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A leading conveyancing sector spokesmen says some mortgage lenders are making the current delays in the house buying process worse. Rob Hailstone,...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News

An alarming story has appeared in the mortgage trade press, highlighting an apparent pitfall in the house buying process that has...
03 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday has been a hot topic of conversation for many in the residential property industry –...
24 October 2020
From: Features

Logjams in the mortgage, conveyancing and removal stages of house moving mean sales are taking much longer than usual, according to...
21 September 2020
From: Breaking News

Research by Zoopla has revealed the scale of the mistakes by and regrets for disillusioned home buyers. For large numbers of people...
04 September 2020
From: Breaking News

It has been three months since the property market was given the green light to reopen. During this time, we have...
12 August 2020
From: Features

A new property website relying heavily on Artificial Intelligence allows sellers to by-pass estate agents and instead list directly for £14.99...
24 July 2020
From: Breaking News

A company promoting a Blockchain platform with promises to speed up the buying and selling process claims the pandemic has proved...
18 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Unsourced stories in a number of newspapers over the weekend - all likely to have come from government off-the-record briefings -...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News

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

Logbooks about properties must be made available up-front at the point of marketing and not later in the buying process if...
28 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The group charged with pioneering Reservation Agreements in the house buying process admits both the industry and the public are split...
27 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The increasing demand for information on Japanese Knotweed during the house buying process is emphasising the need for householders to pay...
23 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager for the South West of...
07 January 2020
From: 60 Second Interview

A law firm has spoken out about two possible problems in the government’s much-publicised idea of considering Reservation Agreements as a...
17 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Outsourcing important business functions such as marketing, HR and IT to attract cost savings, leverage expertise and gain greater competitive advantage is...
14 December 2019
From: Features

Here’s the final part of our questioning of the three portals based on comments and queries from our readers - thanks...
12 December 2019
From: Breaking News

A new survey suggests that an overwhelming majority of householders want a legal ban on gazumping. The result is likely to be...
21 November 2019
From: Breaking News

Reservation Agreements are the subject of the moment in the agency industry. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is to...
09 November 2019
From: Features

There are many adjectives that can be applied to Boris Johnson, probably very few of them complimentary, but there’s one that...
26 October 2019
From: Features

A property MOT being launched by Countrywide and described as “game changing” for the house buying process will include survey and...
19 September 2019
From: Breaking News

A study from Santander Mortgages has blown the cover on first time buyers, suggesting they know almost nothing and research very...
18 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Our own industry’s upheaval over recent years has been no less dramatic than the turmoil at Westminster. The political earthquake has seen...
23 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Improved communication and increased transparency throughout the buying process can manage vendors’ expectations, improve satisfaction scores and create long-term clients. That’s the...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The minister at the centre of reforms to the estate and lettings industry sector has apologised for what she calls “inappropriate...
24 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A firm that offers a white-labelled online agency platform to traditional High Street agents has signed up a new customer. love2move was...
14 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Just 200 conveyancing firms control over 39 per cent of the market in England and Wales, wielding significant power over customers,...
30 May 2019
From: Breaking News

While media attention has been on Theresa May, Brexit and the Tories, chatter in the agency industry has been about what...
25 May 2019
From: Features

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

It’s clear that some agents are not fans of Trading Standards officers, described in the comments sections of the trade press...
27 April 2019
From: Features

No, this isn’t about Brexit. But as the saga of leaving the EU is likely to bring about the downfall of...
13 April 2019
From: Features

More than 800 property transactions fall through daily, which can have repercussions both practically and financially, as agents fail to get...
30 March 2019
From: Features

The founder of the Hunters franchise agency group, Kevin Hollinrake - now a Conservative MP - is the latest parliamentarian to...
22 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Estate agents have been warned that if new guidance over referral fees is not taken seriously, they could be faced with...
20 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Countrywide’s executive chairman and group managing director have spoken to Estate Agent Today about the impact of Brexit on the company,...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News

The director of strategy at the Council for Licensed Conveyancers says “the onus is very much on estate agents” to respond...
05 March 2019
From: Breaking News

