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![Vote of no-confidence in Law Society fails](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
A vote of no-confidence in the Law Society over material information rules has failed. The Property Lawyers Action Group (PLAG), had arranged...
24 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter - Why are we waiting? Delays are suffocating…](/upload/images/1%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Mistakes%20milkshakes%20and%20military%20memories%20-%20Natter.jpg)
It’s so good to see housing at the top of the government’s agenda for change. Finally! The housing crisis has been met...
20 July 2024
From: Features
![Date set for Law Society no-confidence vote over material information](/upload/images/shutterstock_2360674437.jpg)
A date has been set for a vote of no confidence in the Law Society amid furore over its stance on...
09 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Gazundering on the rise in buyers' market - warning](/upload/images/shutterstock_2367412269.jpg)
More than three quarters of home buyers are ‘gazundering’—or ‘price chipping’—to reduce the agreed sale price of properties at the last...
02 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Law Society postpones compulsory use of new TA6 form](/upload/images/shutterstock_553811446.jpg)
The Law Society has postponed plans to make use of its new TA6 form compulsory amid backlash from conveyancers. The new TA6...
18 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Law Society faces calls for no confidence vote over material information rules](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews3-400x310.png)
A legal action group is seeking support from solicitors to call a vote of no confidence in the Law Society The Property...
06 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![10 reasons to become a Your Move franchise.](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/LSL/online.jpg)
If you’re thinking about becoming an Estate Agency franchise or converting your existing estate agency business to a franchise, here we...
16 May 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![Expert tips on how conveyancers can mitigate risk of negligence claims](/upload/images/3%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Weekend%20feature-%20Expert%20tips%20on%20how%20conveyancers%20can%20mitigate%20risk%20of%20negligence%20claims%20By%20Jonathan%20Stebbings%20.jpg)
The vast majority of negligence claims against conveyancers are for relatively low sums of money, but the financial and reputational costs...
20 April 2024
From: Features
![Law Society faces backlash over material information forms](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-1-400x310.png)
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
![University launches landmark estate agency degree course](/upload/images/shutterstock_2111879009.jpg)
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
![Cohabiting as a couple - what happens to the house if we split?](/upload/images/4%20shutterstock_1746444971.jpg)
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
![Another year of change? How property law will evolve in 2024](/upload/images/3%20How%20property%20law%20will%20evolve%20in%202024%20-%20weekend%20feature%20by%20Yulia%20Barnes.jpg)
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
![ESPC hails 100% pass rate for first SPC Property Practice graduates](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents3-400x310.png)
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
![New lawyers action group queries material information rules](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Legal_Action-400x310.png)
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
![Lawyers are too slow, homebuyers claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LegalAdvice-400x310.png)
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
![Conveyancing firm integrates Chimni logbooks](/upload/images/shutterstock_2042116097.jpg)
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 launches webinar series to mark ‘legislation month’](/upload/images/shutterstock_1692360436.jpg)
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
![Conveyancing shortage remains despite property sales slowdown - warning](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/HousePriceDrop-400x310.png)
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
![ESTAS Awards shortlist to be revealed with new gong up for grabs](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_1697309575.jpg)
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
![Slower housing market could boost leasehold extensions - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
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 lawyers warn about copycat cases after landmark Tate Modern ruling](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Legal_Action-400x310.png)
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
![Autumn Statement - is it the start of a new chapter?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/JeremyHunt%20_400x310.png)
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
![ESTAS announces new award category sponsor](/upload/images/ESTAS/0248-ESTAS-Angels-Media-Eshot-June-2019-AW3_01.gif)
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
![The Conveyancing Crisis - how can we fix it?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EvictionNotice-400x310-min.jpeg)
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
![Going digital! Over 100k sales complete with digitised Land Registry data](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropertyTechnology-1-400x310.jpg)
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
![Agents and conveyancers should ditch the screen - here's why](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/AgentWebsiteMock-400x310.jpg)
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
![Why speedy transactions could be leaving the door wide open to fraudsters](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/EvictionNotice-400x310-min.jpeg)
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
![Property Natter – the who’s who of the industry](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
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
![Fixing conveyancing recruitment? Online firm opens apprenticeship academy](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Millennial-BusinessWoman-Communication-400x310.jpg)
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
![Home Information Packs - are they making a comeback?](/upload/images/library/Documents-400x310-min.jpeg)
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
![Agents Do Charity - our thoughts remain with Ukraine…](/upload/images/Site%20logos/AgentsDoCharity-18-400x310.png)
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
![Lawyer says some agents can’t cope with more regulation](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-MagnifyingGlass--1-400x310.jpg)
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 - why PDTF is a positive step forward for buying and selling](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgents-Meeting-400x310.jpg)
‘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
![Agents and the law - critical webinars begin this week](/upload/images/Logos/RightmoveNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
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
![Exclusive: Setback for house buying reform as top expert moves job](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/HousesofParliament-3-400x310.jpg)
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
