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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...

Almost one in five vendors admit to having failed to disclose disputes with neighbours to prospective buyers when selling their home,...

Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors have launched the fifth iteration of the...

The Residential Logbook Association (RLBA) has produced a first specification for a ‘Digital Deed Pack’ that can be used for any...

Fortune favours the brave, as the saying goes. So, when you consider how upfront material information can and does make the...

The Home Buying & Selling Technology Group (HBSG) has launched the latest version of the Property Data Trust Framework following live...

Sales progression platform mio is set to launch its digital Sellers Information Pack (SIP), designed to make it easy for agents...

Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors have launched the fourth iteration of the...

According to the recent industry research report ‘Back to the Future’ from tmgroup, mio and CDS 40% of property transaction delays...

Agents have begun trialling a new common technology framework devised by a committee within the Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG)...

As economic signs increasingly point to a contraction in the property market, competition for new business will inevitably heat up. But...

Buyers of new-build homes are being left exposed to the risk of Japanese knotweed due to difference in the conveyancing process...

I look back on when my dad helped me buy my first car and shared his pearls of wisdom on what...

Agents and conveyancers have signed up to a new buyers’s and seller’s property information form that is described as having been...

They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...

‘Knowledge is power’ goes the old saying, and one variation on that theme is a quote from academic, Robert Boyce, who...

You’ve heard me bang on about the wonder of reservation agreements for some time now, but it’s definitely the case that...

The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA), also known as Conditional auction, can sometimes get a bad rap. However, much of the...

It’s a big ask to expect anyone to suddenly change what they have always done, particularly if their results have proven...

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,...

An industry group charged with trying to make house buying simpler and quicker says it’s made a breakthrough on ‘upfront’ information...

Experts are warning that buyers rushing to complete before the March 31 cliff edge for the stamp duty holiday may miss...

‘Many are in complete denial about the time it takes and still think it’s eight to 10 weeks.’ I won’t tell you...

At a recent Conveyancing Association webinar focused on the provision of upfront information in the property sale process, there was a...

There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the UK’s property market, after hundreds of thousands of house...

Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...

A working party of property professionals is being set up to look at whether and how property logbooks could help speed...

At the moment, it somehow seems like tempting fate to think too far into the future, especially in terms of the...

An agency has repaid a £6,000 reservation fee to someone who thought they had purchased a property for £83,000 but was later...

Sellers who failed to mention a motel and diner being constructed nearby have been ordered by a court to pay £285,000...

The Law Society’s new TA6 Property Information Form has just launched, as previewed on Estate Agent Today 10 days ago.  “The TA6...

The Law Society has announced that there will be a new TA6 Property Information Form launching next week, on Friday February...

Rightmove and Zoopla have been working with key figures from government and the agency and conveyancing industries on how to reform...

In our previous 2 blogs we have covered the definitions of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (CPRs) and what the practical...

When it comes to property, ‘Japanese knotweed’ are the two words most homeowners and prospective buyers do not want to hear.  With...

A conveyancers’ trade body has told the government that it wants the house buying process to be modernised by having estate...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint made against hybrid estate agency Pink and Cow. The Portsmouth-based firm claimed on...

With ever increasing obligations, estate agents know that compliance matters now more than ever.  However, being able to obtain access to the...

The Law Society of England and Wales have moved to clarify the legal position of electronic signature and have endorsed their...