More details are emerging of the first-ever ESTAS conference for conveyancers - the Bold Legal Conference - taking place on the...
26 February 2019
From: Breaking News

One of the country’s leading conveyancing chiefs has given his support to reforms to the house buying process. But Rob Hailstone -...
15 February 2019
From: Breaking News

With far-reaching reforms of conveyancing and other aspects of house buying high on the government’s agenda, a trade body has revealed...
30 January 2019
From: Breaking News

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

In what promises to be a transformative year for conveyancing in the UK, the ESTAS is joining forces with the well-known...
28 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Politicians and officials are studying a ‘model’ two page reservation agreement drawn up by a law firm as a possible way...
24 January 2019
From: Breaking News

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

The civil servant leading work to reform the house buying has revealed key areas of government thinking - with a ban on...
18 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The man who is leading the government’s efforts to reform the house buying process will be one of the speaker at...
08 January 2019
From: Breaking News

Just under one in five buyers in the past two years have suffered moving day delays, either because funds have been...
16 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A ‘disruptor’ tech company claims that large numbers of people are dissastisfied with the conveyancing element of house moves, with many...
09 July 2018
From: Breaking News

Purplebricks has issued a provocative response to the government’s new measures to promote a more professional and transparent house buying process. The...
11 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has announced further measures which will, in its words, “professionalise” house buying and the estate agency business. In yet another Sunday...
08 April 2018
From: Breaking News

The body that regulates conveyancers says controversial referral fees should be disclosed earlier in the house buying process - but they...
10 January 2018
From: Breaking News

A conveyancers’ trade body has told the government that it wants the house buying process to be modernised by having estate...
18 December 2017
From: Breaking News

A conveyancing body says it wants the government to allocate “a small fund” in next week’s Budget to promote research into...
16 November 2017
From: Breaking News

The government's call for evidence from agents and others in a bid to improve the house buying process has pushed some...
08 November 2017
From: Breaking News

An influential consumer group has responded to the government’s commitment to reform the house buying process by advocating legally-binding reservation agreements...
01 November 2017
From: Breaking News

A survey conducted by the National Association of Estate Agents reveals that 79 per cent of agents regard the current home-buying...
31 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, has launched a consultation on proposals to reform the house buying...
28 October 2017
From: Features

The government should take a close look at gazundering as well as gazumping in its review of the house sales process,...
27 October 2017
From: Breaking News

Conveyancers and the speed of local council searches have come in for criticism as details have emerged of the government’s consultation...
23 October 2017
From: Breaking News

There has been a wide range of views from trade bodies and individual agents on the government’s surprise ‘call for evidence’...
23 October 2017
From: Breaking News

The Competition and Markets Authority has released a set of recommendations on how conveyancing, and other legal services, could be made...
03 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A gathering of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has called on the industry to unite and improve the buying and selling process...
26 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The detailed paperwork accompanying the Queen’s Speech includes the Conservative party manifesto pledge to streamline house buying - but gives no...
22 June 2017
From: Breaking News

The banning of letting fees levied on tenants has dominated the industry headlines in recent months but this election campaign suggests...
27 May 2017
From: Features

Conveyancers have backed a call by the Conservatives for reform of the house buying process - and says more up-front information...
26 May 2017
From: Breaking News

A conveyancing expert is calling for sellers to complete and return their property information questionnaire to their conveyancer before there have...
25 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The Conservatives now say they are not resuscitating Home Information Packs, despite a suggestion by a prominent former minister that they "had...
19 May 2017
From: Breaking News

The Conservatives have this morning announced a reform of the house buying process in the party’s manifesto for the June 8...
18 May 2017
From: Breaking News

Conveyancing is the most complained about area of law in England and Wales – accounting, on average, for nearly a quarter...
14 October 2016
From: Features

Nearly three quarters of people who have sold or bought a property deem it more stressful than having a child or...
15 July 2016
From: Features

Online agency Settled has been described by a major national newspaper as having “halved the time it takes to sell a...
04 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Who are you? Colin Breavington What does it say on your business card? Operations Director We hear SearchFlow is expanding next year, can you give...