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![Agency launches with ‘Exchange Ready’ concept](/upload/images/shutterstock_74559973(2).jpg)
A new estate agency dedicated to improving the house moving process has launched in the Gloucestershire and Worcestershire areas. Founded by James...
12 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Could buyer dropouts become a thing of the past?](/upload/images/4%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Could%20buyer%20drop-outs%20become%20a%20thing%20of%20the%20past%20By%20Simon%20Jackson.jpg)
Anyone who has ever bought or sold a house, knows the frustration and disappointment when a sale falls through. The excitement of...
01 June 2024
From: Features
![General Election date set – will the property market pause?](/upload/images/shutterstock_628553066(1).jpg)
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday confirmed a date for the General Election. Voters will go the polls on 4 July, meaning the...
23 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agency regulation and enforcement will improve home sales - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Estate agency regulation is needed to help improve the homebuying and selling process, MPs have been told. The first hearing of the...
14 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![MPs begin inquiry into home buying and selling process](/upload/images/shutterstock_2375332805.jpg)
MPs are set to begin their inquiry into improving the home buying and selling process today. The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities...
13 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Research highlights risk of skipping home surveys](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
Around one in 10 buyers who failed to get a survey on a property purchase have gone on to find issues...
13 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Estate agents and money laundering - the need for vigilance](/upload/images/5%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Estate%20agents%20and%20money%20laundering%20-%20the%20need%20for%20vigilance%20by%20Niall%20Hearty%20Partner%20at%20Rahman%20Ravelli_.jpg)
For most of us, estate agents are key when it comes to the biggest sales and purchases of our lives. With the...
04 May 2024
From: Features
![Foxtons’ share price rises on sale rumours](/upload/images/shutterstock_1699913221.jpg)
Foxtons’ share price got a mini boost on Monday morning after rumours that the agency brand is preparing for a sale. The...
16 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Home Buying and Selling Group launches logbook pilot](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/BuildToRent-400x310.png)
The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) has arranged a new pilot scheme for a group of lawyers and conveyancers to...
15 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![New BASPI form launches with update information requests](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BTR%20and%20affordable%20housing%20-%20By%20Andy%20Jones%20Property%20Investor%20Today%20BuildToRent-400x310.png)
Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors have launched the fifth iteration of the...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![MPs launch inquiry into home buying and selling process](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews1-400x310.png)
MPs have launched an inquiry on improving the home buying and selling process in England. The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC)...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Property platform unveils ads aimed at reducing moving stress](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_327904043.jpg)
OneDome has launched a new advertising campaign along the theme of '#PaperbagorOneDome'. The campaign will feature mini campaigns that aim to humorously...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![OneDome adds surveying to HomeBuyer Service product](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
OneDome is expanding its flagship product HomeBuyer Service to include surveying. The property platform said it now provides a full suite of...
11 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Government intervention needed on property transaction times – claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_1245681568(1).jpg)
Property professionals have called for the Government to allocate its promised £3m towards improving the home buying and selling process to...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Property platform offers agents free AML checks](/upload/images/shutterstock_758357752.jpg)
OneDome is offering free digital know-your-customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) checks for estate agents using its various home buying services. The...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Take advantage of a better market](/upload/images/4%20ESTAS%20EAT%20Feature%2017th%20Feb%20by%20Simon%20Brown.jpg)
Reading the news on Estate & Letting Agent Today every day (as I’m sure you all do, too), there appears to...
17 February 2024
From: Features
![UK should follow Norway to speed-up property sales - claim](/upload/images/shutterstock_1878042871.jpg)
UK property professionals should look to Norway when assessing how to improve the home buying process, a housing minister has claimed. Speaking...
07 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - Marching bravely forward with eyes fixed firmly on the past](/upload/images/Property%20Natter.jpg)
Everyone’s a pundit these days, aren’t they? And January is pundit season – when a New Year starts, out come the...
20 January 2024
From: Features
![Agents urged to be more choosy about 2024 listings](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropertyFind1-400x310.png)
Agents should be more picky about their listings during 2024 and focus on sellers that will help speed up sales by...
