Homeowners are becoming more concerned about property fraud, research suggests. A freedom of information request has shown a 26% increase in the number...
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13 August 2024
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancers are ‘sloppy’ on post-completion work - warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Conveyancers are failing to do post-completion work properly and promptly, an industry regulator has warned. The Council for Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) has...
05 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancing Association launches digital signature guide](/upload/images/6%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Conveyancing%20Association%20launch%20Guide%20to%20Digital%20and%20Electronic%20Signatures%20by%20EAT%20Team.jpg)
The Conveyancing Association (CA) - the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry – has launched a new guide for conveyancing...
08 June 2024
From: Features
![Conveyancing Association launches digital signature guide to accelerate sales](/upload/images/shutterstock_2439272215.jpg)
The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched a new guide to help conveyancers understand and utilise digital signatures, electronic signatures and e-signature...
03 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Key actions conveyancers must take to protect against fraud risk](/upload/images/5%20PROOFED%20Conveyancers%20urged%20to%20increase%20vigilance%2C%20risk%20assessment%20and%20safeguarding%20measures%20to%20protect%20against%20fraud%20By%20Jonathan.jpg)
Fraud poses a significant challenge for residential conveyancers, with criminals often attempting to exploit the transaction process for money laundering purposes. The...
13 April 2024
From: Features
![Land Registry urged to cut fees so agents can comply with material information rules](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
Propertymark has urged the Land Registry to provide more accessible and affordable services to its members. Responding to a call for evidence...
10 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Proptech firm secures £10m of strategic investment](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Property blockchain network Coadjute has secured a £10m investment from Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, Natwest, and Rightmove. This is the first time...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Time to stop wading through treacle: General Election must prioritise property digitisation drive](/upload/images/3%20Time%20to%20stop%20wading%20through%20treacle%20General%20Election%20must%20prioritise%20property%20digitisation%20drive%20by%20Andrew%20Lloyd.jpg)
The 2023 Autumn Budget, amongst its considerable 110 growth measures, contained an important announcement for the property sphere, with £3 million...
16 December 2023
From: Features
![New app launches to tackle property fraud](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1208701588.jpg)
A new product has launched that protects homeowners from the growing threat of property-related frauds. Title Guardian is an app that monitors...
08 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![New Conveyancing Association document highlights digital tools to speed up sales](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched a new document to help firms benefit from the range of digital services available to...
21 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Estate agent's guide to spotting title-related issues and what to do about them](/upload/images/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
As an Estate Agent it’s important to be able to interpret and understand the information that a Title Deed document presents...
20 September 2023
From: Features
![OnTheMarket Software integrates AML offering](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_AML-400x310.png)
OnTheMarket Software has announced an integration with digital ID and source of funds provider Thirdfort. The digital ID, anti-money laundering and source...
18 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Coadjute aims to speed-up sales with upfront information tool](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
Coadjute has launched a Digital Property Data Pack service for its users. The pack is designed to cover the requirements of the...
13 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Education changes mindsets to the power of upfront material information](/upload/images/1%20PropTech2-400x310.png)
Fortune favours the brave, as the saying goes. So, when you consider how upfront material information can and does make the...
01 July 2023
From: Features
![New banking settlement scheme set to ‘fully digitise property transactions’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_1-400x310.png)
The Bank of England last week announced the completion of Project Meridian, a digital synchronised settlement prototype that aims to digitise...
24 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Why material information does and should matter to you](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
According to the recent industry research report ‘Back to the Future’ from tmgroup, mio and CDS 40% of property transaction delays...
01 April 2023
From: Features
![Conveyancing software firm unveils new AI partnership](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_638342005.jpg)
Search Acumen has announced a new partnership that aims to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in conveyancing Property data, insight...
29 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today - Simpler, faster, cheaper – three characteristics of a tech solution](/upload/images/Site%20logos/ProptechToday-1-400x310.png)
As is generally the case, we didn’t start out with solutions, we started with questions…. two, actually. The first was, ‘Why does...
09 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Land Registry aims to ‘minimise disruption’ amid new strikes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_22140319.jpg)
Next week may not be the best time for agents to chase conveyancers waiting for Land Registry information. The Public and Commercial...
22 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancing boss: ‘Blame game’ won’t improve transaction delays](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageCalculated_400x310.png)
The “red tape ridden” system of buying a home is to blame for transaction delays more than individual conveyancers, agents or...
13 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Opinion - what will 2023 bring for the property market?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/2023Loading-400x310.png)
As we move closer to the end of the year, we invariably begin to think of what 2023 will bring, how...
10 December 2022
From: Features
![Land Registry makes applications digital by default](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/HomeInternet-400x310.png)
The Land Registry has taken what it describes as a major step to fulfilling its automation ambitions. Applications submitted to HM Land...
