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![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
![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
![Tickets released for 2024 Women in Estate Agency conference](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Section%2021%20use%20found%20to%20be%20overstated.jpg)
The Women in Estate Agency support group has unveiled details of its latest conference. The event will take place at The IET...
14 November 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
![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
![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
![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
![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
![Conveyancing network unveils conference details](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Conference-Stock-400x310.jpg)
Property expert Kate Faulkner has been announced as the host of this year’s Society of Licensed Conveyancers’ annual conference. The event is...
21 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
![Analyst questions 'dangerous' use of average house price figures](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/house-prices400x310.png)
A housing analyst has urged buyers to look beyond average prices. Kate Faulkner, founder of Propertychecklists.co.uk, said she is on a mission...
13 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today – Why has overhaul of buying and selling still not happened?](/img/default/eat.png)
The government and property industry have been talking about it for a long time, and there have been numerous initiatives introduced...
07 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Breakthrough on faster house sales with new digital form](/img/default/eat.png)
An industry group charged with trying to make house buying simpler and quicker says it’s made a breakthrough on ‘upfront’ information...
16 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Holiday Mayhem - Sunak urged to avoid 'cliff-edge'](/img/default/eat.png)
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been told to avoid a stamp duty holiday cliff-edge next March at any price - because it...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News
!['Furlough could wreck housing market' - warning to government](/img/default/eat.png)
The government is jeopardising the success of the housing market relaunch through the inflexibility of the furlough scheme, claims a group...
27 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Targeting the right landlords for post-fees ban success](/img/default/eat.png)
We know that the tenant fee ban has cost letting agents dearly, with an estimated loss of £300 million paid to...
02 October 2019
From: Features
![Agency reform chief to speak at The Property Ombudsman conference](/img/default/eat.png)
The Property Ombudsman’s annual conference is to hear from the chair of the government’s ‘Property Agents Working Group’ - just days...
07 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![The top 10 property personalities of 2018](/img/default/eat.png)
There’s nothing new about identifying 10 figures who have helped shape an industry over the past year, but that doesn’t mean...
28 December 2018
From: Features
![Pundit Henry Pryor in scathing attack on house price indices](/img/default/eat.png)
Outspoken property commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor has made a scathing attack on some of the main house price indices. In...
06 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![We're not trying to disrupt agents insists market website chief](/img/default/eat.png)
The creators of a website using market data to define postcodes as hosting a seller’s market or a buyer’s market have...
20 July 2018
From: Breaking News
![Transaction volumes now “a little scary” warns leading market analyst](/img/default/eat.png)
Leading housing analyst Kate Faulkner says the current low transaction level is “a little scary” because with so few sellers, buyers...
25 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![First time buyer numbers still 11% below pre-recession levels](/img/default/eat.png)
The proportion of first time buyers in the market is still 11 per cent below the level seen before the 2008...
11 April 2018
From: Breaking News
![New industry body aims to simplify and modernise buying and selling](/img/default/eat.png)
Representatives from estate and lettings agencies as well as professional organisations have formed The Home Buying And Selling Group with a...
26 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks row should trigger call for regulations of agents, says expert](/img/default/eat.png)
Leading independent property expert Kate Faulkner says the current row regarding the accuracy of Purplebricks’ sales figures should be the trigger...
06 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Pressure mounts on Purplebricks to release actual sales figures](/img/default/eat.png)
Pressure continues to mount on Purplebricks to reveal its sales data after a weekend during which claims about its effectiveness continued...
05 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Agents should ‘counter media idea that it's an unaffordable market’](/img/default/eat.png)
A housing market expert says agents should be more pro-active and explain to the public that contrary to popular belief, some...
20 November 2017
From: Breaking News
!['Agents worried about 2018 should sell up now' advises analyst](/img/default/eat.png)
An industry analyst says some agents may find it tough to survive in 2018 if they’re hit by a double whammy...
24 October 2017
From: Breaking News
![Vetting tenants to ensure they are all they seem](/img/default/eat.png)
When a tenant failed to pay any rent after the first month his tenancy last year, the landlord did not expect...
26 August 2017
From: Features
![Agents 'must advise on property decisions - not just sell homes'](/img/default/eat.png)
A prominent housing expert says estate agents must not merely sell homes but should become “lifelong consumer property advisors.” Kate Faulkner -...
20 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![What's wrong with using Bank of Mum and Dad? asks property guru](/img/default/eat.png)
A leading housing market analyst has made a stout defence of the growing trend of young buyers relying on their parents...
29 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Agents Do Charity - with just one week to Christmas...](/img/default/eat.png)
Only a week to the Christmas break and still our industry goes above and beyond the call of duty to raise...
16 December 2016
From: Breaking News
![Fierce critic of estate and letting agents to head anti-poverty charity](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the country’s most outspoken critics of estate and letting agents is quitting his role as chief executive of Shelter...
06 October 2016
From: Breaking News
![Reapit reveals agency training scheme; TPO backs NALS toolkit](/img/default/eat.png)
CRM software provider Reapit, has teamed up with Agency Mentors to provide training programmes for agents. Reapit says its agent customers who...
01 July 2016
From: Breaking News
![Agents can limit Brexit price falls by holding their nerve, says analyst](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the country’s leading property experts says she expects buyers to hold off over the summer as a result of...
27 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![Property expert says agents have learned their lesson from financial crisis](/img/default/eat.png)
Property expert and housing analyst Kate Faulkner says estate agents have 'learned their lesson' from the property market slump in 2007-2008. In...
31 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Housing guru demolishes Shelter 'scaremongering' on first time buyers](/img/default/eat.png)
Respected housing analyst Kate Faulkner is accusing campaigning charity Shelter of ignoring key facts and scaremongering about the alleged difficulties of...
20 April 2016
From: Breaking News
![Analyst berates cheeky government over home ownership figures](/img/default/eat.png)
A respected housing market analyst says “it's a bit cheeky” of housing minister Brandon Lewis to claim credit for figures suggesting...