![Goodbye referral fees? Conveyancing expert’s anger over IT crisis](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Digital-Online-400x310.jpg)
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
![Conveyancing IT crash - company slammed for ‘wall of silence’](/upload/images/library/Digital-Online-400x310.jpg)
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
![Ban Referral Fees For Agents - petition demands government action](/upload/images/library/Referrals-400x310.png)
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
![Improving the home buying and selling process - what's the latest?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-MagnifyingGlass--1-400x310.jpg)
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
![Conveyancing IT Attack: gradual improvement reported by Simplify](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineAgents-1-400x310.jpg)
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
![Police probe conveyancing cyber-crash as it begins third week](/upload/images/library/Digital-Online-400x310.jpg)
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
![Purplebricks apologises over conveyancing problem for customers](/upload/images/Logos/Purplebricks-TeamGB-Board-400x310.jpg)
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
![Conveyancing Crash - update on security and using other conveyancers](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
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 Crash: Mystery surrounds how and why it's ongoing](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-MagnifyingGlass--1-400x310.jpg)
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
![Conveyancing Crash - update on how to contact affected brands](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Digital-Online-400x310.jpg)
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
![What Every Letting Agent Should Know about the Economic Crime Levy (ECL)](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/MillennialAgent-Tech-400x310.jpg)
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
![Housing Market: supply shortage for fifth month in a row](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingMarket-1-400x310.jpg)
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
![Is the tide turning for the lettings industry?](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Government unveils new bid to push forward ‘commonhold’ concept](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Brexit data protection measures may mean more red tape for agents](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Agents Do Charity - from Christmas parties to Christmas carols](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Allow sales that have exchanged to have stamp duty holiday - call](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![The importance of addressing Conveyancing earlier in the home moving journey](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Agents, conveyancers and movers pledge greater sales transparency](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Auction PropTech startup aims to streamline legal process for buyers](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Stamp duty holiday should be backdated, demands law firm](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![ESTAS combine agents, conveyancers and mortgage awards in 2021](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Upfront property information – we need to stop ‘going round the houses’](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![How to avoid delays as the property market recovers](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![New sales and rental franchise seeks agents to set up national operation](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Stamp Duty Holiday? Momentum builds as law firm joins the call](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Change - The key to unlocking demand after the lockdown](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Kick-start your agency out of lockdown - key webinar this morning](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![All Change: new TA6 Property Information Form launches next week](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Don’t use an online agent! Lawyer makes warning to sellers](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Portals to be at the heart of house buying reforms](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![More reforms on their way as government ponders leasehold changes](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property Natter: let’s talk about conveyancing](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Huge shake-up of sellers’ information being considered](/img/default/eat.png)
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 to be trialled in the New Year](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property Natter - Day in the life of…a PropTech founder](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![House buying reform is centre stage at special ESTAS conference](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Russell Quirk,Co-Founder and Advisor/Non-Exec Director of Properganda](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Alexa: when do we get cheaper and faster conveyancing?](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Why stamp duty should be abolished and not just reformed](/img/default/eat.png)
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 drops PropTech app promoting private sales](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Referral Fees: Onus is very much on agents insists conveyancing chief](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Conveyancing powerhouse launched ahead of house buying changes](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Big Leap forward for first-ever ESTAS Bold Legal Conference](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Property Natter: referral fees, HIPs & Bee Gees tributes - Rob Hailstone Q & A](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![ESTAS branching out by staging key conveyancing conference](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Buyers warned: Don’t cut corners by trying DIY conveyancing](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![The ESTAS - no, not agents, this time it's the top conveyancers](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Out of office - absent conveyancers causing transaction delays](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Speed up ban on abusive leasehold rules, law firm urges government](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Agents Do Charity - as we all wait for Sunday's big game...](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![New industry body aims to simplify and modernise buying and selling](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Conveyancer says transaction problems down to others and not solicitors](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Conveyancers take a bow at first ESTAS awards for the sector](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Estate agents just aren't ready for GDPR legislation, lawyers warn](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Automated conveyancing system claims to transform buying process](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Anti-money laundering rules will slow buying process, lawyer warns](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Could we benefit from a US-style conveyancing system?](/img/default/eat.png)
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
![Why a mediocre conveyancer could cost you your fee](/img/default/eat.png)
It's sometimes easy to overlook the fact that the majority of estate agents only receive payment for the weeks, if not...