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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
A first-of-its-kind degree has launched that focuses on residential estate agency. The Swindon campus of the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) has launched...
13 February 2024
From: Breaking News
There are several pros to cohabitation, and it’s always a wonderful experience when you’re handed your set of keys as a...
03 February 2024
From: Features
Yulia Barnes is founder and managing partner of Barnes Law 2024 is set to be another significant year for the property...
20 January 2024
From: Features
Scottish property portal ESPC has announced the inaugural graduation of its first qualification, with a 100% pass rate. EPSC revealed that 55...
18 December 2023
From: Breaking News
A new action group has been formed that is expressing concern about ineffective legal regulation as well as extra responsibilities being...
20 November 2023
From: Breaking News
The conveyancing process has been highlighted as a key pain point among buyers in the property transaction process. Research by anti-money laundering...
02 November 2023
From: Breaking News
PM Property Lawyers has launched a service to offer all its conveyancing clients a digital property logbook for their new homes. Working...
20 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Rightmove has revealed details of a series of webinars throughout July for agents that are focused on legislation and compliance. A number...
30 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Property market activity has slowed but conveyancers are still dealing with backlogs which has taken their average caseload to the second...
24 May 2023
From: Breaking News
Property industry customer review platform ESTAS is preparing to reveal its regional and national shortlists for their 2023 awards. The nominees for...
02 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The slowing housing market may have at least one benefit for leaseholders looking to sell their homes, a property lawyer claims. House...
21 February 2023
From: Breaking News
Property developers and policymakers have been warned about copycat cases following a Supreme Court decision this week that ruled neighbours of...
02 February 2023
From: Breaking News
The latest measures for property the Chancellor included in his Autumn Statement may not have been dramatic, but has it given...
10 December 2022
From: Features
Landmark Information Group has been named as the latest sponsor for the ESTAS Awards. The brand, which includes Landmark Estate Agency Services,...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
There has been so much coverage recently over how painfully slow conveyancing is at the moment - 18-20 weeks is now...
23 July 2022
From: Features
More than 100,000 property transactions have benefitted from access to digitised local land charges (LLCs) data. Conveyancing software provider Search Acumen has...
27 June 2022
From: Breaking News
For years, the issue of phone etiquette created tension between estate agents and the legal profession, the former claiming lawyers won’t...
28 May 2022
From: Features
In this guest piece, Colum Smith, a property expert at law firm Taylor Rose MW, sets out why speedier transactions could...
07 May 2022
From: Features
The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...
30 April 2022
From: Features
A leading online residential conveyancing firm has opened its new headquarters and apprenticeship academy in Wirral, Merseyside, to try and help...
20 April 2022
From: Breaking News
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
The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine continues to dominate the thoughts of our industry as this week’s ADC shows - a wonderful...
01 April 2022
From: Breaking News
A leading property lawyer says some agents will struggle to meet the demand for more ‘material information’ put forward by Trading...
23 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
Rightmove is running a series of webinars this month focused on legislation affecting agents. Tomorrow the former ARLA Propertymark supreme David Cox...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News
Estate Agent Today understands that the civil servant who has been at the heart of plans to reform the house buying...
13 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A conveyancer has contacted Estate Agent Today suggesting that the Simplify Group IT data crisis could be the death knell for the company...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News
A consultancy specialising in data protection issues has sharply criticised the Simplify Group for its ongoing lack of communications over its...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A petition is being started, urging the government to ban the payment of referral fees to estate agents. It’s reported to have...
06 December 2021
From: Breaking News
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
The Simplify Group’s latest statement on the ongoing IT problem suggests a gradual improvement in services to agents and other clients. It...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The police have been called in to investigate the ongoing cyber-security incident which has led to many firms in the Simplify...
22 November 2021
From: Breaking News
With the conveyancing crisis at the Simplify Group now approaching two weeks old, it appears Purplebricks has been the worst affected...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News
The conveyancing IT crash plaguing the Simplify Group of companies continues into its ninth day; however there is an update for...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Conveyancing firms in the Simplify Group, hit by a massive systems crash for much of this week, say they are working...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News
There’s been an update this morning on the dramatic systems crash that has hit the conveyancing services operated by the Simplify...
10 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Disclaimer: This article is intended for information only and does not constitute legal advice. As part of its 2020 budget, the UK...
23 October 2021
From: Features
Another market snapshot has identified low supply as the chief characteristic of the sales landscape this autumn. Landmark Information Group’s latest Property...
19 October 2021
From: Breaking News
It’s been quite a week for the rental sector. Lettings agents and landlords have had such a torrid time in recent years...
15 May 2021
From: Features
The government has set up a committee to push forward ideas on the collective form of homeownership known as commonhold. Housing Secretary...
14 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A leading property law expert says agents with international clients in parts of Europe should prepare for additional processes which may...
07 January 2021
From: Breaking News
We’re just a few days from December so why not get into the festive spirit a little early and get some...
