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The term ‘time bomb’ is sometimes overly used in the housing market, and while it has been linked to many things...
06 April 2024
From: Features
Financial crime within the property sector is on the rise and the stats are alarming. According to data from Apex Bridging,...
23 March 2024
From: Features
The Property Ombudsman (TPO) has questioned if allowing agents to choose their own redress scheme damages consumer trust. Speaking to the House...
06 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Concerned homeowners and gardeners are frequently mistaking common garden plants such as bindweed, dogwood and lilac for highly invasive Japanese knotweed,...
15 February 2024
From: Breaking News
The most successful agents are typically those who invest in self-improvement. Whether it's staying abreast of changes in social media, experimenting...
27 January 2024
From: Features
Leaks and water-based issues are more likely in rental properties than any other type of emergency, according to data we gathered...
27 January 2024
From: Features
The recent cyber attack on CTS left around 80 conveyancing firms across the country commercially paralysed as the harm to their...
19 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents have been warned to be wary about the resurgence of Purplebricks. It comes after the online brand was taken over by...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Why professional indemnity claims are on the rise In today's volatile economic landscape, the uncertainty faced by landlords and tenants has reached...
01 November 2023
From: Features
On Halloween eve, Safestyle decided to give everyone a real fright and announced the company had gone into administration. This has...
01 November 2023
From: Features
Introduced to Parliament in May, the Renters (Reform) Bill seeks to improve the private rental sector for both tenants and landlords....
15 September 2023
From: Sponsored Content
The end of a tenancy can be busy and stressful. As the letting agent, you’ll have many plates spinning to move...
02 September 2023
From: Features
The latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors housing market snapshot shows the increasing damage being wrought by high interest rates. The RICS...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Alarm bells are ringing in the new build sales sector after figures have been released by a major house builder. Bellway says...
10 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The share price of LSL Property Services dropped around 16 per cent at one point yesterday following a profits warning given...
08 August 2023
From: Breaking News
An improvement is defined by the Cambridge dictionary as ‘an occasion when something gets better or when you make it better’. ...
26 July 2023
From: Features
According to research, the average cost of home insurance was £300 in 2022 – a record low. However, this could increase...
22 July 2023
From: Features
It’s not a sentence that I thought I would be writing, but Housing Secretary Michael Gove has indeed finally done something...
15 July 2023
From: Features
According to the latest English Housing Survey, there were 495,000 second homes in the UK in 2018/19 – a figure said...
15 July 2023
From: Features
At present, the space heating of homes accounts for roughly 14% of the UK’s annual emissions. If we are to meet...
14 June 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Homeowners are unaware of the risks posed by encroachment of bamboo from adjoining properties and the costs of repairing the serious...
02 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Following publication of the Renter’s Reform Bill and the media coverage surrounding it, many agents and their landlords will understandably have...
27 May 2023
From: Features
Property fraud is a significant risk for agents, particularly as fake IDs become increasingly prevalent, and the economic climate remains challenging....
06 May 2023
From: Features
Upfront material information is now firmly on the property industry’s radar, with Trading Standards CPR regulations expected to move towards disclosing...
03 May 2023
From: Features
Despite most businesses across industry now adopting some form of digital alternative to traditional work methods, many in the private rental...
03 May 2023
From: Features
The UK is on its rear - fact. Whilst many were breathing a sigh of relief after surviving a global pandemic,...
29 April 2023
From: Features
As an estate agent, you know that securing the sale is just step one of a successful journey. But with issues...
01 April 2023
From: Features
Black mould associated with condensation is becoming an increasing problem for homes in the UK and following the tragic death of...
24 February 2023
From: Sponsored Content
From the 23 January 2023, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 came into effect for multi-occupied residential buildings. This is what...
22 February 2023
From: Features
Falling mortgage rates are a “false positive” for the health of the property market, analyst Davy Research has warned. A housing research...
06 February 2023
From: Breaking News
There are a few common questions that arise when the issue of mould in rented properties is mentioned: what causes it,...
27 January 2023
From: Sponsored Content
Sellers are being warned to check their home for Japanese knotweed and disclose any details after a former homeowner was sued...
