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![Vote of no-confidence in Law Society fails](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
A vote of no-confidence in the Law Society over material information rules has failed. The Property Lawyers Action Group (PLAG), had arranged...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Law Society to host material information update for agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Upfront%20information%20is%20here%20and%20now%20-%20digital%20conveyancing%20is%20next!%20by%20Beth%20Rudolf.png)
The Law Society has teamed up with Teal Legal to host an online seminar for estate agents addressing material information. The webinar...
17 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Law Society unveils consultation on controversial TA6 form](/upload/images/shutterstock_1723862413(1).jpg)
The Law Society has launched a consultation for conveyancers and legal groups on how its latest TA6 property information form should...
11 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Date set for Law Society no-confidence vote over material information](/upload/images/shutterstock_2360674437.jpg)
A date has been set for a vote of no confidence in the Law Society amid furore over its stance on...
09 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Hunters customer completes first digital TA6 form](/upload/images/shutterstock_1728918238(2).jpg)
A customer from The Property Franchise Group (TPFG)- brand Hunters Estate Agency this week completed the first Law Society licensed Digital...
09 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Law Society postpones compulsory use of new TA6 form](/upload/images/shutterstock_553811446.jpg)
The Law Society has postponed plans to make use of its new TA6 form compulsory amid backlash from conveyancers. The new TA6...
18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Law Society faces calls for no confidence vote over material information rules](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
A legal action group is seeking support from solicitors to call a vote of no confidence in the Law Society The Property...
06 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Accreditation for solicitor estate agents begins next week](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents2-400x310.png)
ESPC has relaunched its SPC Property Practice certification, a unique accreditation course for solicitor estate agents. Developed with The Law Society of...
19 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Law Society faces backlash over material information forms](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-1-400x310.png)
The Law Society is facing backlash from conveyancers after issuing new property information reforms that take account of Trading Standards’ material...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![‘Legal liability’ concerns raised over Propertymark questionnaire](/upload/images/shutterstock_563219308.jpg)
The Law Society is exploring concerns that Propertymark's Property Information Questionnaire (PIQ) puts agents at risk of legal issues, Estate Agent...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Law Society building safety guide clarifies agent and conveyancer responsibilities](/upload/images/shutterstock_1182175984.jpg)
Conveyancers shouldn’t give buyers and sellers assurances about building safety remediations unless they are confident doing so, the Law Society has...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Another year of change? How property law will evolve in 2024](/upload/images/3%20How%20property%20law%20will%20evolve%20in%202024%20-%20weekend%20feature%20by%20Yulia%20Barnes.jpg)
Yulia Barnes is founder and managing partner of Barnes Law 2024 is set to be another significant year for the property...
20 January 2024
From: Features
![ESPC hails 100% pass rate for first SPC Property Practice graduates](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents3-400x310.png)
Scottish property portal ESPC has announced the inaugural graduation of its first qualification, with a 100% pass rate. EPSC revealed that 55...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![New lawyers action group queries material information rules](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Legal_Action-400x310.png)
A new action group has been formed that is expressing concern about ineffective legal regulation as well as extra responsibilities being...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Winter warning over Japanese Knotweed](/upload/images/__thumbs/4%20shutterstock_1777590785.jpg/4%20shutterstock_1777590785__400x267.jpg)
Homebuyers viewing properties during the winter months should be extra watchful for signs of invasive Japanese knotweed, which dies back in...
11 November 2023
From: Features
![Conveyancers reveal industry gripes](/upload/images/shutterstock_405969367.jpg)
The majority of conveyancers would advise aspiring lawyers against entering the profession, research has revealed. It comes as a survey by Today’s...
23 August 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
![Homeowners facing legal action if they fail to disclose knotweed issues](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAction-400x310.png)
Homeowners who sell a property with Japanese knotweed and fail to declare it to the buyer are likely to face legal...
19 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Propertmark unveils new chairman and board members](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BusinessChain-400x310.png)
Propertymark has named its new chairperson and board members during its annual general meeting. Succeeding Propertymark’s, Nicky Heathcote, Bill Butler has been...
30 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Latest Property Data Trust Framework goes live](/upload/images/shutterstock_1559871887.jpg)
The Home Buying & Selling Technology Group (HBSG) has launched the latest version of the Property Data Trust Framework following live...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![New partnership set to train conveyancers on climate risk](/upload/images/Climate%20Risk.jpg)
Groundsure has launched a training partnership for conveyancers on climate risks. The environmental and climate data authority will provide training and education...
