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A prominent estate agent has started an online petition to reverse stamp duty so it is paid by the vendor, not...

The Iamproperty service says it’s seen £450m of sales in the first three months of 2024 - a record quarterly figure. Between...

When we talk in general terms about the UK housing market, we tend to draw a picture of generality. Facts and figures...

An anti-money laundering (AML) expert has queried why there is a reluctance among estate agents to accept and follow AML responsibilities. It...

In a recent panel discussion at The Guild of Property Professionals' conference I highlighted the pressing challenges faced by estate agents...

Estate agents are hopeful for a busy spring market after official data showed a small rise in property sales in recent...

MPs have launched an inquiry on improving the home buying and selling process in England. The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC)...

Last year was not one for the faint hearted. Now, at last, the market appears to be experiencing a gradual uptick. Recent...

As you begin the process of property transactions in the UK, it's important to understand potential pitfalls that may result in...

The property market is awash with data. A quick Google search and any prospective buyer can find property prices, listing history,...

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has almost halved its house price forecasts after another relatively quiet fiscal update for the...

Property professionals have called for the Government to allocate its promised £3m towards improving the home buying and selling process to...

Dave Sayce, Founder and Managing Director of Compare My Move, reflects on the legal changes that will make leasehold purchase more...

Reading the news on Estate & Letting Agent Today every day (as I’m sure you all do, too), there appears to...

The ESTAS Group has scheduled a Big Postcode Reveal event in April to detail winners of its latest award category. The Best...

Client compliance platform Thirdfort has launched its updated Secure share product to help estate agents boost referrals through the secure sharing...

Property sales fell for the fourth consecutive month in December and ended the year at 1.02m, HMRC data suggests. The latest property...

The emergence of the Digital property market represents the most profound shift for the industry itself since the advent of the...

Estate agents sold a record-breaking number of properties via online auction in 2023, research suggests. The latest Online Auction Index from iamproperty...

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

As Conveyancers we operate in such a volatile market, where government economic policy can and has repeatedly made our professional lives...

As 2024 progresses, I expect to see an increase in the role that estate agents play in local communities. Once perceived...

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...

Consumer willingness to pay to speed up transaction timeframes is on the rise, research suggests. A survey by iamproperty has found 88%...

TV presenter Phil Spencer announced the winners at the 20th ESTAS Awards in October As most of you will know The ESTAS...

This week saw around 80 conveyancing firms across the UK paralysed by a service outage caused by a ‘cyber incident’ on...

HMRC recorded the slowest October for property sales since 2021 last month. The latest property transaction figures from the taxman estimates that...

The Guild of Property Professionals is urging estate agents across the UK to be on high alert as cyberattacks targeting the...

SmartSearch looks at the importance of incorporating Source of Funds checks into KYC processes It is no secret that the UK property...

It was actor Charlies Sheen who said: ‘I have one speed. I have one gear. Go!’ The same might not be said...

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

The conveyancing process has been highlighted as a key pain point among buyers in the property transaction process. Research by anti-money laundering...

The number of property sales recorded by HMRC is at its lowest level for almost a decade. New HMRC property transactions data...

After a steady increase in mortgage rates, concerns about house prices have been rising too. The Financial Times reported in mid...

The 20th annual ESTAS Awards are set to take place a week from today. Backed by headline sponsor Coadjute, the event will...

Leading digital compliance firm SmartSearch has launched an innovative new solution to help professionals working within the UK property sector to...

The number of property transactions estimated to have collapsed across the UK market has started to climb after two quarters in...

We might be at the start of an improving housing market, suggests Propertymark. In its latest market snapshot, concentrating mostly on August,...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

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

Agents insist the market is still moving – albeit among cash buyers – after HMRC data shows another dip in sales activity. HMRC’s...

The property transaction in England and Wales is a notoriously slow and fraught process, taking typically 150 days to complete, with...

An estate agency with a major new homes department claims new build sales are proving more resilient than the mainstream market. Leaders...

HMRC has recorded the lowest level of UK property sales for the month of June since 2020. The latest property transaction data...

Now more than ever, property professionals across the sector need to pull together and collaborate more closely to make business gains,...

Slow conveyancers could drive estate agents out of business, it has been warned. National law firm Dutton Gregory has issued a warning...

It’s the start of what promises - perhaps ‘threatens’ is a better word - to be a challenging second half of...

The number of property sales in England and Wales has dropped by more than 50% so far this year, research suggests. Analysis...

Property data in the UK is mined from a labyrinth of sources such as local authorities, various government departments and private...

Increasing numbers of homeowners are signing up to a property alert scheme to protect against fraudulent property transactions. New figures obtained from...

