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The jargon and complicated house moving process is deterring as many as 2.2m owners from entering the market, claims Zoopla.  The portal...

The cost and time consuming nature of the house moving process is deterring older owners from downsizing, it’s been alleged. An upfront...

A house removal specialist and a consumer property group reckon they’ve discovered the busiest day of the year for moving. It’s Friday...

A new PropTech platform set up by a major figure in the conveyancing industry claims to slash the typical time for...

A law firm is warning that one of the key risks facing that industry this year revolves around professional negligence claims against...

The government is clamping down - at least a little - on unvaccinated buyers and tenants in some specific circumstances.  New guidelines...

A housing market forecast based on conveyancing instructions says average prices will dip this month. Average prices will fall by 1.1 per...

Living close to family and friends is a top priority for nearly four in 10 people according to a survey of...

A housing expert says the psychology of a population coping with the pandemic lies behind the house moving frenzy of recent...

easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has given his personal backing to the newest recruit of online agency easyProperty - even though...

Movebutler, the digital onboarding platform from online auction specialist iamproperty, says it has some 900 agency branches signed up. These include Martin...

The ESTAS Group has named a new headline sponsor for its 2021 Forum and Awards, taking over from Zoopla with immediate effect. It’s...

A PropTech supplier says the conveyancing process is “antiquated” and buyers and sellers would be better served if they were ’shadowed’...

New figures from the Bank of England show that mortgage approvals rose 7.0 per cent in November to reach 105,000 -...

Purplebricks is the first estate agency in the country to launch a meditation service to ease “the emotional rollercoaster felt by...

A new analysis of searches and leads to agents by Rightmove suggests buyers in London are deserting central locations in favour of...

Most agents' branches in Wales are expected to close for just over two weeks from 6pm this Friday, October 23 - moving...

Conveyancers are sending a blunt message to estate agents: transactions will take longer than usual and don’t chase us with queries and...

Countrywide’s high-end brand John D Wood and Co has launched a new country house department, to take advantage of growing demand...

A survey says many people under-estimate the costs of moving with conveyancing and mortgage fees often higher than expected. Some 54 per cent of...

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

A leading agency says so-called Covid Clauses are being inserted into contracts as buyers become increasingly cautious ahead of a possible...

Logjams in the mortgage, conveyancing and removal stages of house moving mean sales are taking much longer than usual, according to...

The number of people moving home dropped by almost a third in the first half of 2020, as the global pandemic...

It’s probably not a surprise but new research has revealed where people want to move to - as well as where...

A new study confirms the growing trend of buyers wanting good broadband links - and the possibility that homes without them...

The housing market in Northern Ireland is resuming on Monday after its lockdown because of the Coronavirus crisis. Arlene Foster, first minister...

Three of the highest profile industry suppliers and house moving services have given government a four-step plan to restart the housing...

The coming week’s stories in the mainstream media - inevitably focused on Coronavirus - will be dominated by two things. Firstly there...

A major consumer survey of existing home owners and potential movers has resulted in a plea to government to allow house...

The government of one part of the British Isles has produced guidelines for removal firms. Until now, house moving in an era...

The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...

*** Please see this story for the latest news on house moving, updated 12 noon on Tuesday March 24 *** The property...

The head of a firm that has been creating digital property log books for well over a decade says the house-moving...

The group charged with pioneering Reservation Agreements in the house buying process admits both the industry and the public are split...

The hugely-respected Phil Spencer is to write a regular column for the industry on Estate Agent Today under the auspices of...

HM Land Registry appears to be making painfully slow progress on digitising land charge search data - contrary to its earlier...

The typical house move in 2019 turned out to be just nine miles - and large numbers of buyers moved within...

A new Home Survey Standard is being launched today in a bid to improve and speed up the house moving process. The...

A new league table of High Street agents’ charges published over the weekend reveals the locations where agents charge an average...

There are many adjectives that can be applied to Boris Johnson, probably very few of them complimentary, but there’s one that...

The typical estate agency fee paid by a seller has actually fallen one per cent in the past year according to...

This is the busiest week of the year for house moves, with the single busiest day being Friday according to a...

Homeowners will be able to extend properties more easily instead of moving home. In a surprise announcement this morning - less than...

Half of first time buyers say they made expensive mistakes during their process of purchasing their home, with mortgage brokers, removal...

An annual study of transaction charges shows that house moving costs are now at a record average high of almost £10,000...

Hard-pressed buyers who try to minimise house moving costs by doing their own conveyancing have been warned of the disastrous consequences...

A digital conveyancing platform says a lack of transparency in the house moving process - particularly regarding legal costs - is...

A call has gone out for conveyancers to have all monies - including mortgage funds - in place the day before...

Some conveyancers must publish some price and service information on their websites and in other media from December 6, according to...

Buyers spent £9.7 billion on moving house in 2017 with the average individual move costing £9,580 according to comparison website Compare...

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

A survey released this morning shows that estate agents’ fees have risen only four per cent in real terms since 2007...

Some 62 per cent of current home owners feel that moving house has become more difficult over the past 10 years...

A company supplying the conveyancing industry claims that new research reveals 55 per cent of home-movers are frustrated by a lack...

The HM Land Registry has revealed more details of long-term plans to improve and speed up conveyancing processes in a five...

A survey suggests that over 10 per cent of existing homeowners have been deterred from selling thanks to the recent interest rate...

The Conveyancing Association says some of its members are piloting HIPs-style Digital Home Reports in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and...

Conveyancers and the speed of local council searches have come in for criticism as details have emerged of the government’s consultation...

Pressure is continuing to build on the government to reform stamp duty in next month’s Budget. Firstly a group of senior financial...

Another senior industry analyst says the time is fast approaching for Rightmove to either shift its focus to take account of...

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

A sales progression tool claims to have reduced the average transaction time for a property from around 94 days to around...

The Conveyancing Association has revised its wish-list of reforms to, in its words, “ensure fewer delays, a less costly process, and...

Leaseholds Solution - the company behind the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners - says it wants recent proposals to modernise the...

The Conveyancers' Association has called for sweeping changes to the house buying and moving system to create a "more certain and...

A new survey of over 1,350 homeowners across the UK shows that a large number regard the conveyancing process as too...