02 January 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
![Gazeal unveils conveyancing partnership](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/OneDome%20Intro%201%20ShakingHands-400x310.png)
Reservation agreement provider Gazeal has partnered with Optimus, Landmark’s panel of conveyancers to offer its services as an option for home...
04 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - I feel the need. The need for speed-ier house purchases](/upload/images/Property%20Natter.jpg)
It was actor Charlies Sheen who said: ‘I have one speed. I have one gear. Go!’ The same might not be said...
25 November 2023
From: Features
![Autumn Statement: Treasury pledges £3m to ‘improve homebuying process'](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Property%20Budget.jpg)
The Autumn Statement ended up being silent on Stamp Duty reforms and direct housing market stimulus but there were some nuggets...
23 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![New platform aims to match buyers with buying agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Estate_Agent1-400x310.png)
A former lawyer has used her own experiences of trying to buy a home to launch a platform that matches homebuyers...
09 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![How trading down can help save you money and live a little](/upload/images/__thumbs/3%20shutterstock_2049557726.jpg/3%20shutterstock_2049557726__400x267.jpg)
By Kevin Shaw, National Sales Managing Director, Leaders Romans Group As the cost-of-living crisis continues to impact the UK, many of us...
28 October 2023
From: Features
![Pressure mounts for stamp duty cut across UK](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty-Image--400x310.png)
A proposed cut in stamp duty by the Westminster government would be a welcome boost to homebuyers and would need to...
27 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agents invited to give their views on ‘home moving roadmap’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents3-400x310.png)
The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) is seeking feedback from agents on proposals that it feels will “revolutionise moving home...
10 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![Storm blows in reasons to be cheerful](/upload/images/1%20Natter%20-%20Storm%20blows%20in%20reasons%20to%20be%20cheerful(1).jpg)
As much of the country battened down the hatches for the first storm of the season, there may have been a...
30 September 2023
From: Features
![Have mortgage rates peaked?](/upload/images/__thumbs/2%20Have%20Mortgage%20Rates%20Peaked%20by%20Sarah%20Thompson.jpg/2%20Have%20Mortgage%20Rates%20Peaked%20by%20Sarah%20Thompson__400x267.jpg)
Since the Bank of England base rate started making large jumps around the middle of last year, mortgage rates have increased...
23 September 2023
From: Features
![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
![Government urged to resurrect Help to Buy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
The Government is facing calls to resurrect the Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme. The housing support scheme, which provided a Government-backed...
11 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today - How can regulated open data sharing unlock the property transaction?](/upload/images/PropTech%20.jpg)
The property transaction in England and Wales is a notoriously slow and fraught process, taking typically 150 days to complete, with...
30 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today - Is the pace of technological development accelerating?](/upload/images/PropTech%20.jpg)
If we turn the clock back only twenty years, the concept of managing our lives from a handheld device was within...
21 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![New strategic partnership aims to boost agency compliance](/upload/images/shutterstock_1437879773.jpg)
Client onboarding and verification tool LandmarkAgent has announce a strategic partnership with CRM provider Street.co.uk. The collaboration will enable agency users to...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Industry executive queries focus of new digital property group](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The chairman of the Residential Logbook Association (RLBA) has queried the relevance of a new Government-backed property group focused on digital...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Renters ‘delay buying plans’ until rates drop – research](/upload/images/shutterstock_1777344389.jpg)
Renters are putting off their buying plans until property becomes more affordable, according to the latest research from The Mortgage Lender...
27 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![The property industry must pull together to stop from falling apart, industry report reveals](/upload/images/4%20shutterstock_1325564924.jpg)
Now more than ever, property professionals across the sector need to pull together and collaborate more closely to make business gains,...
15 July 2023
From: Features
![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
![Mortgage Mayhem - Labour summit wins support from industry](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Mortgage-400x310.png)
The Labour Party has announced it will be hosting an emergency mortgage summit this week. The summit, happening in London tomorrow, is...
