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From the uptick in house sales in January to a house price rise the first time in over a year in February,...

In his third and final article in this 3-part series, David Beaumont looks at the legal statues of Material Information Guidance. ...

In the first of a short series of articles, David Beaumont, managing director of Compliance Matters, casts a professional eye over...

Following the disappointment of his Autmn statement, many property professionals were hoping for a kick-start to property sales in Jeremy Hunt’s...

I was chatting to a genuine city gent the other day (someone who has enjoyed a career in suits, ties, shares...

“I like finance. I find it intellectually interesting – there’s lots of numbers and that’s great.” That sentence coming out of the...

The CEO of leading Scottish property portal ESPC shares why a discerning pricing strategy can improve the prospects of your property...

Following the release of Material Information Parts B & C, iamproperty’s Product Manager, Tania Bonesi, shares insights on how Estate Agents...

Savills has kicked off 2024 with two key external hires and an internal move into its country house team. James Toogood has joined...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) - the leading trade body for the conveyancing industry – has announced an update to its Estate...

In the current challenging market, housebuilders are increasingly looking for novel and engaging means of marketing to achieve the necessary supply/demand...

Despite the somewhat challenging year, we have seen many agents we work with continuing to flourish. We support hundreds of agents...

There has no doubt been many commenting on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement held a couple of weeks ago. We...

As we enter the winter months and a traditionally quieter time for the property industry - agents are still contending with...

The number of mortgage approvals for home purchase hit an eight-month low during September, Bank of England data shows. Mortgage data from...

London and the Home Counties have topped the list of ‘hotspots’ for potential house sales, according to a new Pre Mover...

Despite the announcements, the publicity, the guidance and the acres of website information, the most common complaint surrounding house sales is...

UK estate agents are paid one of the lowest commission rates in the world, according to a spokesperson for a leading...

In the property industry, technology must work in a way that is right for agents, helping to free them up to...

LSL has described the transfer of its estate agency business to a franchise model as a success and said it expects...

Stamp Duty changes and planning reform should be high on the party conference season agenda, agency executives have suggested. Leaders Roman Group...

A recent analysis of the UK property market by Zoom Property Buyer reveals that detached houses have seen the most significant...

Auction House has sold a fifth more properties this year than the same period in 2022 despite the wider market slowdown. The...

Spectre has hailed the success of its recently launched fee recovery tool after helping an agent reclaim £7,000 in owed fees. Launched...

Buyers are now calling the shots and can expect lower bids to secure the house of their dreams, a property expert...

Despite a 15-year peak in interest rates, one of Glasgow’s leading estate agents, Corum, has reported a 10% surge in viewings...

I sometimes wonder just how far our national obsession with buying our own homes will stretch. First-time buyers are prepared to save...

The property market is set for its quietest year for sales since 2012, Zoopla claims. The portal’s latest House Price Index estimates...

The property transaction in England and Wales is a notoriously slow and fraught process, taking typically 150 days to complete, with...

A QR code on a sales board can land agents multiple leads at around £1 each, says Agency Express managing director,...

Have you heard of the Pareto Principle…? Named after economist Vilfredo Pareto, it describes the imbalance of most work-related events -...

 In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they review the dynamics of the property market, and the current...

Barriers to entry are a big concern for any sector, particularly those who need a greater number of technology innovations to...

Fortune favours the brave, as the saying goes. So, when you consider how upfront material information can and does make the...

Step right up and witness the extraordinary world of Estate Agents as they embrace the power of biometric checks, turning the...

Ever taken on a property where the sale has got tangled up in problems arising from the title register? It’s a...

This May, we saw almost twice as many properties listed for sale across the UK than there were in May 2022....

When it comes to the usage, and benefits of, providing upfront material information to all those involved in the home buying...

Gascoigne Halman branch manager Andrew Hayes is celebrating reaching 40 years in estate agency. Hayes discovered estate agency thanks to his father...

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...

The RICS Residential Survey Report for March caused a bit of a stir this week – despite the fact that it...

Last week was the first ever National Conveyancing Week, which I hope registered with agents and perhaps you even took up...

As an estate agent, you know that securing the sale is just step one of a successful journey. But with issues...

According to the recent industry research report ‘Back to the Future’ from tmgroup, mio and CDS 40% of property transaction delays...

When Jeremy Hunt sat down in the Commons after delivering his first Spring Budget, I imagine there were many who felt...

I’ve found myself in contemplative mode this week, looking forward to the future and remembering times past. In the immediate future –...

Estate agents are entering a ‘rocky period,’ an accountancy firm has warned, as research shows insolvencies in the sector are on...

AVRillo is seeking agents to help test a new product that aims to provide upfront material information to buyers at the...

The head of estate agency Nesbits’ sales team is marking 50 years with the independent brand. Robin Evans has looked back on...

Reduced homebuyer activity has led to a 30.5% drop in UK house sales, new research suggests. The data also shows that one...

The cost of living crisis in the UK has majorly impacted thousands of peoples’ plans to move home, with mortgage lending...

