Worcestershire estate agent Nicol & Co is celebrating its “busiest month ever” for house moves. It has reported 26 completions in Droitwich...
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![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...
12 March 2022
From: Features
![Revealed - London’s busiest housing markets](/upload/images/Locations/LondonMap400x310-min.png)
An estate agency has revealed which London boroughs have been the busiest in terms of the number of homes sold as...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![New guidance on house moves for un-vaccinated buyers and tenants](/upload/images/library/Coronavirus5-400x310-min.jpeg)
The government is clamping down - at least a little - on unvaccinated buyers and tenants in some specific circumstances. New guidelines...
07 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Police probe conveyancing cyber-crash as it begins third week](/upload/images/library/Digital-Online-400x310.jpg)
The police have been called in to investigate the ongoing cyber-security incident which has led to many firms in the Simplify...
22 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Online agency model is flawed but industry must prove it - call](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgent-400x310.jpg)
The existence of online agencies means some consumers believe real life estate agents are unnecessary in a deal - but the rest of...
12 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![How estate agents can ensure success in the fourth quarter of 2021](/upload/images/library/ManPhone-400x310.png)
The worst of the Covid-19 pandemic appears to be firmly in the rear-view mirror as we move into the last quarter...
15 September 2021
From: Features
![PropTech Today: agents should no longer ignore PropTech's merits](/upload/images/library/ProptechToday-1-400x310.png)
Apart from a buoyant market, high transaction levels, and consumer confidence in the property market, one considerable additional benefit which has...
11 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![£50,000 if you move house … to an island](/upload/images/library/Overseas-Property400x310.png)
Here’s a new way to encourage house moves - pay the potential vendor £50,000. The Scottish Government is launching an official consultation...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency repays Covid loan early because industry has done so well](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/GenerateRevenueImage-400x310.jpg)
Regional hybrid agency Hortons says its repaid its £50,000 bounce back loan at the earliest opportunity - because the industry has...
23 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Tier 5 Lockdown - will housing market remain open?](/img/default/eat.png)
The government is considering stricter tier structures for the coming weeks as the number of Coronavirus infections continues to rise. There is...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Do we want Flood Performance Certificates as well as EPCs?](/img/default/eat.png)
A not-for-profit group of government and insurance industry representatives wants a Flood Performance Certificate to be issued for every home. The group,...
10 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Corona Update: Agents seeking urgent guidance from government](/img/default/eat.png)
Propertymark is in touch with the government to see how the new Tier structure being introduced on December 3 will affect...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Tougher Corona restrictions: Agents to be told how market will work](/img/default/eat.png)
Agents should know in the next 36 hours how new Coronavirus restrictions will affect how they work. The Prime Minister is announcing...
23 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Lockdown Plea: Let agents work in offices, not at home](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the industry's senior agency leaders says it would be a mistake for agents to be stopped from working in...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents back Rightmove allegation of logjams in conveyancing](/img/default/eat.png)
Two agencies have entered the debate on whether the current frenzied housing market is seeing delays in completions. Yesterday EAT reported that...
22 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Coronavirus market impact - house moves down by a third](/img/default/eat.png)
The number of people moving home dropped by almost a third in the first half of 2020, as the global pandemic...
20 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stamp duty holiday producing more house moves says agency](/img/default/eat.png)
The share of owners putting their homes on the market within five years of buying is rising again according to an...
11 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents allowed partial resumption of sales and moves in Wales](/img/default/eat.png)
The Welsh housing market is back in business today - at least in part. Letting and estate agents can reopen their offices...
22 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Scottish surge - agents and movers resume work on June 29](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s been confirmed by the Scottish Government that the housing market north of the border resumes for business - and house...
19 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Housing market reopens in another part of the United Kingdom](/img/default/eat.png)
The housing market in Northern Ireland is resuming on Monday after its lockdown because of the Coronavirus crisis. Arlene Foster, first minister...
12 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![It really IS happening - more buyers now wanting homes out of London](/img/default/eat.png)
A quarter of vendors and buyers contacted by a high-end agency say the lockdown and the Coronavirus crisis have made them...
08 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Three reasons why estate agency should be first out of lockdown](/img/default/eat.png)
The coming week’s stories in the mainstream media - inevitably focused on Coronavirus - will be dominated by two things. Firstly there...