11 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
![Now is the time for the Government to resurrect help to buy](/upload/images/__thumbs/1%20Now%20is%20the%20Time%20for%20the%20Government%20to%20Resurrect%20Help%20to%20Buy%20Reports%20Dutton%20Gregory%20Solicitors%20(1)%20By%20Paul%20Sams%2C%20Partner%20and%20Head%20of%20Proper.jpg/1%20Now%20is%20the%20Time%20for%20the%20Government%20to%20Resurrect%20Help%20to%20Buy%20Reports%20Dutton%20Gregory%20Solicitors%20(1)%20By%20Paul%20Sams%2C%20Partner%20and%20Head%20of%20Proper__400x266.jpg)
With the Bank of England’s rate rise to five per cent, soaring rents, and the cost-of-living crisis, now is the time...
24 June 2023
From: Features
![Upfront Material Information boosts house sales](/upload/images/__thumbs/Upfront%20material%20information%20boosts%20house%20sales.jpg/Upfront%20material%20information%20boosts%20house%20sales__399x266.jpg)
When it comes to the usage, and benefits of, providing upfront material information to all those involved in the home buying...
17 June 2023
From: Features
![Industry figure seeks agents for upfront searches trial](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LettingAgent-400x310.png)
Industry veteran Tim Main has issued a challenge for agents in the latest attempt to speed up sales and reduce fall-throughs. Main,...
15 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Semi-detached homes selling fastest - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/2_MortgageCalculated.png)
Semi-detached houses are currently the fastest-selling type of property in the UK, research suggests. Analysis of 101,126 house sale transactions by home...
12 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Industry group forms Open Property Data Association](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Homeowners%20driving%20Google%20search%20Weekend%20Estate%20agent%20AgentOnline-400x310.png)
The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) has formed an independent industry body, the Open Property Data Association (OPDA), for companies...
09 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Latest Property Data Trust Framework goes live](/upload/images/shutterstock_1559871887.jpg)
The Home Buying & Selling Technology Group (HBSG) has launched the latest version of the Property Data Trust Framework following live...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Technology provides the key to better customer experience](/upload/images/PropTech%20.jpg)
At the recent Home Buying & Selling Group UFI Roadshow in London, it was gratifying to note that panel members and...
25 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Upfront material information pilot cuts conveyancing time in half](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/Builders-400x310.png)
A year-long pilot of using upfront material Information by conveyancer Thomas Legal and search provider Conveyancing Data Services, a part of...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Open letter urges Housing Secretary to help speed-up the property market](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
A coalition of businesses from across the property industry have united to call on the Government to do more to speed-up...
11 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Homebuying ‘disruptor’ secures £8m fundraise](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
A company aiming to “disrupt the conventional homebuying space” has raised £8m in a Series A equity funding round. Wayhome offers a...
28 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Should buying a property be as quick and as easy as buying a car?](/upload/images/Should%20buying%20a%20property%20be%20as%20quick%20and%20as%20easy%20as%20buying%20a%20car%20by%20Angelo%20Piccirillo%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
Yes it should….and we’re getting closer. Where there’s no chain involved, here at AVRillo, we can be ready to exchange contracts in...
22 April 2023
From: Features
![Less space for more money as house sizes shrink over time](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/NewBuild-2-400x310.png)
Homes have decreased in size every decade since the 1950s, despite house prices rising exponentially, according to new data. Intriguingly the average...
13 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Upfront information is here and now - digital conveyancing is next!](/upload/images/Upfront%20information%20is%20here%20and%20now.png)
Last week was the first ever National Conveyancing Week, which I hope registered with agents and perhaps you even took up...
08 April 2023
From: Features
![Land Registry analysis tool and sales platform unveil partnership](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/RightToRent1-400x310.png)
Land Registry analysis tool provider Veya has announced a partnership with home buying and selling platform adoor to help speed-up sales. Clients...
04 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
![New leasehold information form aims to simplify the selling process](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HouseForSale_400x310.png)
The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) has announced a new update to the Leasehold Property Enquiries (LPE1) form, which it...