West Midlands estate agency Berriman Eaton has completed a £250,000 investment drive that has seen it establish a new Worcestershire office...

The Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has written off its investment in collapsed challenger portal Boomin. The broker entered a strategic relationship with,...

Estate agency branches are bracing themselves for “a very difficult few months,” the National Association of Property Buyers (NAPB) claims. The NAPB...

The boundaries of prime central London are expanding, new research claims. The PCL market is generally described as the exclusive districts of...

The property sector braced itself for the chill wind of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement this week. His pre-Budget comment that he...

Knight Frank’s head of London residential sales Rory Penn has been named ‘Property Adviser of the Year at the Spear’s Awards...

There are signs of caution in the prime London market with an increase in sales falling through during August, new figures...

Market activity has shifted back from sales to lettings, Belvoir has reported. Half-year results from the agency franchise network show the “race...

Increasing numbers of buyers are gazundering or ‘price chipping’ on their offers to force property sellers and agents into last minute...

PropTech platform Gazeal, which specialises in digital reservation agreements and upfront seller information, has announced that it now has an app available...

Prime London sales activity remains above pre-pandemic levels despite an annual drop, figures suggests. Analysis of the prime London market for the...

The fast-moving property sales market is increasing the risk of fraud, an anti-money laundering expert claims. Olly Thornton-Berry, co-founder of risk management...

April looks set to go down as the busiest month for house sales of the year.  And with record numbers of properties predicted...

A ‘quick buy’ service launched by veteran proptech innovator Giles Mackay is now looking to help fix broken chains. UPSTIX, which launched...

House sales in February were around a fifth lower than the same month in 2021, according to HM Revenue and Customs...

Agents finding it difficult to persuade potential vendors to come to the market this early in the year have new ammunition...

A warning has gone out to estate agents that “more and more” reports are being filed about cyber attacks on agencies...

Mortgage lenders serving the housing market are set for a quieter 2022 after the unprecedented levels of activity seen in 2021,...

With 2022 swiftly approaching, businesses in the property industry are likely to be reflecting on the trials and tribulations that have...

Data released by Zoopla suggests that demand for new builds outside London remains above the five year average, but has failed...

There’s been another step to make house sales more secure and speedier, with a pilot scheme starting next month. Five major identity...

Hello and welcome to the end of the week - an opportunity for you to catch up with charity news from...

Rightmove is warning that it’s “highly likely” interest rates will rise in the near future. The portal believes this now seems inevitable...

There are plenty in the estate agency and lettings world who don’t like the concept of Airbnb and similar enterprises. But they...

Fund-raising takes all sorts of shapes and sizes and this week we have a splendid selection proving that point. Don’t miss out...

Being able to show proof of funds in a quick, transparent and simple way is more crucial than ever to keep fall-throughs...

House sales slumped nearly two thirds last month as the main deadline for the stamp duty holiday passed.  HM Revenue and Customs...

Savills has reported a bounce back after the Covid-hit performance in 2020. The agency has substantial overseas and commercial property and consultancy...

The already-high fall-through rate for transactions is likely to be supercharged by the impending end of the tapered stamp duty holiday...

Purplebricks has addressed its critics on house sales by pledging to return vendors’ upfront fees if the agency fails to find...

By any measure, the housing market has been unprecedently busy in recent months, fuelled not just by the stamp duty holiday...

The frenzy of activity in the housing market thanks to the stamp duty holiday shows the need for automated processes to...

A company supplying data to conveyancers and other property professionals warns that Japanese Knotweed is a bigger headache than usual this summer. A wet and frosty spring,...

EweMove, the high profile hybrid estate agency owned by The Property Franchise Group, says it has recruited a record 30 new...

The average UK house price has risen 8.6 per cent - that’s typically £20,000 - in the past year. This is the...

For many, the funeral of HRH Prince Philip will be a solemn affair, while for some it will also be a...

The Chancellor’s recent announcement that the stamp duty holiday would be extended for another three months was undoubtedly great news for...

An industry group charged with trying to make house buying simpler and quicker says it’s made a breakthrough on ‘upfront’ information...

Following the fluctuation of the property market during the UK’s first national lockdown, the industry was given a lifeline by the...

Connells Group says it is the UK's largest estate agency group by market share - and that's before the Countrywide acquisition...

Hello - another Monday dawns but the good news is that we can update you on the industry’s latest appointments. Everyone here...

Revenues have slumped by 18 per cent at LSL Property Services, the corporate which boasts Your Move and Reeds Rains and...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has resisted changing any property taxes in the short term, but has used his Spending Review statement to...

A survey of completion times for house sales over the past four years suggests that the worst performing local authority area...

The London sales market is slowing as Christmas nears but no significant impact has been caused by the second wave of...

Buyers in around 30 per cent of English cities are almost certainly already too late to complete a purchase by March 31...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

Vendors spend an average £41 a day for 144 days when selling their home - but some spend a remarkable £140 a...