23 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Law Society: Climate risks must be highlighted to homebuyers](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAction-400x310.png)
Homebuyers should be warned about climate-related risks of a purchase, new Law Society guidance suggests. The legal membership body has issued guidance...
21 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Property report service aims to boost understanding of climate risks](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
Landmark Information Group has launched a new product that aims to help users understand the current and potential climate-based risks on...
23 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today - Simpler, faster, cheaper – three characteristics of a tech solution](/upload/images/Site%20logos/ProptechToday-1-400x310.png)
As is generally the case, we didn’t start out with solutions, we started with questions…. two, actually. The first was, ‘Why does...
09 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Trade bodies unveil new LPE1 conveyancing form](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews2-400x310.png)
Trade and representative bodies covering the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors, including the Conveyancing Association (CA), have launched...
09 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Does it really take a war to improve AML checks?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/AML-400x310.png)
It’s taken Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for the UK to finally take a much-needed step in the right direction to stop...
13 August 2022
From: Features
![AML warning: Financial criminals targeting smaller property firms](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/scam%20alert.png)
Anti-money laundering (AML) software provider SmartSearch is warning of a rise in financial crime, particularly targeting smaller property firms. A survey of...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents - it's time to get clever with property tech](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropertyTechnology-1-400x310.jpg)
Estate agents use property technology each and every day for residential property transactions, but is there more they can do with...
28 May 2022
From: Features
![Home Information Packs - are they making a comeback?](/upload/images/library/Documents-400x310-min.jpeg)
Agents and conveyancers have signed up to a new buyers’s and seller’s property information form that is described as having been...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Upfront Information - Light at the end of the Tunnel?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-Meeting-400x310.jpg)
They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...
02 April 2022
From: Features
![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
![Exclusive: Setback for house buying reform as top expert moves job](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
Estate Agent Today understands that the civil servant who has been at the heart of plans to reform the house buying...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold is here to stay - so here's what is being done to help](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BusinessWomen3-695x395-min.jpeg)
Leasehold, quite rightly, remains not just an emotive topic given what has happened over the past decade, but it’s very much...
18 December 2021
From: Features
![Stop Property Fraudsters - new guide released](/upload/images/library/Tenancy-fraud400x310.png)
A new guide to help avoid property title fraud, where home ownership can be stolen, has been released by the Fraud...
15 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![All agents should be offered flexible working from Day One - call](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAtHome-1-400x310.jpg)
Estate agents, and indeed all professionals, should be offered the option of flexible working when they are appointed to the job. That’s...
08 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Improving the home buying and selling process - what's the latest?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-MagnifyingGlass--1-400x310.jpg)
Despite the progress made in so many areas, particularly in terms of leasehold reform – although we are calling upon the...
27 November 2021
From: Features
![Property Fraud: A house is sold without owner’s knowledge](/upload/images/library/PropertySold-400x310.jpg)
A BBC investigation has revealed that a man’s house was sold and his furnishings removed without his knowledge, in the latest...
02 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Fake conveyancers diverting purchase funds into fraudsters’ wallets](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialTenants-Tablet-400x310.jpg)
Buyers are being warned about scams conning people out of hundreds of thousands of pounds. The Law Society of England and Wales...
25 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![RICS Scandal: Establishment trio named as interim leadership team](/upload/images/library/RICS-logo400x310.png)
The bid by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors to re-establish itself as a trusted body continues with the naming of...
14 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![We Salute You! - industry tribute after the stamp duty holiday frenzy](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-2020-400x310.jpg)
The stamp duty holiday concluded at midnight, marking the end of the busiest period for the industry - all parts of...
01 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency chief - 'I wish we could bring HIPs back, but just better executed!'](/img/default/eat.png)
In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have another industry big-hitter and one of the most high-profile female leaders in property...
22 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancers told: Manage agents' stamp duty expectations](/img/default/eat.png)
The Law Society has published new guidance for what it calls “under-pressure conveyancing solicitors” as the stamp duty deadline of June...
08 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Housing boom may outlast stamp duty holiday, says Bank chief](/img/default/eat.png)
The Bank of England’s deputy governor says it’s possible that the current housing market boom may continue even after the end...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![State of the property nation survey – what did we discover?](/img/default/eat.png)
Our recent state of the property nation survey, which yielded nearly 350 responses from directors to junior negotiators, and many others...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancers to pilot upfront information for buyers and sellers](/img/default/eat.png)
The Law Society is to pilot upfront conveyancers’ information for home buyers and sellers. This will involve the TA6 form which contains...