05 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Land Registry expects ‘minimal disruption’ if strike goes ahead](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-2-400x310.png)
The Land Registry has said it anticipates ‘minimal disruption’ if a civil service strike goes ahead. Civil servants across 126 public sector...
16 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancing needs its digital enablement moment](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropertyFind1-400x310.png)
Conveyancing is an integral part of the house buying and selling process. But it is a slow process, with the length...
26 October 2022
From: Features
![Dye & Durham upgrades conveyancing platform](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Conveyancing software provider Dye & Durham has upgraded its Index Property Information platform, promising to ease the registration process and provide...
20 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Trade body seeks industry views on conveyancing process](/upload/images/library/Conveyancing400x310.png)
The Conveyancing Association (CA) is seeking views about the industry beyond its membership. The trade body has launched a new survey asking...
06 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Land Registry outlines plans for automated applications to speed-up sales](/upload/images/library/property-sales400x310.png)
The Land Registry has set out ambitious plans to automate up to 70% of all updates to its register by 2025...
05 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Keep summer stress-free – preventing neighbour disputes](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/NeighbourhoodDispute-400x310.png)
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
![Conveyancers reveal how mortgage lenders could speed-up sales](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyPeople-400x310.jpg)
Issues with property titles and borrower affordability have been revealed among the main reasons why mortgage offers have been withdrawn. The results...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents - it's time to get clever with property tech](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropertyTechnology-1-400x310.jpg)
Estate agents use property technology each and every day for residential property transactions, but is there more they can do with...
28 May 2022
From: Features
![The identity revolution is here…how will agency be affected?](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/AI-PropTech-400x310.jpg)
Just this month, the Government Property Agency kicked off its search for a digital chief to lead its 10-year technology journey,...
14 May 2022
From: Features
![Search digitisation speeds up after sluggish start, claims Land Registry](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket2020-400x310.jpg)
A government aim to improve the home buying process by making Local Land Charge search results instantly available is well underway,...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![One in 10 sellers guilty of trying to avoid fees, some agents report](/upload/images/library/fees400x310.png)
Some agents say they have as many as one in 10 vendors taking their properties off the market and seeking to...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Changing Our Industry - PropTech group hold webinars on reform](/upload/images/library/PropTech-Toolshed-400x310.jpg)
PropTech supplier tmgroup is to hold a six-part webinar series called Achieving Change: Think tomorrow, act today. The webinars - from linked...
25 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Australian PropTech bid to break into UK property market](/upload/images/library/PropTech-Agent-Hands-400x310.jpg)
An Australian PropTech platform called PEXA aims to break into the UK property industry this year, claiming to improve transaction processes. PEXA...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancing tech firm pledges dramatic time savings on transactions](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTech-4-400x310.jpg)
The conveyancing technology firm Search Acumen has launched what it calls “an end-to-end solution” in a bid to abolish “antiquated” ways...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold is here to stay - so here's what is being done to help](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BusinessWomen3-695x395-min.jpeg)
Leasehold, quite rightly, remains not just an emotive topic given what has happened over the past decade, but it’s very much...
18 December 2021
From: Features
![Stop Property Fraudsters - new guide released](/upload/images/library/Tenancy-fraud400x310.png)
A new guide to help avoid property title fraud, where home ownership can be stolen, has been released by the Fraud...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Startling rise in foreign ownership of homes in England and Wales](/upload/images/Locations/WorldMapAsia-400x310.jpg)
Surprise figures released through Freedom of Information requests show that the number of homes in England and Wales with owners registered...
17 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![HM Land Registry to accept only digital updates from next year](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Digital-Online-400x310.jpg)
HM Land Registry will accept only digital register update applications from November 2022. Most applications received currently are submitted as PDFs or...
11 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Revolutionary tech platform slashes time taken to sell a home](/img/default/eat.png)
Coadjute, the long-awaited real-time network which uses Blockchain technology to sell a property, is launched today with its first property deal...
08 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Avoiding Future Logjams - How to Remove Roadblocks to E-Conveyancing](/img/default/eat.png)
The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...
03 July 2021
From: Features
![Official guidance issued for agents to avoid Stamp Duty delays](/img/default/eat.png)
In an unusual move, HM Land Registry has issued guidance to agents to help them reassure jittery buyers and sellers ahead...
21 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today – have we reached peak PropTech?](/img/default/eat.png)
In the third part of this series, Neil Cobbold – Chief Sales Officer at rental payment automation provider PayProp – explores...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents – can facial recognition ID help to speed up the sales and rental process?](/img/default/eat.png)
In recent years, the property market has been taking steps to become more digital – with HM Land Registry leading the...
