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A veteran PropTech figure with extensive experience of working at leading estate and sales agencies has told the government to act...

The Labour Party has committed to working on ways to offer longer-term fixed rate mortgages to support first-time buyers. Outlining its plan...

A Labour council has revealed that it’s bought 15 open market homes, beefed up  their energy efficiency and will use them...

A conveyancing services proptech firm claims to have sped up transactions and reduced fall-throughs in just its first 18 months of...

Interesting news from Leaders Romans Group (LRG) this week when they revealed sales figures across the group for June. Nationally, sales figures...

Almost 400,000 borrowers on low-rate mortgage deals are in for a shock when their products expire this year, Equifax has warned. Analysis...

The Government is not taking any responsibility for the thousands of people that have had spray foam installed by Green Homes...

Yes it should….and we’re getting closer. Where there’s no chain involved, here at AVRillo, we can be ready to exchange contracts in...

A claims management company (CMC) is in the process of helping with more than 500 claims from homeowners to get refunds...

Estate agents have seen a more muted start to the year for seller and buyer activity but there is concern about...

Readers of a certain age may remember 1983. The Space Shuttle Challenger made its first flight, Neil Kinnock was elected Labour leader,...

Tracking mortgage rates may be more fruitful for buyers than following house price data, a property expert claims. Tom Bill, head of...

The “great recalculation” of the property market will take at least six months to show, Knight Frank claims. Tom Bill, head of...

Over the later part of 2022, we have experienced unprecedented economic and political turmoil, which will remain as we head into...

New mortgage lending data from the Bank of England has indicated a slowdown in property market activity during October but agents...

A rush to secure low-rate mortgage offers helped properties sell faster last month, OnTheMarket (OTM) claims. Data from the portal shows 60%...

One of the UK’s largest building societies is urging the government to provide more homebuying support as research warns of a...

Auctioneers claim they are benefiting from a sales market slowdown as buyers rush to make use of mortgage offers and sellers...

House price growth slowed both annually and monthly during August, new figures show, as commentators warn a property market slowdown is coming. The...

The latest research from property consultancy Knight Frank has set out which areas of the UK have the largest proportion of...

Agency stock has hit the highest level so far this year but it seems to coincide with a decline in demand...

Leeds Building Society has pledged to honour any mortgage offers and support borrowers during this period of market uncertainty. It comes as...

A buyers’ market, and a more challenging time for buyers and sellers, could be on the cards as a result of...

It’s fair to say that ours is an industry which has a language of its own, and often revels in the...

Annual house price growth has dropped to its lowest level this year and is back to single digits, official data shows. The...

Zoopla has launched a Progression Portal for agents, promising real-time updates for 15 key milestones during the sales transaction process. Agents can...

The current challenges facing the conveyancing sector have put the industry in the spotlight. Here, property expert Colum Smith, Chief Vision...

Issues with property titles and borrower affordability have been revealed among the main reasons why mortgage offers have been withdrawn. The results...

The other day I read a story here on Estate Agent Today, which was both depressing and inspiring. It reported a study...

First-time buyers have admitted to feeling overwhelmed or scared to talk to estate agents about the homebuying process. A study of 2,000...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched its 2022 Lender Survey to identify where the industry can collaborate to improve the mortgage...

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

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

A new home buying platform being set up by a challenger portal has revealed details of its mortgage offer to users. OneDome...

A new property board game called Gazumped aims to rival Monopoly but reflect a much more realistic view of how the house...

Following the fluctuation of the property market during the UK’s first national lockdown, the industry was given a lifeline by the...

A leading agent says the worst thing that could happen with Wednesday’s Budget is if the Chancellor does not deliver on...

The property market became somewhat fractious during 2020. After receiving a much-needed boost with the promise of stamp duty relief, things...

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

Just a week ago, I thought it was all over. Christmas and New Year had gone, as had the passionate calls...

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

An alarming story has appeared in the mortgage trade press, highlighting an apparent pitfall in the house buying process that has...

Searches that are bound by the Search Code, protecting the seller, buyer and lender, are property and not client specific. As...

A law firm wants the government to agree that properties that have exchanged but not yet completed can definitely benefit from the...

The housing market boom looks set to continue for some months yet as mortgage approvals for home purchases hit their highest...

Delays across the house buying sector mean those wanting to benefit from the stamp duty holiday need to begin the buying...

A quick buy firm which typically purchases homes from sellers at below market levels has accused estate agents and the private...

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

The chief executive of a property information platform says now is a “dangerous time” to buy or sell homes because of...

Three of the highest profile industry suppliers and house moving services have given government a four-step plan to restart the housing...

I won't be the first or last person to say that society and the property industry in which we operate is...

Two financial trade bodies say most mortgage providers will give customers who have exchanged contracts the option to extend their mortgage...

The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...

Buyers and sellers changing their minds lie behind almost a third of fall-throughs - the single biggest reason why transactions collapse,...

A sales progression tool is urging property professionals and consumers alike to do more to speed up typical transaction times, and...

New research suggests it takes, on average, six months and 24 days to buy a home. The study, for PropTech virtual tours...

Reforms to the house buying process in England and Wales to bring it more into line with Scotland could slash the...

Here at Estate Agent Today, we're always pleased to highlight the lengths the best agents will go to provide outstanding customer...

More than 800 property transactions fall through daily, which can have repercussions both practically and financially, as agents fail to get...

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

A property portal that describes itself as free-to-list has launched today, taking the industry by surprise - however, at least one...

Barclays is next week launching a so-called ‘green mortgage’ which links the loan to the Energy Performance Certificate rating of the...

“Are we there yet?” In the same way that these words can drive you to distraction (any parent who has endured the...

A typical 50-day wait for a buyer to receive a mortgage offer “increases the risk that sales will collapse and puts...

A number of my member firms (Bold Legal Group) have reported that, compared to three years ago, the time to get...

The Aston Mead estate agency says “unnecessarily restrictive mortgage criteria" have caused the number of home loans to drop sharply in...

Two thirds of estate agents report decrease in buyers following the Mortgage Market Review, says the National Association of Estate Agents. Mark...