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With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...

The founder of Zoopla has returned to the property market with a new proposal to disrupt how agents buy and sell homes. Alex...

Purplebricks is now part of the mainstream landscape of British estate agency. There - I said it. An agency whose whispered name...

The findings of the new ‘Thriving in a Pandemic’ report, recently published by tmgroup and mio, have highlighted that the market...

HM Land Registry is extending the time its customers have to respond to requests for information to up to 40 days...

The director of a conveyancing technology company has hit out at what he calls “an over-reliance on outdated processes” and “age-old...

HM Land Registry customers - including agents and conveyancers - can now manage all of their applications and correspondence including notices,...

Businesses across all sectors have struggled to adapt to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. One group that have bucked...

Savills has revealed the measures it has taken to mitigate the impact of the Coronavirus on its activities and balance sheet. The...

As we adjust to a life post-Covid-19, letting agents, landlords, and tenants are thinking - ways to speed up the process...

A raft of changes in the senior management of Strutt & Parker is being heralded as part of a “shift towards...

A company promoting a Blockchain platform with promises to speed up the buying and selling process claims the pandemic has proved...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has revised its Anti-Money Laundering guidance in the light of Coronavirus. It says the scale of...

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...

The chief executive of Purplebricks says agents are “miles behind” in using digital information to provide a personalised service.  Vic Darvey has given...

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

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

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

It’s been revealed that Countrywide is involved in a pilot exercise to help the creation of a so-called ‘affordability hub’ for...

Housing minister Esther McVey says Compulsory Purchase Orders and brownfield land registers are to be made digitally transparent.  This will allow CPO...

A trade body has sharply criticised HM Land Registry for its slow progress on digitising local searches after a promising start...

They will be the doctors, lawyers, teachers, thinkers, leaders and captains of industry of the not too distant future, but is...

One of the earliest property websites, nethouseprices.com, has been acquired by fledgling property portal OneDome.  Nethouseprices was set up in 2004 and...

The city of Norwich has become the sixth part of the UK to switch from council Local Land Charges to digital...

Phil Spencer and his advice website IQ have endorsed the concept of legally binding reservation agreements and digital legal packs through...

With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...

By the time you read this article, I’ll be in Nigeria. My first ever visit to the continent of Africa. Sitting here...

HM Land Registry’s ambitious digitisation plans continue apace with news that it is to consider Blockchain in a bid to speed...

A new portal called YourMoov and describing itself as “the UK’s first decentralised property listing database” is to launch shortly. In an...

In the past year it seems every other story has been about PropTech - the big stuff like Purplebricks and the...

The town of Blackpool has become the fourth part of the UK to switch from council Local Land Charges to digital...

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...

People now expect a streamlined, digital-first experience from every single service they interact with - and the lettings industry is no...

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

HM Land Registry says the full roll-out of its Local Land Charges digital register could take up to seven years, with...

At first sight, to suggest this is a good time for an agency business to go for an IPO - that...

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

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 new digital search service is being launched next month by HM Land Registry, marking the latest phase in its attempt...

Respected industry spokesperson Kristjan Byfield is continuing his fightback against the negative coverage of the agency industry in the mainstream press...

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

Between October and December 2017, some £822 million worth of UK residential property was sold at auction, according to the Essential...

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...

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

Angels Media and a property technology consultancy are joining forces to conduct the first-ever survey into how agents and other property...

Estate agents are angry over delays in processing land searches by a local authority in the south west. The average land search time...

Two leading property analysts have written a fiercely critical assessment of the merger between easyProperty and the Guild of Property Professionals.   The...

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

The Conservatives now say they are not resuscitating Home Information Packs, despite a suggestion by a prominent former minister that they "had...

The Competition and Markets Authority has reiterated controversial remarks about the government’s proposed privatisation of the Land Registry. Last month it surprised...