27 November 2020
From: Breaking News
A law firm wants the government to agree that properties that have exchanged but not yet completed can definitely benefit from the...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News
We all know that people can’t move to a new house without going through the Conveyancing process. However, with that said,...
14 October 2020
From: Sponsored Content
The cross-sector group looking at reforming the sales process has agreed a new pledge which it says introduces greater transparency for...
25 September 2020
From: Breaking News
A new PropTech startup is giving prospective buyers the opportunity to receive due diligence at a fraction of the time and...
15 September 2020
From: Breaking News
A property law firm is calling on the government to backdate the stamp duty holiday to include those buyers who completed...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News
The ESTAS Group says it will combine its awards events for agents, conveyancers and mortgage brokers in one ceremony in May...
13 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
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
A senior property lawyer is to set up a franchise agency which he describes as embracing the best of the High...
02 June 2020
From: Breaking News
A property law firm is the latest to back a call for a stamp duty holiday to help kick-start the housing...
24 April 2020
From: Breaking News
If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could be in the category of High Street premises first allowed to...
18 April 2020
From: Features
Hello and welcome to Conquering Corona, our bid to help agents through the crisis. If you have appropriate advice to share with...
16 April 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
A leading property lawyer is urging sellers not to use online agents because to do so would be “a gamble”. Gillian Wright...
30 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
The Law Commission has set out three ways to cut the cost that leaseholders have to pay to buy the freehold...
10 January 2020
From: Breaking News
It’s one of the most crucial aspects of the homebuying and selling process but is too often bogged down by frustrating...
21 December 2019
From: Features
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
Reservation agreements locking in buyers and sellers could be trailed with some agencies and conveyancers early in 2020, a government official...
15 October 2019
From: Breaking News
In a revival of the Natter’s day in the life of series, I catch up with Rajeev Nayyar, managing director of...
05 October 2019
From: Features
The reform of the buying process is to take centre stage at a special conference called Bold Legal LIVE! taking place...
30 September 2019
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? That depends on which business card. One says ‘Properganda PR,...
01 July 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
A law firm says it’s made legal history by integrating the automated voice-activated platform Alexa into its system. Customers of Simply Conveyancing...
17 May 2019
From: Breaking News
Over the last few years, there have a number of changes to the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) regime, which have...
23 March 2019
From: Features
Rightmove is undertaking an investigation into a PropTech app that has tried to list private sales on the portal. The perhaps-ironically named...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News
The director of strategy at the Council for Licensed Conveyancers says “the onus is very much on estate agents” to respond...
05 March 2019
From: Breaking News
The UK’s two leading conveyancing groups have merged to form what they call a “powerhouse” to be called Simplify. My Home Move...
26 February 2019
From: Breaking News
More details are emerging of the first-ever ESTAS conference for conveyancers - the Bold Legal Conference - taking place on the...
26 February 2019
From: Breaking News
With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on...
16 February 2019
From: Features
In what promises to be a transformative year for conveyancing in the UK, the ESTAS is joining forces with the well-known...
28 January 2019
From: Breaking News
Hard-pressed buyers who try to minimise house moving costs by doing their own conveyancing have been warned of the disastrous consequences...
15 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Agents may sometimes have a tense relationship with conveyancers but admit it - when our legal colleagues are good, they are...
01 November 2018
From: Breaking News
Fresh data from a PropTech firm suggests that 'conveyancer absenteeism' is causing severe delays to property transactions. When You Move reports that...
06 September 2018
From: Breaking News
A specialist property law firm is calling on the government to speed up changes in the law to avoid abusive leasehold...
23 August 2018
From: Breaking News
If World Cup 2018 appeared to be low profile at the start, it didn’t last long. Following this week’s Harry Kane goals...
22 June 2018
From: Breaking News
Representatives from estate and lettings agencies as well as professional organisations have formed The Home Buying And Selling Group with a...
26 February 2018
From: Breaking News
A law firm says the problems with housing transactions lie not with issues like fall-throughs but with “people’s general lack of...
07 February 2018
From: Breaking News
Three hundred of the UK’s top conveyancers have celebrated the success of the industry at the first ever ESTAS Conveyancer Awards. The...
26 October 2017
From: Breaking News
The UK estate agency and construction industries are not ready for the huge workload and responsibilities involved in the General Data...
19 October 2017
From: Breaking News
Another attempt to create an automated conveyancing system has been launched with the claim that it will banish paper trails and...
22 September 2017
From: Breaking News
The new anti-money laundering regulations introduced this week will delay the routine buying and selling of homes, a lawyer warns -...
27 June 2017
From: Breaking News
I recently came across a consumer comment expressing frustration at the length and complexity of UK conveyancing and raising the question...
17 December 2016
From: Features
It's sometimes easy to overlook the fact that the majority of estate agents only receive payment for the weeks, if not...