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There was a long-awaited return to the House of Commons this week when the Renters (Reform) Bill finally rose to the...

Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors, including the Conveyancing Association, have launched the...

Stamp duty rebates and cash to improve energy efficiency are being demanded by one of the country’s biggest mortgage lenders in...

The Propertymark Trust has launched Prop X, its first-ever fundraising event, scheduled for Birmingham in September.  A statement from the trade body...

Homesearch is launching a new product designed to help agents convert past contacts into future instructions.  The PropTech company says its Re:Contact...

Artificial Intelligence is now a part of all our lives, but my attention was grabbed recently by an AI critique of...

The new financial year is often an opportunity to get organised for the year ahead. For self-employed property professionals who are...

Almost one in five vendors admit to having failed to disclose disputes with neighbours to prospective buyers when selling their home,...

The jargon and complicated house moving process is deterring as many as 2.2m owners from entering the market, claims Zoopla.  The portal...

Regulated firms across all sectors will be well aware of Know Your Customer (KYC) checks and their importance in combatting financial...

From the uptick in house sales in January to a house price rise the first time in over a year in February,...

Propertymark has urged the UK Government to consider other ways of boosting the supply of homes for purchase.  The Government has two...

Landmark Information Group has been named as a principal partner for this year’s ESTAS Awards held in October. As part of this...

Whether we’re selling properties, managing buildings, servicing heavy goods vehicles or flogging widgets, we’re all operating in a digital world. This is...

Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors have launched the fifth iteration of the...

Agency acquirer Lomond has recruited Tony Haran as its new head of residential development. He brings experience from both Knight Frank and...

Borrowers are currently rolling off relatively favourable two-year fixed-rate deals agreed at the start of 2022, but the pain from higher...

Agency staff owed money from the collapse of Douglas & Gordon last year will be repaid, the brand’s administrator has said,...

Lots of things change in the property sector - but one thing always seems to stay the same. For buyers and sellers,...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...

Regulated firms, particularly estate agents, who take on new business clients are leaving themselves exposed to serious red flags by not...

SPRING cleaning is an annual ritual for many households, but firms in the property sector would do well to spend some...

As most of the regular readers of this column will know (and because I’m not shy about admitting it) – I’ve...

Any estate agency will have noticed the rise of the “personal agent” in the industry, with interesting propositions from eXp, The...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry this week. If there are charitable endeavours you think the rest...

The landmark deal between The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) and Belvoir was ‘inevitable’ and more acquisitions could be on the card,...

Female agents have shared their view on representation and opportunities in the sector to mark International Women’s Day. Industry data shows while...

Renting a flat or house in the UK has never been more difficult. The market is tight, supply is limited and...

Property professionals have called for the Government to allocate its promised £3m towards improving the home buying and selling process to...

“I like finance. I find it intellectually interesting – there’s lots of numbers and that’s great.” That sentence coming out of the...

As the Budget approaches and the housing crisis intensifies, it is important to consider what the Chancellor could – and should...

There are often very grim snapshots of the current property crisis.  But one of the most shocking I’ve read in a long...

Attempts to get the long-awaited Regulation of Property Agents (ROPA) rules introduced into the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill have failed. The...

The administration of collapsed agency brand Douglas & Gordon has been extended by a year. Douglas & Gordon called in Grant Thornton...

A first-of-its-kind degree has launched that focuses on residential estate agency. The Swindon campus of the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has launched...

From medieval castles to Elizabethan manor houses, Georgian townhouses and Victorian terraces, the UK’s historic buildings are central to our country’s...

A team of seasoned industry professionals with a combined experience of more than 140 years is set to launch a new...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry over the past week. If there are charitable endeavours you think...

The benefits for letting agents to outsource their client accounting is well documented, however with an increasing number of options available,...

The most successful agents are typically those who invest in self-improvement. Whether it's staying abreast of changes in social media, experimenting...

OnTheMarket has a “puncher’s chance” of displacing Rightmove after the challenger portal was taken over by CoStar but needs to persuade...

The property industry is no stranger to shifts in the technology landscape. The past year in particular saw rapid growth in technology...

Estate agency regulations and minimum standards may finally see the light of day after Labour put forward amendments to the Government’s...

A housing market analyst has admitted he is “happy being wrong” after predicting house prices would fall between 8% and 10%...

Parliamentary news may have been dominated by the fallout from the Rwanda Bill yesterday but another important piece of legislation also...

The liquidator of collapsed portal Boomin is investigating a sale of the portal's intellectual property to My Bespoke Room as its...

Yopa has detailed a restructure of its business after chairman Grenville Turner mysteriously stepped down as a director. Companies House documents last...

The Register of Overseas Entities has hit the 30,000 registration milestone. The register, which is administered by Companies House, came into force...

As the world marches relentlessly forward to 2024, the government’s flagship legislation for the private rented sector (PRS) remains in limbo. This...