02 May 2020
From: Features
![Stamp duty holiday essential to kick-start market, says top consumer body](/img/default/eat.png)
A major consumer survey of existing home owners and potential movers has resulted in a plea to government to allow house...
30 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Plea to government - Let Agents Get To Work Again!](/img/default/eat.png)
The government is being urged to allow estate and lettings agents to return to work as soon as possible when the...
20 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty holiday demanded by another industry body](/img/default/eat.png)
Another body is calling for a stamp duty holiday to help resuscitate the housing market following the Coronavirus standstill. The Royal Institute...
14 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – doing our bit to help the industry through this crisis](/img/default/eat.png)
We are still living in highly extraordinary times, perhaps evidenced best by the fact that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was...
11 April 2020
From: Features
![Controversial agency boss slams “misreporting” of lockdown working](/img/default/eat.png)
The boss of controversial estate agency Dexters has hit out at social media reports and press articles about company staff working...
31 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancers agree new rules for house moves during virus period](/img/default/eat.png)
New guidance has just been agreed by conveyancers on house moves during the Coronavirus crisis. The procedures - made pubic only last...
30 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Government tells agents to shut offices immediately](/img/default/eat.png)
Propertymark has been told the agents should shut their offices immediately - they are not “essential businesses” under the new Coronavirus...
24 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Do house moves count as ‘essential’ under the lockdown?](/img/default/eat.png)
*** Please see this story for the latest news on house moving, updated 12 noon on Tuesday March 24 *** The property...
24 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Emergency interest rate cut may help housing market weather Coronavirus](/img/default/eat.png)
The Bank of England has announced an emergency cut in the base interest rate to shore up the economy during the Coronavirus...
11 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Government told to raise stamp duty threshold to trigger recovery](/img/default/eat.png)
The government has been told that raising the stamp duty threshold would both trigger more house moves, and bring the tax...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![The Whole Nine Miles - the distance of a typical house move in 2019](/img/default/eat.png)
The typical house move in 2019 turned out to be just nine miles - and large numbers of buyers moved within...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![This is it - the busiest week of the year for house moves](/img/default/eat.png)
This is the busiest week of the year for house moves, with the single busiest day being Friday according to a...
27 August 2019
From: Breaking News
![Fifth of house moves delayed by uncleared funds or slow sellers](/img/default/eat.png)
Some 115,000 house moves are delayed annually because of funds not being cleared on time or because sellers have not vacated...
26 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Traditional agents are good value say sellers, but deals take too long](/img/default/eat.png)
Traditional High Street estate agents have been given the thumbs up by sellers in a new survey of over 5,000 vendors...
31 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancer consolidation means 200 firms control 39% of house moves](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Equity release chiefs upbeat after record-breaking quarter](/img/default/eat.png)
Equity release, seen by many agents as a reason why fewer older homeowners are downsizing these days, has reported more growth...
07 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![For Sale By Owner website set up ‘out of frustration with estate agents’](/img/default/eat.png)
Another For Sale By Owner website has been launched - this one, apparently, because the founder was “frustrated” with estate agents’...
25 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![Transactions Trauma - Brits now move house every 19 years](/img/default/eat.png)
New data from Barclays Mortgages suggests Britons are now likely to stay in their homes for almost 19 years between house...
07 November 2018
From: Breaking News
![Should equity release be taxed to encourage down-sizing?](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s little doubt that downsizing is less of a factor in the housing market than it used to be - so...
25 August 2018
From: Features
![Conveyancers accused of massive delays during house transactions](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property wealth: More bad news for the young](/img/default/eat.png)
It’s not breaking new ground to say that younger people have what many regard as the raw end of the deal...
02 December 2017
From: Features
![Conveyancers are piloting HIPs-style 'Digital Home Reports'](/img/default/eat.png)
The Conveyancing Association says some of its members are piloting HIPs-style Digital Home Reports in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and...
24 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Happy Friday - the day when over 50% of homes change hands](/img/default/eat.png)
More than 50 per cent of homes complete their formal transfers of ownership on Fridays according to a survey by a...
20 October 2017
From: Breaking News
!['Stamp duty and mortgage problems scupper 1.2m sales' - claim](/img/default/eat.png)
A building society claims that in the past three years alone no fewer than 1.2m buyers have given up on house...