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

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

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

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...

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

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%...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

Conveyancing is an integral part of the house buying and selling process. But it is a slow process, with the length...

Britain’s secret property market witnessed nearly £30.9 billion worth of property transactions last year, the highest yearly market value in well...

Over the last five years, the Government has introduced a range of measures to regulate the property market, particularly in the...

Legal claims over Japanese knotweed are on the rise, agents are being warned. Invasive plant consultancy Environet UK estimates that around 900,000...

Property sales are currently taking 15 weeks on average to complete, new research claims. Challenger portal and property platform OneDome has launched...

One of the particular characteristics of the property market is how it brings contrasting professions together. From estate agents to conveyancers,...

The Land Registry has set out ambitious plans to automate up to 70% of all updates to its register by 2025...

Hamptons is anticipating an 12% drop in property transactions across Great Britain next year as interest rate rises and the cost of...

As uncertainty, apprehension and anxiety increasingly infiltrates every aspect of our professional and personal lives, to ‘keep calm and carry on’...

July was the most active month for home sales so far this year but agents acknowledge that a slowdown is coming. The...

Increasing numbers of homeowners have signed up to a free Land Registry alert scheme to protect against fraudulent property transactions. Figures obtained...

Homebuyers are deterred from moving again and using the same estate agent due to the stress and increasing length of time...

House price indices may be reporting record rises but sales seem to be slowing. The latest HMRC property transactions data for June...

More than 100,000 property transactions have benefitted from access to digitised local land charges (LLCs) data. Conveyancing software provider Search Acumen has...

There have been many articles about ‘digitising upfront information’, following the publication of DLUHC’s Levelling-Up white paper and National Trading Standards...

The number of property transactions continues to rise despite the cost of living crisis and remain higher than pre-pandemic levels, HMRC...

In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...

Estate agents use property technology each and every day for residential property transactions, but is there more they can do with...

Oakfield Estate Agents is marking a quarter-century in business with a major rebrand and a pledge to donate £50 to a...

Belvoir has reported that group revenue is up 14% in the first four months of the year, helped mainly by its...

Agents may be gearing up for this year’s ESTAS Customer Service Awards but there is another accolade that you could aim for next...

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) has long been the bugbear of many property transactions. Even the very wealthy will lose interest...

In this guest piece, Colum Smith, a property expert at law firm Taylor Rose MW, sets out why speedier transactions could...

The number of complaints about estate and letting agents increased last year but fewer gripes were upheld. Data based on members of...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has said it may consider complaints about ‘misleading SSTC listings’ on portals but suggests it may...

One of the most valuable assets to any company is the data it stores. According to a recent study completed by...

PropTech solutions have continued to ingratiate themselves in both the forefront of an agency within advertising mediums and in the backend...

The long-standing commitment of London-focussed agency Dexters to expand through acquisitions is continuing apace. Over the weekend it was announced that the...

HM Revenue & Customs has been warned by financial experts that its latest crackdown on stamp duty abuse could make the...

The overwhelming majority of vendors do not choose their estate agent based on fees, but on wider market expertise. That’s the finding...

Fall throughs remain a significant problem with transaction collapses costing buyers and sellers a wasted £880m in 2021 according to new...

An Australian PropTech platform called PEXA aims to break into the UK property industry this year, claiming to improve transaction processes. PEXA...

The majority of homeowners and homebuyers believe Stamp Duty Land Tax is outdated and needs reform. The mortgage lender Butterfield commissioned an...

The level of house price growth is at a 17 year high at 11.2 per cent according to the Nationwide. The annual...

Agents are losing tens of thousands of pounds each - in some cases even more - because of the volume of...

A stamp duty loophole in one part of the UK is likely to be closed later this year. Until now buying a...

The market share of hybrid and online agents has fallen again, this time to 6.7 per cent. That figure - taken at...

The lettings sector looks set to steam ahead in 2022 after a record-breaking 2021, despite the financial and mobility challenges of...

Imagine a world where you, as an agent, could focus on what you do best. Building and managing relationships, showing properties,...

A law firm is warning that one of the key risks facing that industry this year revolves around professional negligence claims against...