19 May 2021
From: Sponsored Content
![London agony goes on as sales in prime central area hit record low](/img/default/eat.png)
The Prime Central London pain throughout the pandemic can be seen by new figures just released by an investment consultancy, showing...
06 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Online KYC checks help estate agents battle rising fraud](/img/default/eat.png)
As an estate agent, you should of course be performing robust Know Your Customer (KYC) checks as part of your Anti-Money...
01 May 2021
From: Features
![Change is coming – how can we improve the homebuying process?](/img/default/eat.png)
With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...
28 April 2021
From: Features
![Land Registry says info change will speed applications](/img/default/eat.png)
New Land Registry rules mean conveyancers and solicitors must have written evidence to show they have tried to resolve a request...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Detached property price rises outstrip rest of market, says agency](/img/default/eat.png)
An agency has analysed sold prices since the first lockdown in March 2020 and February this year - and has found...
08 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Land Registry extends requisition deadline to up to 60 days](/img/default/eat.png)
HM Land Registry is extending the time its customers have to respond to requests for information to up to 40 days...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents Losing Money: Fall throughs cost £10k a month per branch](/img/default/eat.png)
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...
17 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property transaction delays - where ARE the searches?](/img/default/eat.png)
Delays with the return of property searches is one key factor for sales taking longer to complete. As conveyancers start to warn...
05 December 2020
From: Features
![What is blockchain and can it really help estate agents?](/img/default/eat.png)
Property sales take a seriously long time to complete. There are a number of reasons for this, although often delays are...
28 November 2020
From: Features
![Price rises overtake stamp duty holiday savings in many places](/img/default/eat.png)
It may make little difference to agents but a leading analyst suggests thousands of buyers have effectively lost money on their purchase...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancer attacks “outdated” and “age old processes”](/img/default/eat.png)
The director of a conveyancing technology company has hit out at what he calls “an over-reliance on outdated processes” and “age-old...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Buyer Beware to be scrapped? Conveyancers debate alternatives](/img/default/eat.png)
Conveyancers have considered whether the long-standing ‘caveat emptor’ or buyer beware principle in a property purchase should be replaced by ‘vendor...
10 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Electronic signatures are helping agents to weather the 2020 storm](/img/default/eat.png)
2020 has definitely been a year of change. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the day-to-day operations of almost every industry...
17 October 2020
From: Features
![Propertymark names new leader for revamped organisation](/img/default/eat.png)
Propertymark, which will from later this year combine both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Land Registry unveils latest digital upgrade for agents and others](/img/default/eat.png)
HM Land Registry customers - including agents and conveyancers - can now manage all of their applications and correspondence including notices,...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Average sale price is £13k below asking, new survey shows](/img/default/eat.png)
The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Faster conveyancing? Land Registry accepts electronic signatures](/img/default/eat.png)
HM Land Registry is now accepting witnessed electronic signatures on documents for the transfer of ownership of property, the creation of...
28 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![How to avoid delays as the property market recovers](/img/default/eat.png)
Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...
27 June 2020
From: Features
![Property Natter - what will agent offices look like post-lockdown?](/img/default/eat.png)
There has been much speculation about when agents will be allowed back to work, and what the new office working environment...
09 May 2020
From: Features
![Land Registry relaxes rules to allow property deals to continue](/img/default/eat.png)
HM Land Registry is making it easier to verify individuals’ ID from today. In addition to conveyancers and chartered legal executives, verification...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancers agree new rules for house moves during virus period](/img/default/eat.png)
New guidance has just been agreed by conveyancers on house moves during the Coronavirus crisis. The procedures - made pubic only last...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Average sale price was 4% below asking in pre-Boris bounce period](/img/default/eat.png)
Sellers in the past 12 months accepted an average of 96 per cent of their asking price according to new research. Comparison...
11 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Apartments branded ‘least popular’ property type based on sales](/img/default/eat.png)
A PropTech website has broken down the sales recorded by HM Land Registry in 2019 into property types - and apartments...
27 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Beware: reports of cyberfraud phishing emails](/img/default/eat.png)
A number of estate agents have recently received phishing emails, fraudulently claiming to be from the main portals and trying to...
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Portals to be at the heart of house buying reforms](/img/default/eat.png)
Rightmove and Zoopla have been working with key figures from government and the agency and conveyancing industries on how to reform...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![How digitisation will change conveyancing – for the better](/img/default/eat.png)
In the field of conveyancing, there’s a new dynamic at play. And that dynamic is customer-driven and customer-focused, using digital technology...
22 January 2020
From: Features
![Digital Search Delays: Land Registry plans in disarray](/img/default/eat.png)
HM Land Registry appears to be making painfully slow progress on digitising land charge search data - contrary to its earlier...
