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Fraud poses a significant challenge for residential conveyancers, with criminals often attempting to exploit the transaction process for money laundering purposes. The...

Property blockchain network Coadjute has secured a £10m investment from Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, Natwest, and Rightmove.  This is the first time...

Home-moving platform the GoTo Group has been announced as a key partner of the Relocation Agent Network (RAN). RAN agents will gain...

Down-valuations appear to be on the rise and it is shocking agents and mortgage brokers. Property professionals have seen an uptick in...

In 1999 (yep) I set up some websites thinking I could generate leads from everyone in the world. I had an...

TV presenter Phil Spencer announced the winners at the 20th ESTAS Awards in October As most of you will know The ESTAS...

This week saw around 80 conveyancing firms across the UK paralysed by a service outage caused by a ‘cyber incident’ on...

Mortgage brokers have hailed a ‘watershed moment’ as Nationwide became the first lender in months to release a sub-5% home loan...

Proptech company OneDome’s mortgage advisory firm CMME is launching a new scheme exclusively designed for self-employed mortgage advisers. The brand wants to...

OneDome has signalled an intention to acquire more mortgage brokers as it reveals its HomeBuyer service has helped return triple-digit year-on-year...

The majority of mortgage lenders have committed to showing more flexibility to struggling borrowers but the Government has confirmed that support...

OnTheMarket has launched a new financial services arm. The portal has unveiled OnTheMarket Money, an umbrella brand providing consumers with access to...

Mortgage brokers are trying to get lenders to sign up to a 24-hour Product Withdrawal Pledge in efforts to keep the...

Mortgage brokers have expressed concern about products being removed with little or no notice. Hundreds of mortgages have been withdrawn from the...

Property industry customer review platform ESTAS is preparing to reveal its regional and national shortlists for their 2023 awards. The nominees for...

A company aiming to “disrupt the conventional homebuying space” has raised £8m in a Series A equity funding round. Wayhome offers a...

Land Registry analysis tool provider Veya has announced a partnership with home buying and selling platform adoor to help speed-up sales. Clients...

An outline agenda for National Conveyancing Week has been released with the event just eight weeks away. National Conveyancing Week has been...

Housebuilder Persimmon has signed a multi-year software contract with Zoopla. It follows the launch of Zoopla for Housebuilders in July, a new...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) has launched criminal record bureau and directorship checks for all new and existing members. Graham Lock,...

Property professionals heralded the end of the low interest era yesterday after the latest Bank of England base rate hike. The Bank...

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

The ESTAS Customer Service Awards – which are often described as estate agency’s version of the Oscars – took place last...

A green premium based on energy efficiency is emerging in the UK’s property market, according to a new report by high-street...

First-time buyers and homeowners seeking to sell alike are worried and confused about the current state of the housing market. With the average...

Private Banker Finance has been named as the latest sponsor for the ESTAS Awards. The brand, which specialises in high-end mortgages -...

One of the particular characteristics of the property market is how it brings contrasting professions together. From estate agents to conveyancers,...

Landmark Information Group has been named as the latest sponsor for the ESTAS Awards. The brand, which includes Landmark Estate Agency Services,...

Property professionals and commentators have begun pondering an official definition of a house price crash. It comes amid forecasts that house prices...

In this latest Day in the Life of...Natter, I get an insight into one of the most vital cogs of the...

As uncertainty, apprehension and anxiety increasingly infiltrates every aspect of our professional and personal lives, to ‘keep calm and carry on’...

Dye & Durham says it could potentially appeal the decision by the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) to effectively disallow its acquistion...

A record 600 firms and individuals have been shortlisted for the 2022 ESTAS Customer Service Awards. Sponsored by blockchain property network Coadjute,...

Mortgage brokers have warned that an increase in downvaluations is starting to hit the property market. Lenders and their valuers are cutting...

The shortlists for this year’s much-coveted ESTAS awards will be revealed from the end of this week. The ESTAS Customer Service Awards,...

In this Q&A, I catch up with Jesper With-Fogstrup, chief executive officer of Smoove (formerly ULS Technology until a very recent...

A leading conveyancing network that works closely with estate agents has signed up to property blockchain platform Coadjute. The blockchain technology provided...

In a new column, solicitor Colum Smith, an expert in combating fraud at Taylor Rose MW Solicitors, explains why those looking...

Until a few years ago, you would have been forgiven for not knowing who or what Coadjute was. But the company, founded...

Connells-owned Countrywide has announced a major deal in which 49 of its brands will use the ESTAS customer review platform. The deal...

Coadjute, the blockchain network for the UK property market that claims it can radically simplify home purchasing, has revealed that PropTech...

The PropTech network Coadjute, which says it will ultimately slash the time it takes to move house by as much as...

Coadjute, the PropTech platform that aims to slash the length of property transactions, has announced a further £6m investment. Coadjute is a blockchain...

ESTAS has announced that FocalAgent, a visual content supplier to estate agents, has signed up as an executive partner for the...

It may be the final day of August but Propertymark has first out of the blocks with advice for agents to...

Two prominent estate agencies are amongst those piloting a new financial product that allows aspiring buyers to purchase property with just...

