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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...

The Conveyancers' Association has called for sweeping changes to the house buying and moving system to create a "more certain and...

There is really only one topic of debate and forensic analysis at the moment and that’s the ascendency of Donald Trump...

Working relationships between estate agents and conveyancers can be mutually beneficial with the referral of work between parties. However, they are missing...

It's been quite a week in the world but no matter how big the changes, one thing remains constant - our...

The award-winning online agency HouseSimple has had one of its advertisements banned by the Advertising Standards Authority. The advert was a poster for...

A debate discussing how online and traditional estate agency would develop in the future, organised by City investment consultancy Jefferies, has...

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...

A new automated sales progression tool being launched today promises to require fewer resources from agents in return for ensuring faster...

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

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

The ESTAS Group, which already runs the largest award scheme for the estate agency industry, has launched new awards for the...

Conveyancing is the most complained about area of law in England and Wales – accounting, on average, for nearly a quarter...

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

Who are you? Nick Dyoss, Group Business Development Director, SearchFlow, property intelligence specialists You have a high profile within the conveyancing search industry,...

Rising estate agency fees account for more almost half of the increase in average moving costs in the past year, according...

I write this during the week that David Cameron resigned as an MP – it is quite startling how quickly politics...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld two of three complaints against claims made in Purplebricks' TV and website advertising.  The watchdog upheld...

The key lies in improving your customer experience through technology For Agents, the tremendous growth in online estate agents highlights a strong...

Conveyancers will debate how various stakeholders – including estate agents – can deliver a more collaborative home moving experience at an...

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

Zoopla Property Group is seeking to integrate uSwitch, its price comparison service, with MoveIT, its agents’ platform for ancillary revenue generation. It...

The Conveyancing Association says it is continuing to campaign to reform the leasehold transaction process, despite the government saying there is...

With an anticipated “Call for Evidence” from the Dept of Business Innovation & Skills looking into the home-buying experience ETSOS is...

The Residential Property Surveyors Association is the latest of many trade bodies to come out against government proposals to privatise the...

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers has become the latest body to call for the scrapping of stamp duty to give the...

The Conveyancing Association has set out recommendations to end what it claims are significant delays and overcharging taking place within the...

A conveyancing portal claims it allows estate agents and other parties access to a property transaction to see conveyancing progress across...

What a month it has been. By the time you read this, we'll have a new Prime Minister, a new Cabinet,...

Nearly three quarters of people who have sold or bought a property deem it more stressful than having a child or...

The joke doing the rounds last week still seems to be just as relevant this week: “the only man with a...

As a service provider to both Estate Agents and Conveyancing Solicitors from one platform, ETSOS sits in a fairly unique position...

What does it say on your business card? Just ‘Director’ – I’m involved in every area of the business at the moment. What...

It’s been a remarkable week for Britain and a challenging week for the agency industry - with possibly many more to...

One estate agency leader - you’d all recognise his name - described the victory of the Leave camp in the referendum...

The Conveyancing Association is setting up a working group to consider how to increase transparency, cut unnecessary delays and costs, and...

The latest figures from the HMRC show the scale of sales market drop-off following the surge in purchases by buy to...