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Sellers should be persuaded to make use of upfront information packs in the same way Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) have been...

I was delighted to read recently about the creation of the first ever ‘register of logbooks’ in the UK, which offers...

Conveyancing is an integral part of the house buying and selling process. But it is a slow process, with the length...

Agents and conveyancers have signed up to a new buyers’s and seller’s property information form that is described as having been...

A number of pro-active conveyancers are joining a new conveyancing directory being set up by one of the leading figures in...

The government’s Levelling Up White Paper, released today, contains an unexpected and shock commitment - to create a new 'lite' version...

I’ve never written the three letters ‘EPC’ more often than I have in the past week. Law changes for the private rental...

The current housing market frenzy would be easier to deal with if upfront buyers’ packs were available, improving transparency and cutting...

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

A right wing magazine once edited by Boris Johnson has called estate agents “spivs with tape measures” who conceal information from...

Yes, believe it or not, we’ve nearly reached the end of a whole decade. And what an eventful decade it’s been. We’ve...

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

The reform of the buying process is to take centre stage at a special conference called Bold Legal LIVE! taking place...

A property MOT being launched by Countrywide and described as “game changing” for the house buying process will include survey and...

A national newspaper claims that the 20 millionth domestic EPC in the UK is set to be issued in the next...

Reforms to the house buying process in England and Wales to bring it more into line with Scotland could slash the...

With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on...

The civil servant leading work to reform the house buying has revealed key areas of government thinking - with a ban on...

A firm is launching a new Home Owner’s Passport this weekend in a bid to speed up conveyancing.  With characteristics reminiscent of the much-derided Home...

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

Estate Agent Today is 10 years old this weekend. We hope you’ll agree that’s a cause for celebration and a great...

A conveyancers’ trade body has told the government that it wants the house buying process to be modernised by having estate...

The government has launched a consultation this weekend calling for evidence on how to make the home buying process “cheaper, faster...

  You’ll see a lot of 10th anniversary stories in the property industry and consumer media in the coming days: early August...

A gathering of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has called on the industry to unite and improve the buying and selling process...

The detailed paperwork accompanying the Queen’s Speech includes the Conservative party manifesto pledge to streamline house buying - but gives no...

A conveyancing expert is calling for sellers to complete and return their property information questionnaire to their conveyancer before there have...

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 Conveyancing Association wants the creation of a ‘log book’ and ‘Home Reports’ for each home on sale - reminiscent in...

One of Britain’s most respected veteran estate agents, Hugh Dunsmore-Hardy, is urging new recruits to the industry to join what he...

With an anticipated “Call for Evidence” from the Dept of Business Innovation & Skills looking into the home-buying experience ETSOS is...

Labour’s low-profile shadow housing minister, Roberta Blackman-Woods, has come out for Yvette Cooper - herself a former housing minister - in...