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The already-high fall-through rate for transactions is likely to be supercharged by the impending end of the tapered stamp duty holiday...

Rightmove estimates that 1.3m buyers have benefitted from the stamp duty holidays across Great Britain since they were announced in July...

The leading reason for property sales falling through is gazumping, according to new research from Comparethemarket. Over the past year, nearly two-fifths of...

In an unusual move, HM Land Registry has issued guidance to agents to help them reassure jittery buyers and sellers ahead...

Agents should prepare for a surge in fall throughs and collapsed sales thanks to the first stamp duty holiday period expiring...

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

One in three property sales in England and Wales fell through before completion in the first quarter of 2021. The 32 per...

Emoov’s new 'guaranteed offer' service means fall-thoughs and chain-related delays are effectively eliminated, the agency claims. Emoov - now owned by a firm...

The head of a PropTech platform wants financial penalties on conveyancers if transactions miss deadlines. “The only way to accelerate the current...

An estate agency is this month launching packs of up-front information for buyers in a bid to speed sales and reduce fall-throughs.  Miles...

A leading agent says the worst thing that could happen with Wednesday’s Budget is if the Chancellor does not deliver on...

New research from Propertymark suggests a typical fall through costs an agent £4,123.  The association says that if the stamp duty holiday...

Some 12 per cent of buyers will pull out of their transaction if it does not complete in time for their stamp...

The Chancellor’s rumoured six week extension to the stamp duty holiday has been backed by Rightmove. Over last weekend the Daily Telegraph,...

Agents and conveyancers are expressing doubt over whether a possible six week extension to the stamp duty holiday will be enough...

The Chancellor is considering extending the stamp duty holiday for a short period according to a newspaper report this morning. The Daily...

An estate agency says 10 per cent of its sellers have already dropped their asking prices to keep buyers on board,...

The latest Rightmove analysis shows it now takes 126 days from the time an offer is accepted until legal completion -...

The online petition calling for an extension to the stamp duty holiday is set to pass 100,000 signatures today. This means the...

The proportion of sales that fell through at the worst point of this year was 52 per cent it’s been claimed. However...

Fall throughs which could be avoided by Reservation Agreements have cost agency branches an average £10,000 per month. That’s the claim from digital...

Estate agents can stand out from the crowd and help consumers through lockdown by providing a more secure sales process, a...

In early September, mio achieved an industry first with the release of the mio chain view API. Now, all the parties...

It’s about this time of year, pandemic or not, that agents may be asked one particularly awkward question by a vendor...

A quick buy firm which typically purchases homes from sellers at below market levels has accused estate agents and the private...

New PropTech products continue to appear, many aimed at enhancing transparency in buying and selling, or helping agents adopt new ways of...

If you’re in any way connected to estate agency all it takes is a quick glance at Facebook or LinkedIn to...

An online agency says it’s offering its customers a kind of ‘fall-through insurance’ after over 100 deals collapsed between mid-March and...

“Many hands make light work” – Does John Heywood’s old English proverb from the 1300s apply to modern approaches on how...

Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...

In the second of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, the Estate Agents Sales Progression platform, explores...

Let’s face it sales progression is difficult and frustrating: 1)The process has never been properly joined up - the average chain has...

In the first of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, managing director of mio, the estate agent sales progression platform, explores the...

Collaboration creates a bigger market Iain White, of the Innovation Collaboration Group “the Estate Agency industry must recognise that collaboration will...

As we emerge from lockdown, quickly progressing sales to completion is vital to replace lost commission income.  What role can mio...

A working party of property professionals is being set up to look at whether and how property logbooks could help speed...

PropTech big names Reapit and ViewMyChain are joining up to try to accelerate transactions when the lockdown finally ends and the...

The National Association of Estate Agents is urging its members to use the lockdown as an opportunity to train on its...

Rightmove and Knight Frank are today both calling for a series of government incentives to kick-start the market after the Coronavirus...

If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could be in the category of High Street premises first allowed to...

New sales agreed have already plummeted by 15 per cent and over the next three months there’s going to be a...

Almost exactly one quarter of house sales in England and Wales fell through prior to completion according to new figures. In the...

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

Reservation Agreements are the subject of the moment in the agency industry. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is to...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Jason Wilson, mio Account Manager What is mio and what does...

Buyers and sellers changing their minds lie behind almost a third of fall-throughs - the single biggest reason why transactions collapse,...

Almost inevitably on Halloween, there’s a report today on the horror stories that deter buyers - but it may well be...

Another estate agency has come out in favour of reservation agreements. High-end agency Chestertons says transactions currently fall through too frequently and the...

A London agency has told Estate Agent Today that it makes some of its buyers pay upwards of £5,000 in Reservation...

There has been a surprise, but small, increase in the market share of online estate agents according to the latest survey. Business...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Phil Smith - mio Account manager What is mio and what does...

A new survey claims that 28 per cent of those who have put their home up for sale in past five...

It may well seem that the government is pre-occupied with one issue, and one issue alone. While preparations for Brexit take up a...

An insurance company claims that over 29,000 property deals fall through in a year because buyers get cold feet over their...

An industry provider of reservation agreements says its services can “entirely eliminate” fall throughs and reduce failed transactions “to almost zero.” PropTech...

There’s more fuel added to the current debate about reform of the house purchasing process, as new data reveals one buyer...

One of the country’s leading conveyancing chiefs has given his support to reforms to the house buying process. But Rob Hailstone -...

Politicians and officials are studying a ‘model’ two page reservation agreement drawn up by a law firm as a possible way...

A family is raffling a £3m home on the Hampshire/Dorset border after a series of sales fell through. Mark and Sharon Beresford...

When was the last time you looked at your business and really thought about what you could do to improve? Yesterday? Last...

A new company is claiming to reduce chain collapses during sales by creating a lockout agreement, also known as a reservation agreement. Property...

It seems a lifetime ago but in fact we’re approaching just the first anniversary since the government triggered its Call for...

Making my way to our London office on a busy commuter train, my mind got busy thinking about the new do-it-yourself...

Breakdowns within property chains are the most common cause of fall throughs, according to a new study. Over the last ten years,...

One in five sellers suffer a fall-through costing them an average £2,700 - but many lose £5,000 or more. These are the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Ben Robinson, Director of Agency Services at Landmark What is Landmark...

The number of house sales falling through pre-completion during the first quarter of 2018 reached its highest level for this time...

More than one in four house sales across England and Wales fell through before completion in the third quarter of 2017...

Over a quarter of prospective house sales completed in the past three months had fallen through at some stage according to...

Sohail Rashid discusses data driven sales progression in this video below. View My Chain allows agents and home movers to view automated...

More than one in three house sales across England and Wales fell through before completion in the first quarter of 2017,...

A survey of 1,200 people buying and selling shows that 13 per cent of those questioned “have now cancelled their move...

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

Almost three in 10 buyers have seen their house purchase fall through after making an offer - typically leaving them almost...

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

The Conveyancing Association is launching a training course for estate agents, as the debate swirls over whether a shortage of conveyancers...

More than one in four house sales in the first quarter of 2015 failed to complete according to a quick sale...