A conveyancing portal has announced the release of new functionality which allows estate agents to create chains in its system. The 'Estate...

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

One of the country’s leading estate agency consultants and trainers, Richard Rawlings, this week embarks on a six-week tour of the...

I recently came across a consumer comment expressing frustration at the length and complexity of UK conveyancing and raising the question...

The Conveyancing Association has revised its wish-list of reforms to, in its words, “ensure fewer delays, a less costly process, and...

A firm is warning of “a wave of litigation from home owners who were given inadequate advice from their solicitors or...

Leaseholds Solution - the company behind the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners - says it wants recent proposals to modernise the...

A conveyancing firm says the buyers at former retirement hotspots such as seaside towns are getting younger because mainstream purchasers are obliged to...

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...