20 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property professionals prepare for National Conveyancing Week](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_192595709.jpg)
National Conveyancing Week has kicked off from today. The awareness-raising week features a series of in-person, online and pre-recorded events aimed at...
20 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancing technology firm wins grant to develop AI tools](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_638342005.jpg)
Collaborative Conveyancing has won an Innovate UK grant in partnership with the Hartree Centre research facility and completed a fundraising round...
16 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Legal body: Land Registry ‘must get house in order’ after strikes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1524802199%20protest(1).jpg)
Conveyancers are warning that this week’s Land Registry strikes could have a knock-on effect on property sales once staff return to...
03 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property professionals back digital identity framework](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/HomeInternet-400x310.png)
Property professionals have given their backing to the idea of a universal digital identity for buyers and sellers to speed up...
22 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Annual house price growth hits three-year low - Halifax](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePrices_pound-400x310.png)
Halifax has recorded the lowest level of annual house price growth for three years. Its latest House Price Index for January 2023...
08 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![Industry executive backs rules on who can setup an estate agency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_Estate-Agent-400x310.png)
Industry analyst and and chair of The Home Buying and Selling Group Kate Faulkner, has called for the Government to stop agents being...
07 February 2023
From: Breaking News
![2023 – and the year of the digital?](/upload/images/Site%20logos/2023%20and%20the%20year%20of%20the%20digital%20by%20Beth%20Rudolph%20PropTech2-400x310.png)
We are now well into 2023 and, while there have been a huge number of steps taken towards a digital future...
04 February 2023
From: Features
![Conveyancing firm calls for more first-time buyer support as activity declines](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/TenantDispute-400x310.png)
Fewer first-time buyers got on the property ladder last year but there was an increase in people buying for business purposes,...
16 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property professionals named in New Years Honours list](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/2023HappyNY-400x310.png)
Property market analyst and chair of The Home Buying and Selling Group Kate Faulkner was given an OBE in the New...
03 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Women are changing the surveying stereotype](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Sava/4_%20Image%20for%20Women%20are%20changing%20the%20surveying%20stereotype.png)
Surveying is traditionally a male-dominated profession, and many women who have worked in the profession for many years report that at...
23 December 2022
From: Sponsored Content
![Property Natter – the five biggest property moments of 2022](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
As we get ever closer to 2023, this final Natter of the year is dedicated to the five biggest property moments of...
17 December 2022
From: Features
![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
![Agents trial ‘fair data sharing’ to speed-up transactions](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/BroadbandConnection-400x310.png)
Agents have begun trialling a new common technology framework devised by a committee within the Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG)...
07 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![RIP Help to Buy: what comes next?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
In this guest feature, Ben Bailey, CCO at Even, a mortgage lender for first-time buyers launched this year, provides commentary on the end...
05 November 2022
From: Features
![Michael Gove 'gets it' - why his return is good news for the industry](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
Recent political changes – and there have been quite a few in recent weeks – have brought about something of a...
29 October 2022
From: Features
![Q&A with HBSG's Maria Harris - are digital mortgages the future?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageApplyNow_400x310.png)
With reform of the home buying and selling process as crucial as it's ever been, and disrupters like Coadjute and PEXA...
22 October 2022
From: Features
![Government urged to take the lead on homebuying reforms](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Summer-400x310.jpg)
The Government is being urged to take the lead on homebuying reform as conveyancers warn that recruitment issues and lawyer burn-out...
04 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Slow going – average time to purchase a home passes five months](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Calendar-Appointment-400x310.jpg)
One of the biggest frustrations people have with the home buying and selling process is the amount of time it takes...
27 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla boss: 'We are well placed to improve the home buying process'](/upload/images/Logos/ZooplaNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
Zoopla chief executive Charlie Bryant has revealed aspirations for the portal to play a key role in the home buying process. Speaking...
13 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - why housing must always have a seat at the top table](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
First off, my own quick tribute to the Queen, who died on Thursday afternoon aged 96. Despite her age and declining...
10 September 2022
From: Features
![Property Natter - a day in the life of a mortgage broker](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
In this latest Day in the Life of...Natter, I get an insight into one of the most vital cogs of the...
