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An anti-money laundering (AML) expert has queried why there is a reluctance among estate agents to accept and follow AML responsibilities. It...

A luxury real estate broker and presenter for house prize draw competition Omaze is joining premium agency brand By Design, operating in...

It’s time to abolish what is colloquially called Landlord Licensing. If you’re a casual reader and perhaps not in our industry, a...

The Keller Williams UK (KWUK) brand is facing yet another restructure with its leadership in the country effectively removed. KWUK spent much...

Simon Bradbury has quit his role as managing director of Thomas Morris. An announcement from the brand has revealed that Bradbury, who...

Fine & Country Chelmsford’s managing directors Ed Casson and Simon Pelling have expanded further into the region, taking on the licence...

By Jashoda Pindoria, Head of Self Assessment Operations, HMRC Self Assessment need not be daunting with HMRC’s simple steps on getting started....

Keller Williams UK’s (KWUK) new chief executive Mark Readings has outlined a new strategy for the self-employed agency brand. Speaking at KWUK’s...

In recent years, the UK private rented sector has witnessed a significant increase in government regulation aimed at raising standards for...

Prominent industry figure Sean Newman has renewed his licence agreement with Fine & Country for five more years.  Newman has licenses in...

Two well-known Fine & Country licensees have partnered to boost their presence in the South West of England. Jonathan Handford and Sean...

Tackling economic crime is part of the day job for estate agents. But how can the latest digital ID tools help...

Russell Quirk may have already irked plenty of estate agents in his time as boss of collapsed online brand Emoov and...

Another Keller Williams UK (KWUK) market centre is set to close its doors but it is unclear who made the decision...

Despite most businesses across industry now adopting some form of digital alternative to traditional work methods, many in the private rental...

Landlords are exiting the market in droves. According to an accountancy firm who analysed HMRC data, 70,000 buy-to-let landlords left the sector...

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

Agents are being warned that they risk financial and reputational costs by continuing to rely on manual methods of identity verification. It...

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

A family business within the Fine & Country network has taken on the master licence for Spain. Chris Hara, managing director of...

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

Fine & Country has elected new representatives to its National Advisory Council (NAC). The NAC is responsible for providing advice, suggestions and...

Conveyancing is an integral part of the house buying and selling process. But it is a slow process, with the length...

If recent headlines are anything to go by, estate agents and the wider property industry are not just feeling the heavy...

An Estate Agent Today reader poll has revealed opposition to climate risks being outlined to buyers when purchasing a property. A poll...

Property buyers should be warned of the climate risks when purchasing a home, a leading lawyer has claimed. Stephen Tromans QC, the...

Some people will say: What problem? But they are getting fewer as the detrimental effect of increasing numbers of short lets on...

Almost a quarter of buyers have claimed they were not asked to verify their identity when purchasing a property, a survey...

Former Evolve staff are being offered £2,000 ex-gratia payments by the easyGroup after its ownership of easyProperty ended. Jason Bull, national sales...

A new lender is preparing to enter the mortgage market with long-dated fixed rate mortgages in a move seen by some...

As Britain’s housing boom continues,  SDL Property Auctions has warned of ten ways new homeowners could be fined up to £5,000...

There has been so much coverage recently over how painfully slow conveyancing is at the moment - 18-20 weeks is now...

In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...

Many people in recent years will have become familiar with challenger banks such as Monzo, Starling and Atom. Many will have...

Agents remain positive about the prospects for their business and the property market despite talk of slowing house price growth and...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

PayProp’s recent Rental Confidence Index survey polled property professionals about their biggest concerns for 2022. Unsurprisingly, new regulations were a top...

A 20 year old estate agent who admitted being four times over the drink driving limit has been fined and banned...

Alexander Siedes, CEO of Homeppl, reveals the top five ways people try and commit tenancy fraud and how to spot and stop...

A new company claiming to save money on buyers’ legal and estate agent fees has been forced to rebrand. Easyfees - launched...

One of the country’s leading estate agents has shared his top tips for using PropTech. Simon Bradbury is managing director at Thomas...

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

Jackson-Stops, which currently has 42 branches across the UK, has revealed it’s going to have another 20 by the end of...

The Fine & Country network has added another agency to its network - this one in the west country city of...

An online estate agency is launching a quasi franchise operation it calls Agency In A Box and claims applicants will “effectively”...

“A hybrid offering, which serves customers of all needs and capabilities, is what we should all be working towards.” Following Aconveyancing opening...

It’s nearly two years since The Tenant Fees Act came into force for tenancies in England. On 1 June 2019 it...

We have more regulations controlling the sector than ever before and we have more ‘regulators’ involved in controlling the sector than...

Licensing of the short-term lets sector in Scotland was due to be introduced next month. However, it was recently announced that...

