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From the uptick in house sales in January to a house price rise the first time in over a year in February,...

Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors have launched the fifth iteration of the...

OnTheMarket has a “puncher’s chance” of displacing Rightmove after the challenger portal was taken over by CoStar but needs to persuade...

There has no doubt been many commenting on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement held a couple of weeks ago. We...

There has no doubt been many commenting on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s recent Autumn Statement held a couple of weeks ago. We...

Propertymark Qualifications has honoured the crème de la crème of its students at the London Stadium. Learners, apprentices, employers, training providers, and...

Estate agents spend almost half their working day chasing or being chased for issues as a new report highlights concerns about...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is seeking feedback on two ‘working papers’ that detail its assessment on the use of...

More than 20 property organisations and professionals have been named as finalists in the upcoming Variety North West PROPs awards. The winners...

The inaugural Northwest PROPS Awards will be hosted by England and British Lions rugby legend Martin Bayfield. The two-time Grand Slam winner...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has announced Post Partner as its latest affiliate member. Post Partner offers a range of document management tools...

In recent years, the UK private rented sector has witnessed a significant increase in government regulation aimed at raising standards for...

Now more than ever, property professionals across the sector need to pull together and collaborate more closely to make business gains,...

Barriers to entry are a big concern for any sector, particularly those who need a greater number of technology innovations to...

When it comes to the usage, and benefits of, providing upfront material information to all those involved in the home buying...

Landmark Information Group has partnered with payment processor Shieldpay. The partnership aims to provide faster and more transparent conveyancing payments. Shieldpay’s digital platform,...

A rival offer could be on the cards for Purplebricks. The online brand has revealed that it has received an indicative proposal...

A year-long pilot of using upfront material Information by conveyancer Thomas Legal and search provider Conveyancing Data Services, a part of...

Property recruitment firm the deverellsmith group has acquired the entire issued share capital of Daisy Chain. The transaction will see Louse Deverell-Smith’s...

Landmark Information Group has unveiled a series of open, accessible and standardised digital hubs that aim to connect parts of the...

A claims management company has criticised a long-awaited document released by the Property Care Association (PCA) on the use of the...

Land Registry analysis tool provider Veya has announced a partnership with home buying and selling platform adoor to help speed-up sales. Clients...

Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors have launched the fourth iteration of the...

According to the recent industry research report ‘Back to the Future’ from tmgroup, mio and CDS 40% of property transaction delays...

The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) has announced a new update to the Leasehold Property Enquiries (LPE1) form, which it...

National Conveyancing Week has kicked off from today. The awareness-raising week features a series of in-person, online and pre-recorded events aimed at...

Purplebricks has confirmed that it has been in discussions with online agency rival Strike regarding a potential takeover offer. As reported by...

Foxtons has lost its DNA, its chief executive has warned. It comes as the company published its first annual results under new...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Property professionals have given their backing to the idea of a universal digital identity for buyers and sellers to speed up...

A new instant messaging platform has been launched that aims to change the way estate agents manage communications with customers and...

We are now well into 2023 and, while there have been a huge number of steps taken towards a digital future...

OnTheMarket (OTM) has rebuffed a surprise approach from a non-shareholder in the business to overhaul the brand and let him join...

A plethora of property professionals are ending the year with new jobs. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature...

What are you going to do when something unplanned, unexpected, and unpleasant hits your brand and business? There’s no point avoiding it...

As we move closer to the end of the year, we invariably begin to think of what 2023 will bring, how...

As economic signs increasingly point to a contraction in the property market, competition for new business will inevitably heat up. But...

The Mortgage Advice Bureau has partnered with property sales progression software provider ViewMyChain to give brokers more transparency during the transaction...

Activist investor Lecram Holdings has used its new 5.16% stake in Purplebricks to call for the beleaguered online agent to remove...

Given their leading role in the recent upfront information revolution, interest in the work of the National Trading Standards Estate &...

Propertmark is calling for a 12 month exemption on additional Stamp Duty rates to boost rental property supply. The issue will be...

Recent political changes – and there have been quite a few in recent weeks – have brought about something of a...

A surveyors’ trade body has retracted guidance that previously claimed homes with spray foam loft insulation could be impossible to sell. The Residential Property...

Conveyancing is an integral part of the house buying and selling process. But it is a slow process, with the length...

In a recent McKinsey poll* 85 per cent of people said that fear of criticism, fear of uncertainty and fear of...

As the summer draws to a close, and we begin to move towards the final few months of the year, I’m...

Conveyancing software provider Smoove is set to rollout a new flagship estate agency product following a successful trial phase. Smoove Start was...

For years now estate agents have been on a journey from digital infancy to digital maturity. But what does the future...

