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Quick buy firm Upstix has appointed a head of growth to take charge of boosting acquisitions, enhancing the firm's visibility and...

Fewer buyers are purchasing at auctions despite more sellers resorting to them. Quick buying firm House Buyer Bureau analysed auction stock that...

The number of home sellers looking to sell their home quickly in the current market has increased by 12%, new research...

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

The number of property sales falling through has increased for the first time since the height of the pandemic market boom...

Quick buy firm UPSTIX is planning to rollout its chain break service across the market after a successful trial with estate...

Homes that agents are putting back on the market after a fall-through are being relisted for as much as £21,000 cheaper,...

A ‘quick buy’ service launched by veteran proptech innovator Giles Mackay is now looking to help fix broken chains. UPSTIX, which launched...

Estate agency veteran Robin Paterson has joined new ‘quick buy” service UPSTIX. Paterson, a former chief executive of Hamptons and managing director...

A new ‘quick buy’ service has been announced which would mean that sales could be completed in a week, providing a...

Properties selling without a chain not only sell more quickly, as one might expect, but also appear to attract a substantial...

Agents have 21 per cent fewer homes on their books now than a year ago according to a quick buy company. In...

Inflation could deal a double blow to the housing market, an agency expert warns. Last week it was revealed that UK inflation...

There’s been a surge in the number of sellers who resort to using quick buy firms, according to the sector’s trade...

A bulk quick buy company has surveyed purchasers who have been deterred from continuing their transactions to discover what the biggest...

Scams are rife in the quick house buying sector with many companies seeking to take advantage of sellers in desperate situations. That’s...

A relaunched home buying service says it wants to partner with agents to unlock sales if the housing market deteriorates. The service...

A league table drawn up by a quick buy property firm claims that some estate agents' average commission has hit 2.32 per...

A quick buy firm which typically purchases homes from sellers at below market levels has accused estate agents and the private...

A quick buy firm boasting it has ‘sold’ a home within six days also says it now takes 140 days on...

The agency affiliation group Relocation Agent Network is linking with HBB Solutions, a part exchange and ‘guaranteed purchase’ operator.  HBB says a...

Estate agents have collectively been fiercely criticised for allegedly exaggerating valuations to win instructions, doing a disservice to vendors and not...

Reforms to the house buying process in England and Wales to bring it more into line with Scotland could slash the...

The trade body representing so-called quick sale companies is marking five years in business with two feathers in its cap. Firstly the...

A property listings platform has revealed what it describes as ‘the best places to sell a home’ in England and Wales. The...

A quick buy company that describes itself as an “express estate agency” is making a pitch for vendors who may be...

The owner of a home for sale has complained to the Advertising Standards Authority after seeing it marketed on Zoopla -...

A quick-buy firm that buys homes at around 85 per cent of market value claims the industry is concealing how slow...

Almost half of all house sales in England and Wales fell through before completion in the final quarter of 2018, according...

A Labour MP has used Parliamentary privilege to name a quick buy company and to make accusations about its practices. During Prime...

The number of house sales falling through pre-completion during the first quarter of 2018 reached its highest level for this time...

A new ‘quick buy’ property company claims it will make an offer on any home within 24 hours of the vendor...

The controversial raffle of a home reportedly purchased in 2014 under the Right To Buy scheme for just £360,000 is back...

More than one in three house sales across England and Wales fell through before completion in the first quarter of 2017,...

The Advertising Standards Authority has given the green light to an circular which provoked complaints suggesting it deliberately did not appear...