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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In this business you get used to dealing with regular customer and third-party feedback, input, and (occasionally) complaints.  Much like the agency market...

It’s almost impossible to write about the conveyancing market and not reflect on the activity levels of the past month or...

Last month the news of the Conveyancing Association’s (CA) newly-launched progression training course for agents and mortgage brokers, reached the news pages...

To those working within the conveyancing sector, the recent statistics from the Legal Ombudsman regarding complaints are perhaps not surprising.  In our...

When it comes to the regulation of the conveyancing industry, this question is a topic of open and ongoing debate. Licensed conveyancers...

We have reached an interesting point in what has been a most unusual year for the property sector.  The latest figures from...

We’re all familiar with 'gazumping' – most us have been 'gazumped' or indeed been the perpetrators of this practice, for it...

We’ve had a flurry of data for all of us involved in the property sector to mull over on our sun...

This week the Chancellor, George Osborne, delivered the first Conservative Budget for almost 20 years. While Mr Osborne claimed that it marked...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has embarked on a mission to engage with the lender community with a view to initiating a...

Poldark, a period drama recently on the BBC, has inspired a new trend dubbed the 'Poldark Effect'.  Rather than an increase in...