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In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss how the digital realm is transforming Estate Agency. The...
24 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Almost one in five vendors admit to having failed to disclose disputes with neighbours to prospective buyers when selling their home,...
19 April 2024
From: Breaking News
The Law Society is facing backlash from conveyancers after issuing new property information reforms that take account of Trading Standards’ material...
04 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors have launched the fifth iteration of the...
03 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Estate agency software provider Street.co.uk has launched a fully automated and integrated Property Information Questionnaire (PIQs) that can be accessed directly...
27 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The Law Society is exploring concerns that Propertymark's Property Information Questionnaire (PIQ) puts agents at risk of legal issues, Estate Agent...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
The property market is awash with data. A quick Google search and any prospective buyer can find property prices, listing history,...
13 March 2024
From: Features
Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has become the latest member of the Open Property Data Association (OPDA), committing to help speed up...
12 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Complete ASAP has launched a new package to help agents provide material information on listings. Agents already using the Complete or Instruct...
08 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Propertymark updates Property Information QuestionnairePropertymark has updated its Property Information Questionnaire (PIQ) in light of the latest part B and C...
05 March 2024
From: Breaking News
Dave Sayce, Founder and Managing Director of Compare My Move, reflects on the legal changes that will make leasehold purchase more...
24 February 2024
From: Features
TwentyEA has unveiled a suite of new marketing solutions combining its data tools, giving estate agents greater flexibility over their prospecting...
16 February 2024
From: Breaking News
Iamproperty has launched what it calls “a new solution” to help agents deal with new Material Information rules. The supplier’s new Enhanced...
30 October 2023
From: Breaking News
The property transaction in England and Wales is a notoriously slow and fraught process, taking typically 150 days to complete, with...
30 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Agents are being urged to increase their efforts when it comes to checking documents to avoid potential claims. Paul Offley, compliance officer...
02 August 2023
From: Breaking News
The Residential Logbook Association (RLBA) has produced a first specification for a ‘Digital Deed Pack’ that can be used for any...
19 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Property data in the UK is mined from a labyrinth of sources such as local authorities, various government departments and private...
05 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Fortune favours the brave, as the saying goes. So, when you consider how upfront material information can and does make the...
01 July 2023
From: Features
Ever taken on a property where the sale has got tangled up in problems arising from the title register? It’s a...
21 June 2023
From: Features
Industry veteran Tim Main has issued a challenge for agents in the latest attempt to speed up sales and reduce fall-throughs. Main,...
15 June 2023
From: Breaking News
The Home Buying & Selling Technology Group (HBSG) has launched the latest version of the Property Data Trust Framework following live...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Upfront material information is now firmly on the property industry’s radar, with Trading Standards CPR regulations expected to move towards disclosing...
03 May 2023
From: Features
Conveyancing software provider Smoove’s flagship agency product has been “paused.” Smoove Start was launched last year, providing a platform for agents to...
03 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Sales progression platform mio is set to launch its digital Sellers Information Pack (SIP), designed to make it easy for agents...
12 April 2023
From: Breaking News
Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors have launched the fourth iteration of the...
03 April 2023
From: Breaking News
According to the recent industry research report ‘Back to the Future’ from tmgroup, mio and CDS 40% of property transaction delays...
01 April 2023
From: Features
Another interest rate hike could further dampen property market activity, research suggests. It comes as new analysis shows the average number of...
29 March 2023
From: Breaking News
Agency website designer and marketing provider is starting to use artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT in the products it provides agents. ChatGPT AI...
23 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Only 16% of property listings are currently compliant with upfront information rules, it has been claimed. Agents are currently required to include...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents have begun trialling a new common technology framework devised by a committee within the Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG)...
07 December 2022
From: Breaking News
As economic signs increasingly point to a contraction in the property market, competition for new business will inevitably heat up. But...
03 December 2022
From: Features
Conveyancing software provider Smoove has revealed that 30 branches across 18 firms have so far signed up to its new flagship...