26 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Making homes more energy efficient or moving to properties that have already been improved is becoming a key focus for homeowners,...
24 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Agency software provider Reapit has achieved ISO 27001 certification for information security management. The certification means that Reapit has implemented one of...
23 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Most letting agents are already carrying out inspections for check-in and check-out reports (hopefully). Some are going further and conducting interim...
14 January 2023
From: Features
When the weather turns like it has, we use more energy to keep our homes cosy. However, this places increasing strain...
17 December 2022
From: Features
What are you going to do when something unplanned, unexpected, and unpleasant hits your brand and business? There’s no point avoiding it...
14 December 2022
From: Features
Christmas party season may be in full swing but football fans, including many estate agents, will be glued to their screens...
09 December 2022
From: Breaking News
HMRC has fined estate agents over £500,000 for anti-money laundering (AML) breaches in the past two months. Yet despite property managers...
26 November 2022
From: Features
A West Midlands estate agent has backed Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s plans to reverse cuts to Stamp Duty, claiming they should never...
21 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Estate agents could face new transaction delays after the Land Registry and its Scottish equivalent were among Government departments and civil...
15 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Property sales are being put at risk by failure to tackle infestations of bamboo, according to new warnings. Invasive plant removal firm...
15 November 2022
From: Breaking News
In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent Director at LRG, looks at whether commercial property can help solve...
12 November 2022
From: Features
A surveyors’ trade body has retracted guidance that previously claimed homes with spray foam loft insulation could be impossible to sell. The Residential Property...
27 October 2022
From: Breaking News
A Bill to bring the Government’s Stamp Duty reductions into legislation reached its second reading in the Houses of Parliament this...
26 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The Government’s mini budget on September 23 was anything but ‘mini’ with several major announcements one of the most significant of...
17 October 2022
From: Sponsored Content
If recent headlines are anything to go by, estate agents and the wider property industry are not just feeling the heavy...
15 October 2022
From: Features
Letting agents and landlords who know how to avoid deposit disputes at the end of a tenancy can save time, money,...
15 October 2022
From: Features
Estate agents selling rural homes have been urged to provide better levels of upfront information regarding homes in the countryside that...
11 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Knight Frank expects prices to fall by 3% next year in Prime Central London (PCL) before rising modestly in the years...
11 October 2022
From: Breaking News
House prices look likely to fall next year, a senior analyst claims while another warns the property market is moving from...
03 October 2022
From: Breaking News
OnTheMarket-owned software platform teclet has unveiled a new partnership to help landlords, tenants, sellers and buyers arrange their removals and storage...
26 September 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the particular characteristics of the property market is how it brings contrasting professions together. From estate agents to conveyancers,...
24 September 2022
From: Features
Property buyers should be warned of the climate risks when purchasing a home, a leading lawyer has claimed. Stephen Tromans QC, the...
08 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Some people will say: What problem? But they are getting fewer as the detrimental effect of increasing numbers of short lets on...
03 September 2022
From: Features
Tenants are becoming more discerning – not just about the properties they choose to rent but who they rent from too. With...
31 August 2022
From: Features
It’s taken Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for the UK to finally take a much-needed step in the right direction to stop...
13 August 2022
From: Features
What do Tilly Ramsay and Kim Kardashian have in common? Other than both having well-known fathers, they’ve both also mastered the art...
10 August 2022
From: Features
The check-out report is a critical point in the tenancy and has the power to make the moving-out process run smoothly...
09 August 2022
From: Sponsored Content
A few weeks ago, we saw widespread disruption due to record breaking 40°C heat in the UK. The extreme temperatures caused...
06 August 2022
From: Features
As temperatures rise and the holidays begin many of us will be looking to enjoy our gardens and make improvements to...
02 August 2022
From: Legislation & Compliance
You may be thinking that cost and hassle outweighs the benefits of outsourcing, but read on, you may be surprised! The last...
27 July 2022
From: Features
A quick-thinking estate agent has helped save an elderly disabled man from a house fire. Tom Ashby, Property Centre branch partner at...
29 June 2022
From: Breaking News
The Bank of England’s continued rise in interest rates – the latest being a shift up to 1.25% - is, in...
