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Connells Group has become the first estate agency brand to be named an accredited supplier by the New Homes Quality Board...

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

Vendors could end up spending hundreds of pounds more when selling their home due to Trading Standards material information rules guidance,...

Redbrik Estate Agents is celebrating exchanging on a transaction in just eight days. The milestone was achieved using its SecureMove service, which...

Reservation agreement provider Gazeal has partnered with Optimus, Landmark’s panel of conveyancers to offer its services as an option for home...

In his latest column Jonathan Rolande explains how those working in the property can best navigate the challenges the market is...

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

London estate agency Chestertons has made another senior appointment for its growing New Homes division. Henry O’Neill, former New Homes Director at...

Alarm bells are ringing in the new build sales sector after figures have been released by a major house builder. Bellway says...

An agency brand claims to have reduced its fall-through rate to just 8% by legally preparing properties for sale before they...

Eight agents were excluded from The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme during the first quarter of 2023 including collapsed online brand Doorsteps for...

Proptech firm Finch has been named as the latest supplier accredited by the New Homes Quality Board (NHQB). It joins other brands...

Higher mortgage rates and the end of Help to Buy has had a “sharp impact” on sales rates, Persimmon has warned. A...

Housebuilder Barratt Developments has implemented a hiring freeze and reduced land approvals as it warns of uncertain buyer confidence. A half-year trading...

The property sector braced itself for the chill wind of Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement this week. His pre-Budget comment that he...

Demand for new-builds has slowed amid the current economic environment, a major developer has revealed. A trading update from Barratt Developments for...

In tougher times – as is the case now, post-Covid, post-Brexit, cost-of-living crisis, war in Ukraine, etc – reputation and consumer...

A new Code of Practice for builders and an independent Ombudsman for consumers in the new-build sector went live this week. Customers...

The worst cost-of-living crisis in generations is everywhere we look and agents – and the property industry more widely – are...

A prominent analyst has suggested three ways Purplebricks could boost investor confidence and contend in a recessionary market. Davy Research released an...

PropTech platform Gazeal, which specialises in digital reservation agreements and upfront seller information, has announced that it now has an app available...

Industry veteran Bryan Mansell has questioned why the property sector has allowed transaction times to slow to record levels. It comes as...

The ongoing debate about how to boost agent and conveyancer relations, and improve the homebuying system for all, continues to rage,...

Housebuilders are being offered a new way to sell developments on Zoopla with zero marketing costs. The portal has launched a Pay-On-Exchange...

Proptech firm Gazeal is working on buyer-focused product that can be used to show a seller they are serious about a...

PropTech company Gazeal has launched a new product to help agents secure a sale at any point. The new product is called...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

The debate within estate agency on upfront information rumbles on and now there are calls for greater levels of transparency from...

You’re probably up to your neck at the start of a busy spring market but I’d hope there’s one thing most...

Buyers are focusing increasingly on green fixtures and fittings according to a new study. Insurance firm Aviva says the most in-demand features...

A prominent industry supplier has produced startling statistics about the numbers of fall throughs in just the first 10 weeks or...

The market’s likely to slow this year as the rising cost of living saps some buyer confidence, so agents are understandably...

A leading estate agency figure has hit back at a lawyer’s claim that agents who use exclusivity agreements are “shysters”.  Last week...

Will he stay or will he go? You don’t need me to say who ‘he’ is - it’s the only story...

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

Estate Agent Today understands that the civil servant who has been at the heart of plans to reform the house buying...

It’s the last call for agents to sign up to a ‘Battle For Listings’ webinar to be held tomorrow (10am-11am) by reservations...

You’ve heard me bang on about the wonder of reservation agreements for some time now, but it’s definitely the case that...

With 2022 swiftly approaching, businesses in the property industry are likely to be reflecting on the trials and tribulations that have...

Reservation Agreements provide agents with absolute certainty that both sellers and buyers are being honest. “If they’re lying or… shall we say,...

The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA), also known as Conditional auction, can sometimes get a bad rap. However, much of the...

Rightmove - which for some time has linked solely with iamsold to provide the controversial Modern Method of Auction system to...

The right technology can reassure agents that transactions will complete on time - vital to retaining business following the end of the...

In this guest editorial, experienced property solicitor Lorraine Richardson argues that reservation agreements - designed to reduce the number of fall-throughs in...

Zoopla-owned Proptech platform Yourkeys has launched what it calls a first-of-its-kind sales progression service for new-build shared ownership properties. It works like...

OnTheMarket’s new market appraisal guides - first announced some months ago - have this morning gone live.  In June OTM announced a...

Volume house builder Taylor Wimpey has announced a pre-tax profit for the first half of this year of £287.5m - and...

A prominent advocate of a reformed transaction process says more secure moving systems can help agents maintain high business levels when...

Some 18 months on, we’re only just beginning to understand the impact of Covid-19 and how it’ll shape the future economy...

The government and property industry have been talking about it for a long time, and there have been numerous initiatives introduced...