23 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Upfront Info For Buyers: PropTech firm links with conveyancers](/img/default/eat.png)
One of the companies at the heart of the campaign to provide more upfront information to prospective buyers has struck a...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lawyers demand stamp duty action to stop dream homes being lost](/img/default/eat.png)
The Law Society for England and Wales says it wants action now to prevent tens of thousands of transactions collapsing at...
19 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Gag: MPs prevented from debating extension](/img/default/eat.png)
The government may be stopping MPs debating an extension to the stamp duty holiday - despite a pledge they would do...
20 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Digital ID scheme for buyers and sellers wins government support](/img/default/eat.png)
A PropTech company has won a grant for a project to improve ID verification in the buying and selling process, via...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty rush causing mental health issues for conveyancers](/img/default/eat.png)
Solicitors’ leaders say members of their industry are suffering mental health problems as a result of the workload to meet the...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents, conveyancers and movers pledge greater sales transparency](/img/default/eat.png)
The cross-sector group looking at reforming the sales process has agreed a new pledge which it says introduces greater transparency for...
25 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Preparing for regulation of agents is key goal of new NAEA president](/img/default/eat.png)
The new president of NAEA Propertymark says one of her key objectives for the year ahead is to prepare the industry...
03 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![How to avoid delays as the property market recovers](/img/default/eat.png)
Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...
27 June 2020
From: Features
![Land Registry relaxes rules to allow property deals to continue](/img/default/eat.png)
HM Land Registry is making it easier to verify individuals’ ID from today. In addition to conveyancers and chartered legal executives, verification...
04 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Change - The key to unlocking demand after the lockdown](/img/default/eat.png)
If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could be in the category of High Street premises first allowed to...
18 April 2020
From: Features
![Agents beware - buyers shoulder Japanese knotweed risk following TA6 changes](/img/default/eat.png)
Based on our historical data over twenty years of nationwide operation and a survey conducted in partnership with YouGov, we estimate...
04 April 2020
From: Features
![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
![Moving home? There's still some hope, says Law Society](/img/default/eat.png)
The Law Society says there is still some possibility that those home movers scheduled to complete in the near future might...
26 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Conquering Corona: guidance and news for agents facing the virus](/img/default/eat.png)
Estate Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat. This is where you’ll find news, advice...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![Transaction times slashed and fall-throughs cut by new agents toolkit](/img/default/eat.png)
The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![New TA6 form has now gone live - you can see it here](/img/default/eat.png)
The Law Society’s new TA6 Property Information Form has just launched, as previewed on Estate Agent Today 10 days ago. “The TA6...
12 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancers told to probe deeply into flood risks of homes on sale](/img/default/eat.png)
The Law Society is telling prospective house purchasers to probe flood risks in the light of a new practice note it...
07 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![All Change: new TA6 Property Information Form launches next week](/img/default/eat.png)
The Law Society has announced that there will be a new TA6 Property Information Form launching next week, on Friday February...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Portals to be at the heart of house buying reforms](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Huge shake-up of sellers’ information being considered](/img/default/eat.png)
First details have emerged of the information vendors may have to provide up-front In future transactions if government house buying reforms...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Lawyers accuse agents of failing to comply with CPRs over leaseholds](/img/default/eat.png)
The Law Society claims that the unforeseen charges faced by some purchasers of leasehold properties could be addressed “if developers and...
20 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Reservation Agreement firm claims it entirely eliminates fall throughs](/img/default/eat.png)
An industry provider of reservation agreements says its services can “entirely eliminate” fall throughs and reduce failed transactions “to almost zero.” PropTech...
19 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Faster transactions for buyers and sellers now priority for search group](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Referral fee ban considered as part of house buying reform](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property Jobs Today - this year's final update on new appointments](/img/default/eat.png)
If you thought Christmas Eve meant no more news in terms of industry movers and shakers…well, think again - we’ve one...
24 December 2018
From: Breaking News
![Japanese knotweed: what estate agents need to know](/img/default/eat.png)
When it comes to property, ‘Japanese knotweed’ are the two words most homeowners and prospective buyers do not want to hear. With...
03 March 2018
From: Features
![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
![League table of conveyancing 'errors' to be published this year](/img/default/eat.png)
HM Land Registry says it’s consulting with the legal industry on a proposal to publish a league table of conveyancers who...
02 January 2018
From: Breaking News
![First sale completes under new Conveyancers Code for Completion](/img/default/eat.png)
The first residential transaction has taken place under the so-called Conveyancer’s Code for Completion - a new procedure in which the...