What will happen to house prices? Should I rent or buy? Will a Labour or Tory Government be better for homeowners....

More than half of agents have cited 2023 as a difficult financial year, research has revealed. Analysis by data firm Landmark Estate...

The private rental landscape has been undergoing a profound transformation, with technology playing a pivotal role in shaping the way tenancies...

Next year’s Properymark One conference will be held at Excel London. It comes after the first landmark event from the agency trade...

Reservation agreement provider Gazeal has partnered with Optimus, Landmark’s panel of conveyancers to offer its services as an option for home...

It may be a measure of the government’s incompetence in the area of housing that two recent major announcements were sorely...

Property visits remain one of the greatest time intensive activities for the letting agent. From prospecting visits, show rounds, inventories and...

Large language models, machine learning, artificial intelligence, artificial general intelligence, and 'the singularity' change everything, but there again, they change literally...

Alto has unveiled a new integration with Bridge AI – a system designed to streamline communication with applicants through their preferred...

The long-awaited Leasehold and Freehold Bill is set to be unveiled in Parliament today. The Bill aims to make it cheaper and...

The United Kingdom stands on the precipice of a historic overhaul in property ownership. With the King's speech unveiling the anticipated...

Estate agents spend almost half their working day chasing or being chased for issues as a new report highlights concerns about...

Propertymark has expressed its opposition to Scottish Government plans to increase council tax premiums on second homes. Speaking to the Scottish Parliament’s...

The lending outlook is improving for the housing market but psychological milestones remain, Knight Frank warns. The latest UK market commentary from...

Landmark Information Group has completed the acquisition of Ordnance Survey’s shares in the PointX location services database. PointX was formed in 2001...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss the first annual Iceberg Summit to be held the...

Welcome to this week’s Agents Do Charity, our chance to salute those who do so much to help others. If your agency...

A date has been set for next year’s Propertymark One conference. The landmark conference was launched by the agency trade body at...

If you’ve paid even scant attention to Landlord Today or other trade titles, you’ll be familiar with the headlines about rogue...

The conveyancing process has been highlighted as a key pain point among buyers in the property transaction process. Research by anti-money laundering...

On Halloween eve, Safestyle decided to give everyone a real fright and announced the company had gone into administration. This has...

Simon Jackson is Managing Director of SDL Surveying If we look at the latest data, it looks like there is something of...

The Guild of Property Professionals has announced eight new members to its network of independent agents. One is George F White in...

Outsourced communications business Moneypenny has appointed a new head of its property team.  Moneypenny supports 2,500 businesses in the UK property industry,...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities are constantly developing, helping to improve efficiencies across all sectors and disciplines. Recent data* highlights that the...

The usual post-summer uplift has failed to materialise for the property market, new figures suggest. Analysis by data company the Landmark Information...

Knight Frank has entered a redundancy consultation process with staff. The agency and property brand has said up to 3% of roles...

Self-employed agency brand Harding Green has appointed recent FTSE 100 director Ian Gascoigne to its board. The former managing director of St...

Prime London Residential, which describes itself as London’s largest single branch agency, has acquired 21 Grosvenor Gardens from Grosvenor, securing the...

Proptech – it’s a people thing. It might seem like a strange thing to say but the best of tech is a...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Jake Gann and my business card says...

The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) is seeking feedback from agents on proposals that it feels will “revolutionise moving home...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. Chestertons: London agent Chestertons has added two...

In the property industry, technology must work in a way that is right for agents, helping to free them up to...

Secured creditors of collapsed agency brand Douglas & Gordon are likely to receive most money owed to them but there is...

Keller Williams UK (KWUK) is set to hold its largest ever UK event.  The KWUK Megacamp will take place at the VUE cinema in...

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC)  was this week due to conclude its consultation on proposed changes to...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Agency reviews platform allAgents.co.uk has named Martin Roberts as the host of this year's highly anticipated 2023 Annual Customer Experience Awards...

Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...

A long-established Coventry estate agent has created a new “super office” in one of the city’s most historic areas as it...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has announced Post Partner as its latest affiliate member. Post Partner offers a range of document management tools...

The end of a tenancy can be busy and stressful. As the letting agent, you’ll have many plates spinning to move...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

UK homebuyers have expressed support for more digital tools to reduce the administrative burden of purchasing a property yet few have...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) has unveiled a new collaboration with Dataloft. The partnership will give FIA members access to Dataloft’s...

A large proportion of sellers have admitted to hiding problematic parts of their property from potential buyers. A survey of more than...

Propertymark has written to the Government to ask why attempts to protect leaseholders are being ignored. It comes as the Earl of...

An estate agency with a major new homes department claims new build sales are proving more resilient than the mainstream market. Leaders...

Retail queen Stacey Cartwright will succeed Nicholas Ferguson as chair of Savills from December 31 - but she inherits a company...

At iamproperty we are excited to share the announcement of our future innovation strategy and vision, continuing our commitment to transform...