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Digital transformation is now happening at a monumental pace, and dependence on technology is growing to new heights. In fact, the...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched a new document to help firms benefit from the range of digital services available to...

OnTheMarket Software has announced an integration with digital ID and source of funds provider Thirdfort. The digital ID, anti-money laundering and source...

Independent estate agency Hat and Home has released a sneak peak of its 2023 brand marketing campaign.  Renowned for its distinctive advertising...

Conveyancing company AVRillo has pledged to further reduce transaction times after scooping a top innovation award. The conveyancer brand picked up the...

AVRillo is seeking agents to help test a new product that aims to provide upfront material information to buyers at the...

The property industry's self-destructive, point-scoring way of working just doesn’t cut it. When low stock means low cash flow low, agents and...

From carols to Christmas lights and jumpers, prime estate agent John D Wood & Co has been getting into the festive...

I can’t really write about anything else this week, can I? Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will have...

With reform of the home buying and selling process as crucial as it's ever been, and disrupters like Coadjute and PEXA...

Independent estate agency Hat and Home has opened its third branch just 18 months after launching the business. Hat and Home launched...

A parliamentary petition calling for ground rent charges to be extended to existing leases has reached the required number of signatures...

There has been so much coverage recently over how painfully slow conveyancing is at the moment - 18-20 weeks is now...

Issues with property titles and borrower affordability have been revealed among the main reasons why mortgage offers have been withdrawn. The results...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched its 2022 Lender Survey to identify where the industry can collaborate to improve the mortgage...

OnTheMarket subsidiary teclet has integrated with digital e-signature offering Signable. The partnership will mean agents using teclet’s property management and customer relationship...

Just this month, the Government Property Agency kicked off its search for a digital chief to lead its 10-year technology journey,...

For all sales and letting agents, accelerating your business to new heights is a number one priority. You can’t be losing time...

For an unregulated industry, agents have an awful lot of regulations to deal with. For example, there’s the mandatory membership of a...

An independent estate agency with an eye to fashion has launched a second office in the Home Counties, just nine months...

In this article, the team at The Lettings Hub - which aims to offer tech-driven solutions for the rental market - outline...

A petition calling on the government to set up an independent enquiry into the cladding crisis has reached a key 10,000...

In this thought leadership article, Videosign CEO Steven Tallant looks at electronic signatures and conveyancing and whether the time is nigh for the...

The recent stamp duty holiday and the subsequent conveyancing logjam this triggered has acted as a wakeup call for the industry....

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

Apart from a buoyant market, high transaction levels, and consumer confidence in the property market, one considerable additional benefit which has...

Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, technology has proven to be the answer for many problems faced by sectors across...

The biggest challenge facing many agents in the current climate is the general shortage of stock, both for sales & lettings. Let’s...

Digital signatures are not new but the relative slowness with which they have been adopted by the industry is disappointing, according...

There’s been a dramatic slump in instructions for online agencies, particularly Purplebricks, according to data produced by one online firm itself. 99Home...

In an unusual move, HM Land Registry has issued guidance to agents to help them reassure jittery buyers and sellers ahead...

London’s housing market may be distinctly lacklustre compared to much of the rest of the UK right now but one development...

The government is to answer a call made in an online petition for stamp duty to apply when contracts are exchanged,...

Before you read on, ask yourself, how many times did you hear “we want to move, but just we can’t find...

On 28 April 2021, Fixflo ran the first in a series of quarterly legal update webinars with David Smith, Partner at...

Century 21 UK is the first agency in the country to white label an app which covers transaction components from property...

With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...

A new petition has been launched asking the government to make the stamp duty holiday apply when contracts are exchanged, rather...

Connells Group has adopted e-Signatures from Yoti for its sales and lettings business across a number of brands. This follows a successful...

The online petition which prompted a debate by MPs has now won the support of around 150,000 signatures. Typically public support for...

An online agency has apologised to a single mother who felt pressured into allowing viewings of a property she was renting. Local media in...

There is no scientific formula, no list of must-have elements in a successful campaign. That’s especially the case for a campaign involving...

The government is keeping everyone guessing about the stamp duty holiday but one comment by a senior minister suggests movement towards a...

You can watch the Parliamentary debate on a possible Stamp Duty Holiday extension here, using the streaming link at the bottom of...

Today’s the day when Parliament debates a possible extension to the stamp duty holiday beyond its March 31 cliff edge deadline...

It's been announced that MPs will after all debate the Stamp Duty Holiday extension following a hugely popular online petition. The 90-minute...

The MP who presides over online petitions such as the one calling for an extension of the stamp duty holiday says...

The government may be stopping MPs debating an extension to the stamp duty holiday - despite a pledge they would do...

One of the housing market’s senior analysts says the end of the stamp duty holiday on March 31 would not be...

The online petition calling for an extension to the stamp duty holiday is set to pass 100,000 signatures today. This means the...