The reviews element of the ESTAS Group has signed a two year deal with Hunters. The agreement means Hunters - now part...

Anyone working in residential property knows it is taking longer and longer to get from SSTC (sold subject to contract) to...

Veteran agent and property consultant Dominic Grace, who recently left Savills after 37 years, is to take up a new role...

ESTAS has announced that SDL Property Auctions has become an executive partner for the 2021 Forum and Awards sponsored by Coadjute. In...

Amro Partners, the Build to Rent and student accommodation operator, has launched a venture capital arm investing in PropTech and FinTech. Amro...

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

Zoopla has unveiled new features which it says will deliver more value to agents. In-Search Ads gives agents and housebuilders the option...

The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...

Nationwide Building Society is to become the largest mortgage provider to reintroduce 95 per cent Loan-to-Value home loans without government support.  These...

In a return to a favourite series of mine, as it gives an excellent insight into the very many facets of...

The Property Franchise Group and LSL Property Services are linking up mortgage and related activity. This agreement means that LSL will be...

With March marking one year since the beginning of the first national lockdown across all four nations of Britain in response...

No fewer than 79 per cent of people want the stamp duty holiday extended according to a survey conducted by an...

A study of 2,000 home owners shows that over a third have felt pressured by an agent into use its in-house mortgage...

Tenants, landlords, agents, and house buyers all breathed a sigh of relief on Halloween when the government announced that home moves...

The 2021 ESTAS Customer Service Awards are to be held on Friday June 11. For the first time the awards will host...

In early September, mio achieved an industry first with the release of the mio chain view API. Now, all the parties...

A specialist property lender says transactions are being delayed by key staff being furloughed. Gareth Lewis, commercial director of property lender MT...

With access to finance being such a hot topic at the moment, more and more estate agents are turning to commercial...

Customer review and awards platform the ESTAS is parting company with headline partner Zoopla after 10 years. The founder of The ESTAS...

Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...

The ESTAS Group says it will combine its awards events for agents, conveyancers and mortgage brokers in one ceremony in May...

Let’s face it sales progression is difficult and frustrating: 1)The process has never been properly joined up - the average chain has...

Collaboration creates a bigger market Iain White, of the Innovation Collaboration Group “the Estate Agency industry must recognise that collaboration will...

US-originated estate agency Keller Williams claims to be the fastest growing in the UK as a result of 29 agents joining...

PropTech supplier mio says it now has over 1,000 agency branches using its sales progression platform - and it’s recruited Countrywide...

When Wolverhampton estate agency Thomas Harvey opened its doors more than 50 years ago, mortgages weren’t really part of the equation...

“Give me 100 leads and I will make five-times more good appointments than any AI you put me up against,” stated...

Estate agents and others in the property industry have much more to do to deter money laundering. That’s the view of a security...

It’s one of the most crucial aspects of the homebuying and selling process but is too often bogged down by frustrating...

It’s easier than you might think. For any agent the challenge of making a business successful is hard work with the focus...

Property management service Move with Us has announced a new partnership with chain management service View My Chain. Move with Us, founded...

What a credit to the industry so many agents, surveyors and suppliers are: this week’s ADC shows the diverse range of...

I feel I am in a fortunate position. I have been central to the PropTech movement for a number of years,...

Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...

In the last ten years Google's revenue, largely from pay per click ads (Adwords), has grown by 527% (Source: Statista). In...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That depends on which business card. One says ‘Properganda PR,...

Mortgage brokers are claiming that “a big number” of buyers are being cajoled into using estate agents’ in-house brokers. The Financial Conduct...

Half of first time buyers say they made expensive mistakes during their process of purchasing their home, with mortgage brokers, removal...

Figures released this morning show a surge in first time buyers securing mortgages in recent months, despite the market showing continued signs...

A new sales portal has launched with a radically different business model, aiming to pay agents to list on it. It’s the brainchild of...

With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on...

How will things be done in the future? There’s no knowing, of course, given the many variables at play, but it’s...

Cast your mind back to July 2008 – Gordon Brown was Prime Minister, the Euros were in full swing in Austria/Switzerland...

A magazine which earlier this year claimed that two big corporates pressured customers to use their preferred mortgage brokers has now...

  More details have emerged of the government’s proposals to enhance estate agency regulation, regulate referral fees, offer guides for buyers and...

It’s under two weeks to The ESTAS 2018 held in London on Friday April 20. It’s the biggest and best bash in...

The government has announced further measures which will, in its words, “professionalise” house buying and the estate agency business. In yet another Sunday...

A magazine claims its investigations into the sales tactics of Countrywide and Connells suggest the two agency are “harming consumers, stopping them from...

Another attempt to create an automated conveyancing system has been launched with the claim that it will banish paper trails and...

The Guild of Property Professionals has launched a partnership with the ESTAS Group, which runs the customer feedback platform and customer...

There are only a few days to go before The ESTAS - the biggest event in the awards calendar for agents,...

First impressions are the most important when meeting new people and this is no less true for new customers finding your...

One of the biggest days of the year for agents takes place just two weeks tomorrow when The ESTAS take place...