27 August 2022
From: Features
![How tech can lead the way in speeding up the home buying and selling process](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropTechTodayLogo-New-400x310.png)
I am somewhat disappointed, yet not surprised, when I see the headlines ‘blaming’ various fractions of a property transaction as the...
24 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Video interview - how to be a Mum and run a 200-branch estate agency](/upload/images/library/FemaleInvestor4-400x310-min.jpeg)
Estate Agent Today's good friend Christopher Watkin recently carried out a video interview with Glynis Frew, the well-known former managing director...
20 August 2022
From: Features
![The whole of the market will win with streamlined processes, says TVPN](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropertyDevelopmentImage-1-400x310.jpg)
The entirety of the property market could be enhanced by embracing all-in-one moving and streamlining processes, according to The ValPal Network. This,...
10 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today – PropTech shows Britain can still be a leader on the world stage](/upload/images/Site%20logos/ProptechToday-1-400x310.png)
The last week has been dramatic even by the standards of UK politics, with a Cabinet and junior minister rebellion bringing...
13 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Buying reform continues despite Cabinet chaos; leasehold uncertainty remains](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
A senior member of the Home Buying and Selling Group has insisted work on reforms is ongoing despite the ministerial merry-go-round...
11 July 2022
From: Breaking News
02 July 2022
From: Features
![Why free online logbooks are little more than Dropbox](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineAgentConcept-400x310.jpg)
There have been many articles about ‘digitising upfront information’, following the publication of DLUHC’s Levelling-Up white paper and National Trading Standards...
25 June 2022
From: Features
![Buyers ‘worried about looking stupid’ to estate agents](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/TenantsLandlordTalking-400x310.png)
First-time buyers have admitted to feeling overwhelmed or scared to talk to estate agents about the homebuying process. A study of 2,000...
14 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![The art of collaboration - why it can help benefit the home buying and selling process](/upload/images/Back-link-images/hand%20shake%202.jpg)
If there’s not a book called ‘The Art of Collaboration’ then there should be. Update: a quick Google search shows there...
11 June 2022
From: Features
![Agents reveal most common culprit when it comes to fall-throughs](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
Buyer issues have been cited as the main cause of fall-throughs, according to new research. A survey of more than 940 agents,...
31 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Is it time to do the world a favour?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/uk-housing400x310.png)
Estate agents are in a unique position – we handle the meeting of people’s aspirations probably more than any other profession....
21 May 2022
From: Features
![Tech Talk: Property experts explain Material Information shake-up](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTech-4-400x310.jpg)
Next month will see new rules around upfront Material Information for property sales and lettings come into force in the UK...
18 May 2022
From: Features
![Lack of home buying support blamed for Tory local election losses](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
A lack of support to help people onto the property ladder has been highlighted as one factor for the Tory party’s...
09 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – the who’s who of the industry](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features
![Property portals gear up for material info changes](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-MagnifyingGlass--1-400x310.jpg)
Property portals are preparing to support agents in complying with a new era of upfront material information. From the end of May,...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - how can agents and conveyancers work better together?](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Interview-Speaker-400x310.jpg)
In this Q&A, I catch up with Jesper With-Fogstrup, chief executive officer of Smoove (formerly ULS Technology until a very recent...
23 April 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
![Upfront Information - Light at the end of the Tunnel?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-Meeting-400x310.jpg)
They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...
02 April 2022
From: Features
![Pro-active conveyancers in bid to improve buying and selling process](/upload/images/library/ConveyancingImage-400x310.jpg)
A number of pro-active conveyancers are joining a new conveyancing directory being set up by one of the leading figures in...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: The barriers of non-communicating PropTech](/upload/images/Site%20logos/ProptechToday-1-400x310.png)
PropTech solutions have continued to ingratiate themselves in both the forefront of an agency within advertising mediums and in the backend...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Insight - how do you solve a problem like conveyancing?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EvictionNotice-400x310-min.jpeg)
Those aficionados of the Sound of Music will recognise the tag line above. It came to my mind when thinking about...