An online petition wants all agents’ offices to close during the pandemic. Keeping them open means agents feel "forced and pressured" to conduct...

Property expert Phil Spencer is warning that “chaos” and “mayhem” looms in the housing market if the stamp duty holiday is...

There’s growing optimism that an extension to the stamp duty holiday - thought to be off the agenda just days ago...

The next Budget will be held on March 3 next year - in time for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to change his...

Agents and property experts have reacted angrily to the government's refusal to extend the stamp duty holiday. The government has told campaigners that...

A petition has been launched demanding a stamp duty holiday extension. The online petition is the idea of Jonathan Steel - a layperson...

A digital resource hub for estate agents launches a new product today, claiming to shorten transaction times.  Sort Move, which has been...

Tenancy deposit disputes are messy and often frustrating for all involved. While the number of formal disputes remains low, the pandemic...

Conveyancers have considered whether the long-standing ‘caveat emptor’ or buyer beware principle in a property purchase should be replaced by ‘vendor...

2020 has definitely been a year of change. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the day-to-day operations of almost every industry...

The latest government rules combined with the Prime Minister’s recent address to the nation is clear – tougher measures are required...

A digital resource hub for estate agents claims to shorten transaction times. Sort Move, which has been operating since late 2019,...

HM Land Registry customers - including agents and conveyancers - can now manage all of their applications and correspondence including notices,...

HM Land Registry is now accepting witnessed electronic signatures on documents for the  transfer of ownership of property, the creation of...

Another new PropTech platform claims it can streamline the completion process - this time by coordinating the work of estate agents...

The Covid-19 crisis has forced the UK property industry to rethink the way it operates. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the...

HM Land Registry is making it easier to verify individuals’ ID from today. In addition to conveyancers and chartered legal executives, verification...

Housing minister Chris Pincher is drawing up guidelines which could allow agents to return to something like normal working in the near...

With a lengthy lockdown already behind us one might think that fund-raising was a step too far - but not for...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Nick Lyons CEO What is No Letting Go and what does it...

Buyers and sellers using online estate agencies could inadvertently sign contracts if they carelessly use email signature blocks. Blocks are the ‘auto-signatures’...

In the field of conveyancing, there’s a new dynamic at play. And that dynamic is customer-driven and customer-focused, using digital technology...

Midlands estate agency Centrick has launched a new specialist division to focus on the luxury homes market across the West Midlands...

Keller Williams continues to drive culture, mentality, and process transformation by partnering with DocuSign to enable electronic signatures. It’s another lesson in...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

Hello there - if it’s Friday it’s Agents Do Charity, and as we prepare for a hot weekend for Glastonbury revellers...

A property in London’s Mayfair has a price tag of £23m and is being sold via a system allowing interested parties...

The leasehold scandal has received plenty of press coverage, with horror stories of people living in homes that are impossible to...

A survey of 3,000 people by Zoopla suggests that 47 per cent of vendors believe the success of their sale was...

Part of the Arun Estates Group has rebranded - by dropping the ‘& Partners’ element of its name. The agency formerly known...

People now expect a streamlined, digital-first experience from every single service they interact with - and the lettings industry is no...

An insurance company is launching a policy which it says will protect consumers with comprehensive cover in the event of a...

Out and about recently, I got to thinking: how often do I actually have the call for cash anymore? Or, for...

As the world becomes ever more digital and people increasingly look to technology to provide convenient solutions to sometimes complex problems,...

The first-ever ‘digital mortgage’ deed has been lodged at HM Land Registry, for a property at Rotherhithe in London.  Coventry Building Society...

One of the most important aspects of running a successful estate or letting agency is being able to generate new business...

The government has given its support to Land Registry proposals to increase the digitalisation of its services, with changes coming into...

If you were under any misconceptions about how pivotal a role HM Land Registry is going to play in the future...

Independent agency Coast and Castle has been acquired by Signature, a chain in the north east of England with 18 other...

There has been a wide range of views from trade bodies and individual agents on the government’s surprise ‘call for evidence’...

As those of us in the industry know, there is a fine balance to strike between disruptive technology – and the...

The first ever electronic e-signature exchange of contracts for a residential property transaction in the UK has been completed this month,...

In this Natter we have an exclusive interview with David Cox, CEO of ARLA Propertymark and one of the best-known figures...

An estate agent spotted her father’s house advertised on Rightmove just three days before it was due to be auctioned -...

When a tenant paid his initial one month’s rent in addition to a tenancy deposit in exchange for the keys to...

The Residential Property Surveyors Association is the latest of many trade bodies to come out against government proposals to privatise the...

The Law Society of England and Wales have moved to clarify the legal position of electronic signature and have endorsed their...

An online petition to scrap Energy Performance Certificates has received only modest support so far. The petition has been put forward by eMoov...

With the new Formula One season now well underway, we delve into the fast lane to take you on a whirlwind...

The government's consultation on the proposed privatisation of the Land Registry closes today. Interested parties have had since March 24 to give...