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Just one estate agency has signed up to become a UK-regulated agent to verify overseas entities for property ownership. The Register of...

There are several pros to cohabitation, and it’s always a wonderful experience when you’re handed your set of keys as a...

The Register of Overseas Entities has hit the 30,000 registration milestone. The register, which is administered by Companies House, came into force...

The United Kingdom stands on the precipice of a historic overhaul in property ownership. With the King's speech unveiling the anticipated...

As an Estate Agent it’s important to be able to interpret and understand the information that a Title Deed document presents...

The property market is broken, Housing Secretary Michael Gove acknowledged yesterday. Despite the Conservative Party being in power since 2010, Gove insisted...

New analysis may called into question the experience of firms approved to check the Government’s flagship register of overseas entities (ROE). The...

Having just had an appointment popped into my diary by my car as it apparently told the garage it’s due a...

AML experts SmartSearch warn estate agents that, with so many firms still hiding behind ‘opaque corporate structures,’ proper due diligence has...

When it comes to housing policy, the Conservative MPs have given their party a choice between Tweedle Dum and Tweedle DumDum. Rishi...

An anti-money laundering (AML) has queried why there are so few checks on UK property buyers compared with those from overseas. Tim...

Almost half of buyers would be willing to pay more for a property with a high energy efficiency rating, research suggests. It...

At least 18 MPs have come out in favour of a new annual Proportional Property Tax which would be levied on...

Almost exactly a decade ago I wrote a blog on the back of a spate on mainstream news stories about prime...

A leading surveyor in London says the likely introduction of a register of overseas property ownership and sanctions making it difficult...

London mayor Sadiq Khan says he supports the seizure of property assets connected to the allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin.  The...

In the last two years digital Property Logbooks for our homes have moved from concept to reality with almost a quarter...

It appears that new controls on property ownership may feature in future sanctions against Russia in response to its aggression in Ukraine. Prime...

Only 6.8m homes in England now have mortgages, just 28 per cent of the overall market and about two per cent...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants the government to put a stop to the capital being used for international money...

The distribution of home ownership across different generations has been a cause of strife according to a think-tank. The Resolution Foundation’s latest...

In an unusual move, HM Land Registry has issued guidance to agents to help them reassure jittery buyers and sellers ahead...

Books about property are, relatively speaking, commonplace - books by estate agents are far less so, hence the interest in The...

When I joined Zoopla, I took the same approach that I always take whenever I enter a new sector: I was...

A branch of London agency Foxtons has been targeted by a group of political agitators called Beyond Politics, which says it’s...

Some 10 per cent of Britons now own a second home, a buy to let or an overseas property according to...

A survey by the Centre for Ageing Better recently showed that 72% of people want to see every new home built...

Nobody likes change. It makes people feel threatened, undermines their confidence, and makes them worry about the future. But regardless of...

The government has moved to crack down on money laundering in the UK with a new campaign focusing on the accountancy,...

It’s time to sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to overseas buyers of property. If you listen to Theresa...

When Professor Andrew Baum’s PropTech 3.0 report was first published, a small event was held to celebrate the very first academic...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

A US TV company is considering making a news programme about Russian involvement in property transactions in the UK and particularly London. The...

More than 50 per cent of homes complete their formal transfers of ownership on Fridays according to a survey by a...

I’ve written before about the impact of headlines on the property industry. Interest rate speculation.   Market booms and busts. Demand...

For the second time in two weeks, experts are warning that new data protection laws could seriously disrupt the agency industry...

What does it say on your business card? Peter Mansfield, Group Chairman, The World Property Network, www.twpn.com  and TheWorldPropertyNetwork.com                                  What is The World Property Network...

By Wednesday April 19th, a UK citizen, on an average income, had earned £7,789 from their day job so far this...

My suspicion in my December Industry Views column that the Chancellor, George Osborne, holds certain types of property owners in contempt...

I’m sure I’m not the only estate agent confused by the Government’s approach to residential property ownership. Many of the current ministerial...

Zoopla says a Labour victory would be “likely” to lead to falling house prices and rising interest rates and suggests “a...

There is one common denominator amongst the majority of those who dominate the latest Sunday Times Rich List, regarded as the...