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The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...

The group charged with pioneering Reservation Agreements in the house buying process admits both the industry and the public are split...

2020, the start of a new decade. Looking back, 2010 feels like such a long time ago, and looking forward to...

An agency in Leeds is next month launching a service which it claims is unique in the area, partnering with a...

Today, with the festive break around the corner, we have another video from an agent - but this one is distinctly...

The typical estate agency fee paid by a seller has actually fallen one per cent in the past year according to...

Home movers from the European Union have become less interested in moving to the UK, according to new research. Analysis of over...

Humberts, the agency which was one of the first to ditch High Street offices in favour of fewer larger hubs, has...

Half of first time buyers say they made expensive mistakes during their process of purchasing their home, with mortgage brokers, removal...

An annual study of transaction charges shows that house moving costs are now at a record average high of almost £10,000...

A new website is offering to contact owners of homes that are not for sale, on behalf of people who would...

As the property market gears up for a busy autumn period, agents and property firms have been equally busy bolstering their...

The big story to break this week in the property world was the announcement by the new owner of Humberts that...

Industry suppliers Landmark Information and The ValPal Network have entered what they call “a strategic relationship” to provide the firms’ respective...

Three weeks has flown by (I missed an early deadline last week - apologies) and I find myself writing the next...

Excuse the puntastic (or not) title, but as you’ve no doubt already deciphered I took a trip northwards a couple of...

It may still be too early to start compiling a Christmas wish list, but it is the right time to provide...

A survey of 1,200 people buying and selling shows that 13 per cent of those questioned “have now cancelled their move...

Operating hours for CHAPS - the payment system used to trasfer funds for property transactions - will be extended by one...

A new survey suggests that it is the other fees associated with moving house - not estate agents’ charges - that...

A removals firm is warning that changes to the CHAPS system could see home movers paying more to relocate.   This summer...

A survey of 1,000 people shows that a significant number in each region of the UK are putting their sales plans...

Estate agents with a difference, a twist, a unique selling point, whatever you want to call it, seem to be becoming...

In a surprise move, The Property Ombudsman is to allow all 420 registered firms in the British Association of Removers to...

The British Association of Removers has entered the dispute over changes to the CHAPS arrangements for the transfer of monies on...

We know so many agents do good fund-raising during the festive season - here are just a few who made contact...

The little-publicised extension of the CHAPS settlement day - taking the closure up to 6pm from next summer - has received...