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12 February 2021
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A quick buy firm which typically purchases homes from sellers at below market levels has accused estate agents and the private...
28 September 2020
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It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...
29 August 2020
From: Features

Now we’re well into the second month of the year, we have reached a crucial point in the ongoing plans to...
08 February 2020
From: Features

Property auctions – online or otherwise – can be hugely helpful to sellers, buyers and estate agents. Online auctions, in particular, are...
06 February 2020
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A new survey suggests that an overwhelming majority of householders want a legal ban on gazumping. The result is likely to be...
21 November 2019
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Buyers and sellers changing their minds lie behind almost a third of fall-throughs - the single biggest reason why transactions collapse,...
05 November 2019
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Reservation Agreements may require bigger financial penalties than the £500 to £1,000 currently envisaged if they are to work. That’s the view...
01 November 2019
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Gazumping is alive and well in much of the country, despite the slowdown in the property market, according to new research...
01 July 2019
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Phil Spencer and his advice website IQ have endorsed the concept of legally binding reservation agreements and digital legal packs through...
27 June 2019
From: Breaking News

The modern method of auction is proving to revolutionise the way properties are bought and sold across the UK. By putting the...
26 June 2019
From: Features

MyBid4It is an online auction platform which has been developed to partner with Estate Agents and revolutionise the way properties are...
26 June 2019
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A large-scale survey by a consumer group has revealed that over half of home owners regard stamp duty as a growing...
26 March 2019
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A London estate agent says his system of ‘moral agreements’ between sellers and buyers prevents chains collapsing and means his company has...
08 February 2019
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The latest research from online estate agency Emoov shows at least one silver lining to the current Brexit-hit housing market -...
21 November 2018
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New research shows 35 per cent of deals fall through within three weeks of a seller receiving an offer and a...
16 November 2018
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A new company is claiming to reduce chain collapses during sales by creating a lockout agreement, also known as a reservation agreement. Property...
06 November 2018
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It seems a lifetime ago but in fact we’re approaching just the first anniversary since the government triggered its Call for...
05 October 2018
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Gazumping is the biggest irritation in the property market to the general public according to a survey of over 2,000 people. Respondents...
02 August 2018
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To demonstrate the lengths some buyers will go to make sure their offer is accepted, NAEA Propertymark has asked its agent...
24 May 2018
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Stubbornly high house prices and concerns over leasehold-related charges top the list of worries amongst the public about the housing market. That’s...
19 April 2018
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Estate agent licensing will reduce competition, make buying and selling homes more expensive, and add another layer of red tape to...
18 April 2018
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As the estate agency business in England moves towards being more robust with professional qualifications and higher standards being introduced, there...
17 April 2018
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A central London buying agent says she was once offered a bribe by an estate agent to try to persuade a...
17 April 2018
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The government has announced further measures which will, in its words, “professionalise” house buying and the estate agency business. In yet another Sunday...
08 April 2018
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A critic of the conveyancing process has accused a law firm’s charge of £95 for “exchange and completion within five working...
13 March 2018
From: Breaking News

“Are we there yet?” In the same way that these words can drive you to distraction (any parent who has endured the...
17 February 2018
From: Features

A law firm says the problems with housing transactions lie not with issues like fall-throughs but with “people’s general lack of...
07 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Online agency Settled is introducing a deposit scheme which it claims will assist sellers and buyers reach completion faster - and...
29 November 2017
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Some 12 per cent of transactions in England and Wales so far this year have been subject to gazumping, being sold...
03 November 2017
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Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, has launched a consultation on proposals to reform the house buying...
28 October 2017
From: Features

The government should take a close look at gazundering as well as gazumping in its review of the house sales process,...
27 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The Conveyancing Association says some of its members are piloting HIPs-style Digital Home Reports in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and...
24 October 2017
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Conveyancers and the speed of local council searches have come in for criticism as details have emerged of the government’s consultation...
23 October 2017
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There has been a wide range of views from trade bodies and individual agents on the government’s surprise ‘call for evidence’...
23 October 2017
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The government has launched a consultation this weekend calling for evidence on how to make the home buying process “cheaper, faster...
22 October 2017
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The agent behind a new online service covering off-market homes in part of prime central London says his service will expand...
25 September 2017
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You’ll see a lot of 10th anniversary stories in the property industry and consumer media in the coming days: early August...
28 July 2017
From: Features

The popularity of property auctions in the UK has increased enormously in recent years, supported by popular TV shows such as...
17 June 2017
From: Features

A ‘disrupter’ estate agent says the English housing market operates in a way that is far less efficient than Scotland’s -...
19 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The guys at Which? are at it again, all over estate agents like a rash for “over valuing” properties so they...
17 February 2017
From: Features

Perhaps unsurprisingly, a new survey suggests the proportion of London buyers who have lost out on a purchase because of gazumping...
30 January 2017
From: Breaking News

No longer just a domain for investors, developers and property traders, the auction room is now the preferred option of buying...
21 January 2017
From: Features

With an anticipated “Call for Evidence” from the Dept of Business Innovation & Skills looking into the home-buying experience ETSOS is...
01 September 2016
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Nearly three quarters of people who have sold or bought a property deem it more stressful than having a child or...
15 July 2016
From: Features

In this business you get used to dealing with regular customer and third-party feedback, input, and (occasionally) complaints. Much like the agency market...
13 May 2016
From: Features

The government is staying tight-lipped about it for the moment but there may be a major shake-up in house buying on...
11 May 2016
From: Breaking News

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