It’s 12 years since we opened our doors with the Fine and Country estate agency in Drayton on April 1 2009. The...

From 4 May 2021, your agency could be blocked from charging late fees, compounding interest on missing rent and taking any...

It’s been some time since online agencies have ventured into crowdfunding to raise investment, but easyProperty has now done so -...

High profile franchise hybrid agency EweMove has announced ambitious plans to double agent numbers within two years. The firm - which has...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been told to avoid a stamp duty holiday cliff-edge next March at any price - because it...

A former healthcare executive is the latest convert to become an online agent with easyProperty, the company has announced. Richard Ayres has...

Online agency easyProperty has announced four new areas to its portfolio to build on its existing 41 locations - and it’s seeking...

Agents now have a chance to say what they think should be in a new Code of Conduct being discussed following...

Purplebricks is selling its Canadian business. The sale comes little over a year after the troubled agency closed both its failed Australian and...

Propertymark is calling in the government for agents to be trained in the use of software operating the Unique Property Reference...

A former chief executive of Countrywide has issued a string of extravagant claims about the lockdown success of the online agency...

The industry should continue to prepare for large-scale reforms such as mandatory agency training, the licensing of agents and a new...

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......

Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...

A branch of Northwood is offering its pool car to any NHS workers who need it during the Coronavirus crisis. The Fiat...

We'd hoped it was good news but in fact it's just good-news-yet-to-come. The Savills office in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Coronavirus crisis in...

The author of dramatic reform proposals for estate agents has given a clear message to ministers - Get On With It!  Lord...

The government is being urged to make commonhold ownership compulsory on all new apartments - and the move could even begin a...

In the field of conveyancing, there’s a new dynamic at play. And that dynamic is customer-driven and customer-focused, using digital technology...

The European Union’s highest court has ruled that Airbnb is not subject to strict rules governing estate and lettings agents in...

The relaunched easyProperty hybrid agency is to rely exclusively on local marketing to drive awareness and customers, and not follow the...

The boss of a 15+ branch estate agency group has explained how he thinks regulation could 'ruin' the estate agency industry. Simon...

How many of you are in favour of estate agents being licenced? Would most agents rather not be overseen by a regulator...

A leading figure in the PropTech sector says clarity and speed are vital to ensure agencies can adequately prepare for a...

The government has published proposals for far-reaching changes to the way estate and letting agents are regulated, trained and licensed. The proposals...

The issue of ‘intergenerational fairness’ has been raised in recent weeks, some might say somewhat ironically by a House of Lords’...

The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...

Recent years have seen tighter regulation and new legislation hit the lettings industry. Combined with the fee ban, there is no...

The Advertising Standards Authority has banned an advertisement calling properties for sale ‘park homes’ when the buildings themselves could not be...

Raffles are in the news as a way of ‘selling’ homes, and not just because an Irish club has won a...

An agent in the Guild is launching a ‘hub’ style operation from December 1 and says the concept of traditional estate...

Technology is transforming the way we comply with Anti Money Laundering (AML) regulation. It is providing a consistent approach, reliable outcomes...

The government has revised its guidance to agents over redress schemes - amending it to take account of the fact that...

The head of eProp Services, parent company of easyProperty, says growth in the online sector is slower than expected - but that...

Estate agents don’t necessarily have the most eco-friendly image as an industry - but here’s one who’s really making a statement...

Just like that, the Easter Bank Holiday has come and gone and I find myself now looking ahead to the Summer.  The...

easyProperty has unveiled details of its relaunch, declaring itself to be the UK’s second largest hybrid estate agency - second only...

Adam Day, the founder of Connells-owned online estate agency Hatched, has been announced as head of operations at easyProperty.    In a statement...

More than 270 easyProperty licences have been secured by independent estate agents belonging to The Guild of Property Professionals and Fine...

Over 500 members of the Guild of Property Professionals have requested an easyProperty licence following the merger between the two organisations.   The...

Two leading property analysts have written a fiercely critical assessment of the merger between easyProperty and the Guild of Property Professionals.   The...

GPEA Ltd - the parent company of the Guild of Property Professionals and Fine & Country - has announced it has...

An attempt to raffle a property - like the much-publicised case of an owner in south east London, which reached some...

With effect from the 1st December 2016, amendments to the Immigration act 2014 were made through the Immigration Act 2016.    The soundbite...

Earlier this week removal man Matt Faizey had an article published by Estate Agent Today in which he commented about the...

The French government has taken billionaire Foxtons founder Jon Hunt to the High Court over his attempt to dig a so-called...

You can't help but notice that it's back to school time – the shops are full of school uniforms and pencil...

Environmental group Greenpeace claims that a survey of 60 estate agents operating close to potential fracking sites suggests tens of thousands...