30 November 2017
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – are you GDPR-ready?](/img/default/eat.png)
Are you protecting your data right? This may sound like the sort of direct warning you get from cold callers or...
19 August 2017
From: Features
![The Queen's Speech marks another step forward for leasehold reform](/img/default/eat.png)
The political ebb and flow continues - seemingly with all the subtlety of a Boris Johnson rugby tackle on a 10-year...
01 July 2017
From: Features
![Conveyancers set out their ideas for leasehold reform](/img/default/eat.png)
A cluster of conveyancing and legal experts, known as the Legal Sector Group, has published a raft of proposals on leasehold...
21 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancing: ASA investigates complaint against Law Society](/img/default/eat.png)
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has published the details of its investigation into a complaint made against the Law Society. The complaint...
14 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![First-ever electronic e-signature exchange of contracts](/img/default/eat.png)
The first ever electronic e-signature exchange of contracts for a residential property transaction in the UK has been completed this month,...
19 April 2017
From: Breaking News
![New conveyancing software shows agents' and vendors' information](/img/default/eat.png)
A software platform offering a hybrid conveyancing and compliance service to agents has been launched following 12 months of testing with...
21 March 2017
From: Breaking News
![Electronic signatures receive approval from Law Society](/img/default/eat.png)
The Law Society of England and Wales have moved to clarify the legal position of electronic signature and have endorsed their...
01 August 2016
From: Sponsored Content
![New e-conveyancing system launches ahead of national roll-out](/img/default/eat.png)
A new e-conveyancing platform has been launched in Edinburgh ahead of a roll-out across all of Scotland. This system, Altis, is the...
13 June 2016
From: Breaking News
![CHAPS extended hours confirmed from Monday June 20](/img/default/eat.png)
Operating hours for CHAPS - the payment system used to trasfer funds for property transactions - will be extended by one...
19 May 2016
From: Breaking News
![Online, traditional – can we learn anything from the conveyancing industry?](/img/default/eat.png)
I have spent the last 20 years working within the conveyancing business, alongside estate agents and I can’t help feeling a...
06 May 2016
From: Features
![Lawyers told to inform agents if stamp duty deadline cannot be met](/img/default/eat.png)
The Law Society is calling on its members to warn not just clients but also estate agents if there is a...
11 March 2016
From: Breaking News
![New bid to launch 'digital platform' to speed up conveyancing](/img/default/eat.png)
Only months after the collapse of the Veyo system aimed at creating a conveyancing portal for England and Wales, the Law...
29 January 2016
From: Breaking News
![Open letter launches fierce criticism of failed conveyancing portal Veyo](/img/default/eat.png)
There has been a fierce attack on failed conveyancing portal Veyo, in the form of an open letter from one of the...
18 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Anger over CHAPS change that will force agents to open longer](/img/default/eat.png)
The little-publicised extension of the CHAPS settlement day - taking the closure up to 6pm from next summer - has received...
07 December 2015
From: Breaking News
![Competition among regulators is healthy – or is it?](/img/default/eat.png)
When it comes to the regulation of the conveyancing industry, this question is a topic of open and ongoing debate. Licensed conveyancers...
20 November 2015
From: Features
![Money laundering skews London prices: 'we all know it' says legal expert](/img/default/eat.png)
A legal expert suggests central London’s house prices may have been skewed because of money-laundering - “and we all know it.” Jonathan...
14 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![Police probe continues as struck-off solicitor linked to MP's property portfolio](/img/default/eat.png)
There is still no word on when a police investigation will report on alleged irregularities said to involve the buy to...
12 October 2015
From: Breaking News
![A chain view that works, don’t make me laugh!](/img/default/eat.png)
The internet has changed the way that most businesses operate. In many cases, the opportunities opened up by the emergence of...
04 September 2015
From: Features
![C’mon, CHAPS, let’s have the truth](/img/default/eat.png)
Last month it was announced that the CHAPS payment system will be extended by one hour and forty minutes from summer...
07 August 2015
From: Features
![Call to devolve agency regulation to Scottish Parliament](/img/default/eat.png)
People buying or selling property in Scotland would be better protected if the regulation of estate agency was devolved to the...
07 July 2015
From: Breaking News
![Veyo: Let’s celebrate this birth](/img/default/eat.png)
So spring has sprung and the Hare is on the loose. After a very long gestation period, the Veyo leveret has...
29 May 2015
From: Features
![Veyo operators say portal is Go](/img/default/eat.png)
The conveyancing portal Veyo officially commences its roll-out across England and Wales today, after originally pledging to open in April. Veyo is...