17 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Boris Bounce: two more signs of an improving market at last](/img/default/eat.png)
Whisper it quietly but the housing market could be significantly stronger in 2020 than in recent years. Two key indicators in the...
16 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Transaction time slashed to 11 days by digital conveyancing](/img/default/eat.png)
A digital platform claims its taken “a massive step” towards speeding up property sales with what it says is the first...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Is home purchase via blockchain now closer to becoming mainstream?](/img/default/eat.png)
A new tie-up between Coadjute, a network for decentralised workflow and data sharing within the property industry, and banks including NatWest...
11 December 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![PropTech Today: The government and its attitude towards PropTech](/img/default/eat.png)
It was in this very column, back in July, when I wrote about how the British government was starting to take...
23 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Huge shake-up of sellers’ information being considered](/img/default/eat.png)
First details have emerged of the information vendors may have to provide up-front In future transactions if government house buying reforms...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Named and shamed: local councils with the slowest searches](/img/default/eat.png)
A trade body has sharply criticised HM Land Registry for its slow progress on digitising local searches after a promising start...
17 October 2019
From: Breaking News
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Price gap between freehold and leasehold widens to eight-year high](/img/default/eat.png)
The price premium paid by purchasers for a freehold property rather than a leasehold is at its highest for eight years. An...
26 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents slammed for “exaggerated valuations” and “disservice” to sellers](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate agents have collectively been fiercely criticised for allegedly exaggerating valuations to win instructions, doing a disservice to vendors and not...
13 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents say official house price figures don't reflect recent market boost](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents have put a brave face on official government figures which have shown a shock fall in London house prices and...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Shock as Land Registry admits big delay in search digitisation](/img/default/eat.png)
The city of Norwich has become the sixth part of the UK to switch from council Local Land Charges to digital...
12 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Summer price surge set to compensate for early 2019 falls](/img/default/eat.png)
An analysis of transactions agreed this spring suggests there will be a surge in prices which will ultimately be reflected later...
11 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Many regional housing markets booming despite London woe, say agents](/img/default/eat.png)
House prices have remained roughly stagnant according to the latest figures produced by the Office for National Statistics and HM Land...
23 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Buying reform could slash transaction time by almost 30% - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
Reforms to the house buying process in England and Wales to bring it more into line with Scotland could slash the...
16 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - events agents need to keep an eye out for](/img/default/eat.png)
With Easter now upon us (happy Easter, by the way, and hope you’re enjoying the long weekend, the Easter eggs and...
20 April 2019
From: Features
![Agents urged to ‘Think Smarter Marketing’ by top industry experts](/img/default/eat.png)
Four high-profile industry figures have sent an open letter urging agents to think about what they call “smarter marketing” in a...
27 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents offered free anti-money laundering compliance roundtable](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the industry’s leading compliance experts is to lead a roundtable discussion in May on the anti-money laundering issue -...
25 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Why stamp duty should be abolished and not just reformed](/img/default/eat.png)
Over the last few years, there have a number of changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) regime, which have...
23 March 2019
From: Features
![Data unbound – how the rise of public data will redefine property](/img/default/eat.png)
The proliferation of big data is paving the way to improving our economy on almost every front as entrepreneurial digital companies...
09 March 2019
From: Features
![Property Natter: referral fees, HIPs & Bee Gees tributes - Rob Hailstone Q & A](/img/default/eat.png)
With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on...
16 February 2019
From: Features
![Online agency looks to private sales because of Purplebricks and others](/img/default/eat.png)
The regional agency MoveSelf, which set up in 2017 as an online estate agent, is shifting emphasis towards For Sale By...
05 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Website boss accuses agents of charging “vast” fees up to £7,000](/img/default/eat.png)
The head of a For Sale By Owner website claims that some agents are making “vast amounts” of up to £7,000...
01 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Four out of five searches ‘now completed within 10 working days’](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s been a dramatic improvement in the speed of searches being completed and returned by local authorities, the government claims. Housing minister...
28 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Land Registry testing Blockchain in bid to speed up house buying process](/img/default/eat.png)
HM Land Registry’s ambitious digitisation plans continue apace with news that it is to consider Blockchain in a bid to speed...
24 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![It’s time to upgrade your AML armoury](/img/default/eat.png)
The government has moved to crack down on money laundering in the UK with a new campaign focusing on the accountancy,...
16 January 2019
From: Features
![House sales slumped in 2018, early Land Registry figures suggest](/img/default/eat.png)
A new analysis claims transaction numbers fell in 241 of 374 local authority areas of the UK last year. Analysis of Land...
04 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![New portal YourMoov to launch in near future](/img/default/eat.png)
A new portal called YourMoov and describing itself as “the UK’s first decentralised property listing database” is to launch shortly. In an...