11 November 2022
From: Breaking News
With reform of the home buying and selling process as crucial as it's ever been, and disrupters like Coadjute and PEXA...
22 October 2022
From: Features
Conveyancing software provider Dye & Durham has upgraded its Index Property Information platform, promising to ease the registration process and provide...
20 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Property data company Sprift has been confirmed as one of the Principal Partners for this year’s ESTAS Awards, which take place...
12 October 2022
From: Breaking News
Smoove has announced the full market rollout of its digital onboarding platform, Smoove Start. The conveyancing software provider’s latest tool provides a...
05 October 2022
From: Breaking News
The Conveyancing Association (CA) is seeking views about the industry beyond its membership. The trade body has launched a new survey asking...
06 September 2022
From: Breaking News
Conveyancing software provider Smoove is set to rollout a new flagship estate agency product following a successful trial phase. Smoove Start was...
23 August 2022
From: Breaking News
Buyers of new-build homes are being left exposed to the risk of Japanese knotweed due to difference in the conveyancing process...
28 July 2022
From: Breaking News
02 July 2022
From: Features
There have been many articles about ‘digitising upfront information’, following the publication of DLUHC’s Levelling-Up white paper and National Trading Standards...
25 June 2022
From: Features
Estate agents use property technology each and every day for residential property transactions, but is there more they can do with...
28 May 2022
From: Features
Next month will see new rules around upfront Material Information for property sales and lettings come into force in the UK...
18 May 2022
From: Features
Millions of people use online property portals every year to conduct their property search, whether it be for sales or for...
11 May 2022
From: Features
Agents and conveyancers have signed up to a new buyers’s and seller’s property information form that is described as having been...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News
They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...
02 April 2022
From: Features
A webinar this week is set to see the release of more details of changes to property listings being demanded by...
28 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Property searches are not showing up some new road schemes because they are classified by local councils as planning consent for...
24 February 2022
From: Breaking News
‘Knowledge is power’ goes the old saying, and one variation on that theme is a quote from academic, Robert Boyce, who...
19 February 2022
From: Features
The government’s call for a pack of property information to be made available upfront during the sales process has been welcomed...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Coadjute, the blockchain network for the UK property market that claims it can radically simplify home purchasing, has revealed that PropTech...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News
The PropTech network Coadjute, which says it will ultimately slash the time it takes to move house by as much as...
25 January 2022
From: Breaking News
22 January 2022
From: Features
A survey suggests that an overwhelming proportion of estate agents believe the government should make the provision of upfront property information...
20 January 2022
From: Breaking News
You’ve heard me bang on about the wonder of reservation agreements for some time now, but it’s definitely the case that...
11 December 2021
From: Features
Despite the progress made in so many areas, particularly in terms of leasehold reform – although we are calling upon the...
27 November 2021
From: Features
PropTech has seen a surge in uptake over the last few years for several reasons – be it the Covid-19 pandemic...
13 November 2021
From: Features
PropertyHeads, a platform describing itself as a social network for house buyers and sellers, has a new PropTech partnership. It’s linked with...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News
A property specialist is warning about “modern day ambulance chasers” who try to convince buyers they have paid too much stamp duty. “An increasing...
22 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA), also known as Conditional auction, can sometimes get a bad rap. However, much of the...
13 October 2021
From: Features
The recent stamp duty holiday and the subsequent conveyancing logjam this triggered has acted as a wakeup call for the industry....
25 September 2021
From: Features
A Borders estate agency business, Hastings Legal and Property, has invested in Halo Digital Signage – hailed as ‘the new generation...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News
In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have another industry big-hitter and one of the most high-profile female leaders in property...
22 July 2021
From: Breaking News
It’s a big ask to expect anyone to suddenly change what they have always done, particularly if their results have proven...
21 July 2021
From: Features
The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...
