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Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors, including the Conveyancing Association, have launched the...

Fintech firm Phoebus has joined UK trade body the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) as an associate member. The brand provides systems and...

The recent cyber attack on CTS left around 80 conveyancing firms across the country commercially paralysed as the harm to their...

Go back a hundred years and property transactions were a much simpler affair. A group of people could get together in...

The Open Property Data Association (OPDA) has expanded its executive committee with the appointment of Nick Chadbourne from conveyancing panel provider LMS. The...

Jackson-Stops has boosted its presence across the Cornish coast, with the hiring of three new directors, Richard Holder, Dean Lonergan and Daniel...

Fine & Country has partnered with currency specialist Lumon to help clients with services such as international money transfers. Lumon has more...

I was delighted to read recently about the creation of the first ever ‘register of logbooks’ in the UK, which offers...

Homeowners must accept that 2023 will become “the year of the price drop”, a property expert claims.  As Nationwide and Halifax data...

A report earlier this month warned that conveyancing firms should stress test their businesses for a sharp decline in work volumes. These businesses...

Scotland may face “serious labour shortages” due to its relatively high property buying taxes compared with in England, a leading agent...

A network for women working in the residential property industry has signed up a trio of high-profile sponsors. Residential property industry suppliers...

Homeowners in England and Wales overvalue their properties by an average of 8%, research suggests. Property buying firm Quick Move Now compared...

The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...

The Grenfell Tower disaster in June 2017 exposed the dangers of inflammable cladding on residential tower blocks, and what has come...

Emoov’s new 'guaranteed offer' service means fall-thoughs and chain-related delays are effectively eliminated, the agency claims. Emoov - now owned by a firm...

Labour and Conservative MPs have expressed a unanimous view on their desire to see an extension of the stamp duty holiday...

The Guild of Property Professionals is urging the industry - all agents, not just its own members - to lobby MPs...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Darren Loftus and it says Commercial Director on...

A PropTech start-up led by a prominent commentator has become the latest part of the industry to take a pop at...

Yesterday (January 10 2020), the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) became law. It forms part of ongoing international efforts to tackle...

The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

One of the earliest property websites, nethouseprices.com, has been acquired by fledgling property portal OneDome.  Nethouseprices was set up in 2004 and...

Welcome to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today. It's the time of the week when you can catch up with...

A buying agent has revealed how she advises potential clients to use portals when looking for a property to buy -...

Welcome back to the latest edition of Property Jobs Today (PJT) after a Bank Holiday break. Each week, we round up...

With the UK population spending longer in rental accommodation, due to the upfront expense of buying a home, their time and...

Scottish high-end agency Galbraith has revealed how one of the smallest and most exclusive property sectors in Britain - Scottish country...

A firm that sells homes but also creates operating platforms for other agencies to break into the industry is seeking £450,000 through...

Given the shift change in the estate agent world at the moment, with online models becoming more prevalent (think easyProperty’s £60...

A third of ‘quick sale’ companies - those that buy homes in bulk at discounted prices - say the rise of...

It is fair to say that 2016 is a year full of surprises. Anyone who had the foresight to predict Britain...

The morning after the EU referendum, and Westminster, Britain, Europe and the world were left in shock at the news that...

A property buying spree recorded in the East of England last month has now spread across the rest of the UK.  The...

The amount of column inches taken up by ‘property’ is at an all-time high.  In my mind there are two major contributing...

The largest of the three government-approved redress schemes, The Property Ombudsman, has updated its codes of practice to include new legislation...

An East Midlands estate agency has had a regional press advert banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).  Kirk Estates Ltd had...