The Competition and Markets Authority has struck a deal with house builders over leasehold abuses. Aviva has committed to remove certain terms...

A consultation into the draft New Homes Quality Code has been published with a consultation period for the industry ending on...

The current housing market frenzy would be easier to deal with if upfront buyers’ packs were available, improving transparency and cutting...

Zoopla has unveiled new features which it says will deliver more value to agents. In-Search Ads gives agents and housebuilders the option...

Digital marketing agency Angels Media and digital platform Gazeal have announced an exclusive strategic partnership to help improve and speed up...

OnTheMarket has signed an exclusive commercial partnership with property data specialist Sprift, to provide free market appraisal guides. These can be customised...

Zoopla says house builders “are at the heart of everything we do” and it is revamping its New Homes marketing offer...

The current crisis has led to many of us to re-evaluate our lives to ensure that we put ourselves in the...

Whilst it was once seen as a way to sell niche or run-down properties, auction is now a mainstream method of...

A new property board game called Gazumped aims to rival Monopoly but reflect a much more realistic view of how the house...

Later this year, on October 22, the ESTAS 2021 will take place in London. The glittering ceremony will welcome property professionals...

One of the companies at the heart of the campaign to provide more upfront information to prospective buyers has struck a...

A prominent estate agent has warned buyers and sellers about the perils of the controversial Modern Method of Auction. MMA is now...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Dan Muir, Area Sales Manager, LetsBid Property What is LetsBid and...

Zoopla says it has so far delivered almost £80,000 in agent fees through its access to the Modern Method of Auction. MMA...

A high-profile London agency is asking the police and property industry bodies including Trading Standards to investigate a fake company posing under...

Reservation Agreement specialist Gazeal is to sponsor the Estate Agent categories at The ESTAS later this year. Gazeal chief executive Bryan Mansell...

Rightmove is the latest portal to forge a link with the controversial Modern Method of Auction service being offered to agents. A...

Agents should put as much emphasis on ensuring a house move actually happens as on winning the instruction to begin with,...

An auction house that's made a transition from ballroom operations to online streaming is to publish all fees for all lots -...

The largest company involved in the controversial Modern Method of Auction says it’s producing a “disruptive digital market campaign to address...

Fall throughs which could be avoided by Reservation Agreements have cost agency branches an average £10,000 per month. That’s the claim from digital...

Estate agents can stand out from the crowd and help consumers through lockdown by providing a more secure sales process, a...

As we embark on another nationwide lockdown, the team at SDL Auctions are keen to help agents ride the storm, beat...

Over a fifth of key businesses say they do not trust any element at all of automated anti-money laundering checks and...

We can all agree that the recovery of the property market since May has been outstanding. The latest data from Zoopla...

Recent Natters have explored the differences between the UK and American models of agency, and why Purplebricks failed to make a...

There will not be a single business within the property sector that did not start the year in vastly different circumstances...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has given a thumbs up to the new Boomin listings service created by the brothers...

A property developer has set up an estate agency that charges no commission to sellers but instead levies a non-refundable reservation...

The UK residential activities of high-end agency Savills suffered a 54 per cent reduction in profits and an eight per cent...

Following the easing of lockdown restrictions on England’s property market in May, NAEA Propertymark reported a sharp increase in business for...

A PropTech platform that aims to lock-in sellers and buyers via a mutually agreed reservation agreement system is being offered free...

Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...

Zoopla has entered into a partnership with an online platform to promote the so-called Modern Method of Auction option to estate...

A PropTech supplier claims that an agency has secured the first ever transaction where the complete chain used Reservation Agreements.  Harrison Residential,...

In a video interview for his Move iQ service, Phil Spencer speaks to Mark Hayward, managing director of NAEA Propertymark about...

The government is jeopardising the success of the housing market relaunch through the inflexibility of the furlough scheme, claims a group...

A series of polls taken by Estate Agent Today suggest substantial numbers of agents remain uncomfortable about returning to trading even...

House builder Taylor Wimpey says its reopening show homes and sales centres next week, but for pre-booked appointments only. In a message...

One of prime central London’s most respected estate agencies is warning that it could take until spring 2021 for the luxury...

Training operator The Able Agent is to include a module on the Modern Method of Auction in its future programme.  Charlotte Jeffry-Campbell,...

An agency has repaid a £6,000 reservation fee to someone who thought they had purchased a property for £83,000 but was later...

Trials of reservation agreements for buyers and sellers have been delayed until the late spring. Statements last year from the Ministry of Housing, Communities...

Sellers who failed to mention a motel and diner being constructed nearby have been ordered by a court to pay £285,000...

Boris Johnson is considering introducing a mansion tax for high value homes according to a Sunday newspaper. The Telegraph - citing two...

Now we’re well into the second month of the year, we have reached a crucial point in the ongoing plans to...

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

HM Land Registry appears to be making painfully slow progress on digitising land charge search data - contrary to its earlier...

The Property Ombudsman role is being advertised. The current Ombudsman, Katrine Sporle, is giving up the role in November after five years in...