As uncertainty continues to prevail across the industry, aided by a government in crisis, the challenges in the months ahead feel...

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

Anyone working in the property market should have at least one eye on supply. Of course, it’s a constant issue for...

There have been many articles about ‘digitising upfront information’, following the publication of DLUHC’s Levelling-Up white paper and National Trading Standards...

The digital transformation of the property industry is not a new chapter, but an ongoing journey in which the winners are...

Today’s consumers judge a business not just on the quality of its products, but also on their experience in using them....

If there’s not a book called ‘The Art of Collaboration’ then there should be. Update: a quick Google search shows there...

Next month will see new rules around upfront Material Information for property sales and lettings come into force in the UK...

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

You will hopefully have seen that the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 has now received its Royal Assent, meaning it...

I attended a forum in London a couple of weeks ago, which for the first time brought estate agents and conveyancers...

In this Q&A, I catch up with Jesper With-Fogstrup, chief executive officer of Smoove (formerly ULS Technology until a very recent...

It’s not an easy time for many renters (and homeowners). The cost of living is going up across the board for...

Those aficionados of the Sound of Music will recognise the tag line above. It came to my mind when thinking about...

‘Knowledge is power’ goes the old saying, and one variation on that theme is a quote from academic, Robert Boyce, who...

In this weekend feature, inventory expert and chair of the AIIC, Daniel Evans, sets out what a really good inventory should...

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

The lettings sector looks set to steam ahead in 2022 after a record-breaking 2021, despite the financial and mobility challenges of...

Propertymark has appointed an insider to the key role of policy adviser - effectively the position vacated last month by industry...

As we slide into Christmas, with the busiest levels of house buying since 2006 and activity still buoyant, I don’t think...

Leasehold, quite rightly, remains not just an emotive topic given what has happened over the past decade, but it’s very much...

Despite the progress made in so many areas, particularly in terms of leasehold reform – although we are calling upon the...

We have all heard the terrible forecasts and listened to Sir David Attenborough’s speeches on the environment and the “we still...

The property industry and its many stakeholders are key participants in a global digital transformation that has been underway for quite...

A property company is offering its employees in the UK and overseas a day’s leave later this month to mark World...

Controversial London agency Foxtons is to review its policy on top management bonuses. This follows a shareholder revolt at the agency's AGM...

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

Industry-wide adoption of Unique Property Reference Numbers could be one step closer after an announcement by a major trade body. The Conveyancing...

The stamp duty holiday came and went with much fanfare. For many buyers it represented a rare opportunity to make some...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have another industry big-hitter and one of the most high-profile female leaders in property...

Initiatives by property portal Residential People and mortgage lenders Paragon Bank and Foundation Home Loans help people to find, buy or...

The race to complete home sales before the stamp duty holiday came to an end on June 30 has created what...

The Stamp Duty holiday has been very beneficial for hundreds of thousands of buyers looking to take advantage of savings, even...

In the previous edition of PropTech Today, Nathan Emerson highlighted the importance of effective implementation, linking poor staff engagement to the...

The Trading Standards agency team has outlined to Estate Agent Today the process it will follow to improve what it calls...

The biggest news story in town this last week – which has brought people who don’t usually like or watch football...

Licensing of the short-term lets sector in Scotland was due to be introduced next month. However, it was recently announced that...

There’s a warning this morning that possible tax reforms to be unveiled next Monday could wreak huge damage on the property...

Members of Propertymark are left wondering today what if any future there is for the industry’s trade body. The shock resignation yesterday...

Countrywide shareholders have overwhelmingly backed the offer by Connells to buy the company. At a special virtual AGM today 99.58 per cent...

The property market became somewhat fractious during 2020. After receiving a much-needed boost with the promise of stamp duty relief, things...

A PropTech company has won a grant for a project to improve ID verification in the buying and selling process, via...

Countrywide’s former management seriously damaged the company’s share value and status by adopting a flawed business plan - and then executing...

In a dramatic New Year’s Eve statement on the London Stock Exchange, Countrywide has agreed the terms of a recommended offer...

Connells has this morning made a dramatic improvement in its bid to takeover Countrywide. It has increased its cash offer from 250p...

‘Many are in complete denial about the time it takes and still think it’s eight to 10 weeks.’ I won’t tell you...

Searches that are bound by the Search Code, protecting the seller, buyer and lender, are property and not client specific. As...

Watching the government’s surprise press conference a couple of weekends ago the message was clear; we were heading into a gruelling...

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

Recent figures emanating from the mortgage and housing market suggest that – since lockdown was ended in mid-May – transaction levels...

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

We all know that people can’t move to a new house without going through the Conveyancing process. However, with that said,...