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ESPC has relaunched its SPC Property Practice certification, a unique accreditation course for solicitor estate agents. Developed with The Law Society of...

The Law Society is facing backlash from conveyancers after issuing new property information reforms that take account of Trading Standards’ material...

The Law Society is exploring concerns that Propertymark's Property Information Questionnaire (PIQ) puts agents at risk of legal issues, Estate Agent...

Conveyancers shouldn’t give buyers and sellers assurances about building safety remediations unless they are confident doing so, the Law Society has...

Yulia Barnes is founder and managing partner of Barnes Law   2024 is set to be another significant year for the property...

Scottish property portal ESPC has announced the inaugural graduation of its first qualification, with a 100% pass rate. EPSC revealed that 55...

A new action group has been formed that is expressing concern about ineffective legal regulation as well as extra responsibilities being...

Homebuyers viewing properties during the winter months should be extra watchful for signs of invasive Japanese knotweed, which dies back in...

The majority of conveyancers would advise aspiring lawyers against entering the profession, research has revealed. It comes as a survey by Today’s...

The chairman of the Residential Logbook Association (RLBA) has queried the relevance of a new Government-backed property group focused on digital...

Homeowners who sell a property with Japanese knotweed and fail to declare it to the buyer are likely to face legal...

Propertymark has named its new chairperson and board members during its annual general meeting. Succeeding Propertymark’s, Nicky Heathcote, Bill Butler has been...

The Home Buying & Selling Technology Group (HBSG) has launched the latest version of the Property Data Trust Framework following live...

Groundsure has launched a training partnership for conveyancers on climate risks. The environmental and climate data authority will provide training and education...

Homebuyers should be warned about climate-related risks of a purchase, new Law Society guidance suggests. The legal membership body has issued guidance...

Landmark Information Group has launched a new product that aims to help users understand the current and potential climate-based risks on...

As is generally the case, we didn’t start out with solutions, we started with questions…. two, actually. The first was, ‘Why does...

Trade and representative bodies covering the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors, including the Conveyancing Association (CA), have launched...

It’s taken Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for the UK to finally take a much-needed step in the right direction to stop...

Anti-money laundering (AML) software provider SmartSearch is warning of a rise in financial crime, particularly targeting smaller property firms. A survey of...

Estate agents use property technology each and every day for residential property transactions, but is there more they can do with...

Agents and conveyancers have signed up to a new buyers’s and seller’s property information form that is described as having been...

They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...

Those aficionados of the Sound of Music will recognise the tag line above. It came to my mind when thinking about...

Estate Agent Today understands that the civil servant who has been at the heart of plans to reform the house buying...

Leasehold, quite rightly, remains not just an emotive topic given what has happened over the past decade, but it’s very much...

A new guide to help avoid property title fraud, where home ownership can be stolen, has been released by the Fraud...

Estate agents, and indeed all professionals, should be offered the option of flexible working when they are appointed to the job. That’s...

Despite the progress made in so many areas, particularly in terms of leasehold reform – although we are calling upon the...

A BBC investigation has revealed that a man’s house was sold and his furnishings removed without his knowledge, in the latest...

Buyers are being warned about scams conning people out of hundreds of thousands of pounds. The Law Society of England and Wales...

The bid by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors to re-establish itself as a trusted body continues with the naming of...

The stamp duty holiday concluded at midnight, marking the end of the busiest period for the industry - all parts of...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have another industry big-hitter and one of the most high-profile female leaders in property...

The Law Society has published new guidance for what it calls “under-pressure conveyancing solicitors” as the stamp duty deadline of June...

The Bank of England’s deputy governor says it’s possible that the current housing market boom may continue even after the end...

Our recent state of the property nation survey, which yielded nearly 350 responses from directors to junior negotiators, and many others...

The Law Society is to pilot upfront conveyancers’ information for home buyers and sellers. This will involve the TA6 form which contains...

One of the companies at the heart of the campaign to provide more upfront information to prospective buyers has struck a...

The Law Society for England and Wales says it wants action now to prevent tens of thousands of  transactions collapsing at...

The government may be stopping MPs debating an extension to the stamp duty holiday - despite a pledge they would do...

A PropTech company has won a grant for a project to improve ID verification in the buying and selling process, via...

Solicitors’ leaders say members of their industry are suffering mental health problems as a result of the workload to meet the...

The cross-sector group looking at reforming the sales process has agreed a new pledge which it says introduces greater transparency for...