The property market had its quietest May for sales excluding the pandemic for at least a decade, HMRC data suggests. Provisional seasonally-adjusted...

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

It’s a brave business owner who actually invites criticism.  I speak from the personal experience of asking the opinions of the...

Fall-throughs are at their lowest quarterly level since the start of 2019, new data suggests. Analysis by House Buyer Bureau has found...

Ever taken on a property where the sale has got tangled up in problems arising from the title register? It’s a...

Fall throughs are estimated to have cost UK estate agents £1.27bn in 2022, new research suggest. Upfront information provider Moverly looked at...

When it comes to the usage, and benefits of, providing upfront material information to all those involved in the home buying...

The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) has formed an independent industry body, the Open Property Data Association (OPDA), for companies...

At the recent Home Buying & Selling Group UFI Roadshow in London, it was gratifying to note that panel members and...

An artificial intelligence-powered property due diligence platform that is popular in the commercial market has raised £7.5m to help expand into...

A year-long pilot of using upfront material Information by conveyancer Thomas Legal and search provider Conveyancing Data Services, a part of...

Property sales slowed annually during March but appear to have bounced back on a monthly basis, according to HMRC estimates. It follows...

The Bank of England last week announced the completion of Project Meridian, a digital synchronised settlement prototype that aims to digitise...

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

The long-awaited Regulation of Property Agents (ROPA) rules will still be introduced but most probably in a different form, it has...

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

Another interest rate hike could further dampen property market activity, research suggests. It comes as new analysis shows the average number of...

Search Acumen has announced a new partnership that aims to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in conveyancing Property data, insight...

Considering the cost it takes to get a lead – from advertising to PR to relationship building – could you be...

Average house prices have declined by their largest level on a monthly basis since the end of the 2021 Stamp Duty...

A former estate agent-turned-online auctioneer has launched a new service that aims to speed up and secure sales. Stuart Collar-Brown, co-founder and...

February marked the slowest month for residential transactions in almost a decade, HMRC data suggests. New HMRC transaction figures shows the taxman...

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has increased its expectations of a house price decline. The OBR, which keeps an eye on...

Pattinson Auction has gone international by opening up in Spain. After growing its UK portfolio to almost 3,000 partner agents, it will...

The level of property sales in the UK is declining, HMRC has suggested, after it revealed that transactions dipped for the...

Next week may not be the best time for agents to chase conveyancers waiting for Land Registry information. The Public and Commercial...

The ‘race for space’ may not have been as significant a contest as first thought, new data suggests. Figures from property data...

A senior Land Registry executive has insisted he wasn’t blaming conveyancers for transactions delays following a controversial blog last month that...

OnTheMarket Software is to launch a new estate agency automation platform that will feature a sales progression tracker and Home Management...

The Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is the direct result of European Legislation. They were introduced because of the Energy Performance of...

Agents sold 14.7% fewer properties during 2022 amid the end of the Stamp Duty holiday and increased economic uncertainty, HMRC figures...

Conveyancers have outlined ways they believe the property transaction process could be improved including shutting down or improving “dabblers” and getting...

Challenger portal and homebuying support platform OneDome has acquired broker CMME Mortgage and Protection from the private equity-backed CMME Group. CMME Mortgage...

Conveyancers are being urged to conduct better “quality control” on documents filed to the Land Registry after the body revealed ‘basic...

The number of fall-throughs hit a five-year high during the third quarter of 2022, research suggests. Analysis of TwentyCi fall through data...

Rich Americans will dominate ultra-premium property purchases in 2023, Beauchamp Estates claims. The luxury agent suggests that the strength of the dollar...

Talk of a housing market crash is overstated, Zoopla’s chief executive Charlie Bryant has claimed. Speaking in an exclusive video interview with Estate...

Property sales are yet to decline amid higher mortgage rates and the cost of living crisis but there are signs of...

Property transaction volumes hit their highest level for five years during the third quarter of 2022, conveyancers claim. It comes amid a...

The cost of living crisis and rising interest rates will lead to a decline in property transactions and mortgage lending next...

As we move closer to the end of the year, we invariably begin to think of what 2023 will bring, how...

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

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

Property transactions dipped in October but remain above pre-pandemic levels, HMRC data shows. The latest property transactions report from the taxman -...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will have a go at balancing the nation’s books today and the main thing agents seem to want...

The level of property sales fell by a quarter in the first half of this year in what is being described...

The sales progression function is what binds the whole property transaction together and the importance of effective sales progression in the...

What’s the difference between Centralised Ledger Technology and Decentralised Ledger Technology? Repeat after me; centralised and decentralised ledgers and Distributed Ledger Technology...

Agents should be getting buyers to focus on what they can afford now and in the future rather than worrying about...