25 June 2022
From: Features
Images can have the ability to paint a vivid image, but video content can take this to the next level if...
22 June 2022
From: Marketing & Social Media
As another round of property firms is fined, named and shamed for breaching anti-money laundering rules, it feels like the road...
18 June 2022
From: Features
In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...
28 May 2022
From: Features
A mobile phone may be a decent perk for agents and seen as essential for communicating while out on the road. But...
26 May 2022
From: Breaking News
Surveyors have revealed the key issues coming up in reports that could stifle sales or reduce offers. The most common issues over...
04 May 2022
From: Breaking News
In this weekend feature, inventory expert and chair of the AIIC, Daniel Evans, sets out why rental reform changes will make...
02 April 2022
From: Features
The industry has reacted to the Spring Statement by breathing a sigh of relief that nothing was likely to cause damage...
24 March 2022
From: Breaking News
The jury is still out on whether the Ukraine crisis will damage public confidence in the UK housing market. Rightmove’s property data...
21 March 2022
From: Breaking News
In this guest feature, Chris Mason, Operations Director at The Letting Partnership, outlines why agents might want to consider outsourcing client accounting. The...
19 March 2022
From: Features
If the UK and its allies have been played by Russia over the Ukraine ‘invasion’, and it’s beginning to look that...
19 February 2022
From: Features
A financial analyst says there could be tough times ahead for the housing market, despite another upbeat set of figures regarding...
18 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The UK property industry has long been a target of fraudsters due to the low levels of transparency and the fact...
12 February 2022
From: Features
I’m sure most readers would agree with me that cyber-security is vitally important for almost any business, particularly those businesses like...
12 February 2022
From: Features
If 2020 was the year of survival, then 2021 was about the post-Covid boom. The impact of the pandemic on the...
12 February 2022
From: Features
A poll of Conservative voters shows strong majorities for higher taxes on second homes and empty properties, and tougher demands on...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News
In this weekend feature, inventory expert and chair of the AIIC, Daniel Evans, sets out what a really good inventory should...
29 January 2022
From: Features
Property checks can be the bane of a letting agent’s life if left unchecked. Throw in the winter weather, and you’ve...
29 January 2022
From: Features
A tech company in the compliance sector claims that 25 per cent of UK estate agency branches have failed to register...
27 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Fears that the housing market may be seriously damaged by the worsening economy led to share price falls for Rightmove and others...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A conveyancer has contacted Estate Agent Today suggesting that the Simplify Group IT data crisis could be the death knell for the company...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News
Dog facilities - even separate rooms for them - are now a major factor on the ‘want list’ for growing numbers...
30 December 2021
From: Breaking News
It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...
18 December 2021
From: Features
Remarkably, just 11 per cent of property sales fell through in the third quarter of this year as buyers raced to beat...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News
A PropTech firm backed by Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman has launched a new anti-money laundering (AML) tool for estate agents. Thirdfort has...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News
A mortgage expert says surveyors should improve their standard services to cover the threat of climate change. This comes after a summer...
23 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Awful isn’t it? Where was that sunshine? Well, the clouds have parted when it comes to fund-raising as the industry continues...
20 August 2021
From: Breaking News
A bulk quick buy company has surveyed purchasers who have been deterred from continuing their transactions to discover what the biggest...
19 August 2021
From: Breaking News
The head of Boomin has attacked Rightmove for the fees it currently charges agents, the likelihood of higher fees to come,...
02 August 2021
From: Breaking News
Around 2.66 million landlords were operational in Great Britain in 2019, according to data estimations previously released by Hamptons International. Of those...
28 July 2021
From: Features
A new service launched over the weekend, proposing to charge buyers £30 for a “guaranteed” viewing, has split opinions amongst estate...
26 July 2021
From: Breaking News
I want you to ask yourself a question, what is your reputation? By that I mean your personal reputation and your...
15 July 2021
From: Sponsored Content
03 July 2021
From: Features
A company supplying data to conveyancers and other property professionals warns that Japanese Knotweed is a bigger headache than usual this summer. A wet and frosty spring,...
29 June 2021
From: Breaking News
A leading agent has been in touch with EAT to vent his frustration at the government for extending most of the...