The new president of NAEA Propertymark says one of her key objectives for the year ahead is to prepare the industry...

Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...

HM Land Registry is making it easier to verify individuals’ ID from today. In addition to conveyancers and chartered legal executives, verification...

If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could be in the category of High Street premises first allowed to...

Based on our historical data over twenty years of nationwide operation and a survey conducted in partnership with YouGov, we estimate...

New guidance has just been agreed by conveyancers on house moves during the Coronavirus crisis. The procedures - made pubic only last...

The Law Society says there is still some possibility that those home movers scheduled to complete in the near future might...

Estate Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat. This is where you’ll find news, advice...

The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve...

The Law Society’s new TA6 Property Information Form has just launched, as previewed on Estate Agent Today 10 days ago.  “The TA6...

The Law Society is telling prospective house purchasers to probe flood risks in the light of a new practice note it...

The Law Society has announced that there will be a new TA6 Property Information Form launching next week, on Friday February...

Rightmove and Zoopla have been working with key figures from government and the agency and conveyancing industries on how to reform...

First details have emerged of the information vendors may have to provide up-front In future transactions if government house buying reforms...

The Law Society claims that the unforeseen charges faced by some purchasers of leasehold properties could be addressed “if developers and...

An industry provider of reservation agreements says its services can “entirely eliminate” fall throughs and reduce failed transactions “to almost zero.” PropTech...

With far-reaching reforms of conveyancing and other aspects of house buying high on the government’s agenda, a trade body has revealed...

The civil servant leading work to reform the house buying has revealed key areas of government thinking - with a ban on...

If you thought Christmas Eve meant no more news in terms of industry movers and shakers…well, think again - we’ve one...

When it comes to property, ‘Japanese knotweed’ are the two words most homeowners and prospective buyers do not want to hear.  With...

Representatives from estate and lettings agencies as well as professional organisations have formed The Home Buying And Selling Group with a...

HM Land Registry says it’s consulting with the legal industry on a proposal to publish a league table of conveyancers who...

The first residential transaction has taken place under the so-called Conveyancer’s Code for Completion - a new procedure in which the...

Are you protecting your data right? This may sound like the sort of direct warning you get from cold callers or...

The political ebb and flow continues - seemingly with all the subtlety of a Boris Johnson rugby tackle on a 10-year...

A cluster of conveyancing and legal experts, known as the Legal Sector Group, has published a raft of proposals on leasehold...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has published the details of its investigation into a complaint made against the Law Society. The complaint...

The first ever electronic e-signature exchange of contracts for a residential property transaction in the UK has been completed this month,...

A software platform offering a hybrid conveyancing and compliance service to agents has been launched following 12 months of testing with...

The Law Society of England and Wales have moved to clarify the legal position of electronic signature and have endorsed their...

A new e-conveyancing platform has been launched in Edinburgh ahead of a roll-out across all of Scotland. This system, Altis, is the...

Operating hours for CHAPS - the payment system used to trasfer funds for property transactions - will be extended by one...

I have spent the last 20 years working within the conveyancing business, alongside estate agents and I can’t help feeling a...

The Law Society is calling on its members to warn not just clients but also estate agents if there is a...

Only months after the collapse of the Veyo system aimed at creating a conveyancing portal for England and Wales, the Law...

There has been a fierce attack on failed conveyancing portal Veyo, in the form of an open letter from one of the...

The little-publicised extension of the CHAPS settlement day - taking the closure up to 6pm from next summer - has received...

When it comes to the regulation of the conveyancing industry, this question is a topic of open and ongoing debate. Licensed conveyancers...

A legal expert suggests central London’s house prices may have been skewed because of money-laundering - “and we all know it.” Jonathan...

There is still no word on when a police investigation will report on alleged irregularities said to involve the buy to...

The internet has changed the way that most businesses operate. In many cases, the opportunities opened up by the emergence of...

Last month it was announced that the CHAPS payment system will be extended by one hour and forty minutes from summer...

People buying or selling property in Scotland would be better protected if the regulation of estate agency was devolved to the...

So spring has sprung and the Hare is on the loose. After a very long gestation period, the Veyo leveret has...

The conveyancing portal Veyo officially commences its roll-out across England and Wales today, after originally pledging to open in April. Veyo is...

The issue of some estate agents insisting that buyers and/or sellers use a particular solicitor or conveyancer has reared its ugly...