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Last weekend a story by The Sunday Times’ Deputy Political Editor indicated that the Government is proposing implementing a £250 cap...

Dave Sayce, Founder and Managing Director of Compare My Move, reflects on the legal changes that will make leasehold purchase more...

All new houses in England and Wales will have to be sold as freehold properties under government plans to phase out...

As an Estate Agent it’s important to be able to interpret and understand the information that a Title Deed document presents...

The Building Safety Act will cause further delays to the home moving process, a senior industry executive has warned. Rob Hailstone, chief...

The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) has announced a new update to the Leasehold Property Enquiries (LPE1) form, which it...

Recent political changes – and there have been quite a few in recent weeks – have brought about something of a...

Despite all the controversy surrounding it in recent years, and various government attempts to address the leasehold scandal, new research from...

New rules on leasehold homes came in this week, banning ground rents on new leases but a property expert warns this...

Propertymark has given its backing to the ban on ground rents for new leasehold properties and has reminded agents of their...

Challenger portal group OneDome has linked with a chain repair service to provide what it calls an end-to-end property offering. The OneDome...

The government’s Levelling Up White Paper, released today, contains an unexpected and shock commitment - to create a new 'lite' version...

House and apartment sales are still being hit by confusion and worry over ground rents on existing second-hand leasehold properties. This is...

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

The recent stamp duty holiday and the subsequent conveyancing logjam this triggered has acted as a wakeup call for the industry....

One of the biggest campaign groups calling for leasehold reform has welcomed the action taken by the Competition and Markets Authority...

In what will be seen as the latest win for leaseholders across the UK, it’s been revealed that – following action...

Millions of leaseholders will be given the right to extend their lease by a maximum term of 990 years at zero...

Many agents, certainly those in London, will have faced the difficult task of selling a flat with a shorter lease. A...

A right wing magazine once edited by Boris Johnson has called estate agents “spivs with tape measures” who conceal information from...

NAEA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a Competitions and Markets Authority investigation into whether consumer protection law has been broken...

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

There’s been a broad welcome from agents and other industry organisations for the latest report from the Competition and Markets Authority...

Unfortunately for consumers, buying and selling properties is rarely plain sailing. But fortunately for agents, this provides you with an opportunity to...

A leasehold reform campaigner claims estate agents face “growing calls to be held accountable for mis-selling leasehold properties.” Louie Burns, managing director...

A London estate agency says a new scheme of apartments being launched for sale this weekend will be the first ever...

A 10 point manifesto to drive forward leasehold reform has been published by prominent campaigner Louie Burns, of The Leasehold Solutions Group. The 10...

A London agency has told Estate Agent Today that it makes some of its buyers pay upwards of £5,000 in Reservation...

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

A leasehold reform campaigner says government proposals risk creating a two-tier market and do nothing to assist leaseholders already hit by...

A conveyancing body is calling on mortgage lenders to standardise their policies in respect of unexpired lease terms in order to...

The Competition and Markets Authority has formally launched an investigation into the sale of leasehold properties - including possible mis-selling. This follows...

The National Association of Estate Agents has welcomed the commitment by the Competition and Markets Authority to investigate the mis-selling of...

Consultation closes today on a Law Commission proposal to radically reshape leasehold and the Right To Manage. Right To Manage was introduced...

The leasehold scandal has received plenty of press coverage, with horror stories of people living in homes that are impossible to...

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

The head of a property management company says conveyancers must do more to ensure buyers of leasehold properties fully understand the...

Developers have continued to sell thousands of new-build houses with leaseholds, despite a government pledge to ban the “unscrupulous” practice a...

The cost of new-build leasehold properties has surged 16 times faster than freeholds according to research from property investment platform. The revelation...

Estate Agent Today is 10 years old this weekend. We hope you’ll agree that’s a cause for celebration and a great...

People living in leasehold properties should extend the remaining terms of their leases before they drop beneath 80 years, according to a...

The UK is home to four million leasehold properties in private ownership, according to government figures. The majority of which require...

The housing market has not been short of a White Paper over the last few months, and while you might just...

Housing minister Gavin Barwell says the government will provide “substantial investment” to ensure more transparency in leasehold tenure. “We are determined to...

I recently came across a consumer comment expressing frustration at the length and complexity of UK conveyancing and raising the question...

A firm is warning of “a wave of litigation from home owners who were given inadequate advice from their solicitors or...

Working relationships between estate agents and conveyancers can be mutually beneficial with the referral of work between parties. However, they are missing...

The Conveyancing Association has set out recommendations to end what it claims are significant delays and overcharging taking place within the...

The Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners says more leaseholders are complaining of inflated service charges for maintenance, upkeep and communal areas.  The...

A conveyancing firm claims there has been a 140 per cent increase in the number of properties requiring leasehold extensions in...