03 July 2021
From: Features
A company supplying data to conveyancers and other property professionals warns that Japanese Knotweed is a bigger headache than usual this summer. A wet and frosty spring,...
29 June 2021
From: Breaking News
With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...
28 April 2021
From: Features
It’s hard to remember a time at any point in the last 20 years when agents have been looking for a...
28 April 2021
From: Breaking News
A PropTech firm says its new tool allows comprehensive upfront property information to be shared instantly with all parties in a...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News
An industry group charged with trying to make house buying simpler and quicker says it’s made a breakthrough on ‘upfront’ information...
16 March 2021
From: Breaking News
An estate agency is this month launching packs of up-front information for buyers in a bid to speed sales and reduce fall-throughs. Miles...
01 March 2021
From: Breaking News
Experts are warning that buyers rushing to complete before the March 31 cliff edge for the stamp duty holiday may miss...
08 February 2021
From: Breaking News
‘Many are in complete denial about the time it takes and still think it’s eight to 10 weeks.’ I won’t tell you...
05 December 2020
From: Features
A new property portal that operates a Tinder-style ‘swipe’ app is offering agents 12 months free listings. MoveStreets operates like the dating...
27 October 2020
From: Breaking News
Another attempt is being made to introduce property logbooks to the selling and buying process, and agents are invited to play a...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News
When it comes to the future of the property market in the wake of Covid-19, there are two main schools of...
19 September 2020
From: Features
A PropTech platform that aims to lock-in sellers and buyers via a mutually agreed reservation agreement system is being offered free...
23 July 2020
From: Breaking News
At a recent Conveyancing Association webinar focused on the provision of upfront information in the property sale process, there was a...
11 July 2020
From: Features
There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the UK’s property market, after hundreds of thousands of house...
11 July 2020
From: Features
Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...
27 June 2020
From: Features
The chief executive of a property information platform says now is a “dangerous time” to buy or sell homes because of...
22 June 2020
From: Breaking News
A working party of property professionals is being set up to look at whether and how property logbooks could help speed...
15 June 2020
From: Breaking News
At the moment, it somehow seems like tempting fate to think too far into the future, especially in terms of the...
25 April 2020
From: Features
The National Association of Estate Agents is urging its members to use the lockdown as an opportunity to train on its...
21 April 2020
From: Breaking News
Hello and welcome to Wednesday’s update on what offers and advice are available to agents at this most difficult and challenging...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News
An agency has repaid a £6,000 reservation fee to someone who thought they had purchased a property for £83,000 but was later...
09 March 2020
From: Breaking News
The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Sellers who failed to mention a motel and diner being constructed nearby have been ordered by a court to pay £285,000...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News
The Law Society’s new TA6 Property Information Form has just launched, as previewed on Estate Agent Today 10 days ago. “The TA6...
12 February 2020
From: Breaking News
The Law Society has announced that there will be a new TA6 Property Information Form launching next week, on Friday February...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Rightmove and Zoopla have been working with key figures from government and the agency and conveyancing industries on how to reform...
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Outsourcing important business functions such as marketing, HR and IT to attract cost savings, leverage expertise and gain greater competitive advantage is...
14 December 2019
From: Features
A new app is being launched which allows agents to gauge possible interest in a property before it is formally put...
28 November 2019
From: Breaking News
There are many adjectives that can be applied to Boris Johnson, probably very few of them complimentary, but there’s one that...
26 October 2019
From: Features
Housing minister Esther McVey says Compulsory Purchase Orders and brownfield land registers are to be made digitally transparent. This will allow CPO...
22 October 2019
From: Breaking News
First details have emerged of the information vendors may have to provide up-front In future transactions if government house buying reforms...
21 October 2019
From: Breaking News
As the founder of Jupix, I worked in the property industry between 2008 - 2014. I had the privilege to lead...
14 August 2019
From: Features
A new service which aims to provide estate and letting agents with what it calls “game changing” access to property data...