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08 October 2022
From: Features
![Controversial conveyancer hits back at 'forgotten stamp duty' claim](/upload/images/library/Stamp-Duty400x310.png)
The controversial conveyancing firm at the centre of an apparent cyber attack has hit back at newspaper claims that it did...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – my predictions for the property market in 2022](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...
15 January 2022
From: Features
![Agent Alert - “more and more” cyber attacks on companies](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Digital-Online-400x310.jpg)
A warning has gone out to estate agents that “more and more” reports are being filed about cyber attacks on agencies...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Goodbye referral fees? Conveyancing expert’s anger over IT crisis](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Digital-Online-400x310.jpg)
A conveyancer has contacted Estate Agent Today suggesting that the Simplify Group IT data crisis could be the death knell for the company...
04 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancing IT crash - company slammed for ‘wall of silence’](/upload/images/library/Digital-Online-400x310.jpg)
A consultancy specialising in data protection issues has sharply criticised the Simplify Group for its ongoing lack of communications over its...
20 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – the A-Z of property for 2021](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas – just a week to go now. Presents all wrapped and...
18 December 2021
From: Features
![Conveyancing IT crash exposes weaknesses in transaction process](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Digital-Online-400x310.jpg)
EAT readers may have seen a piece in Friday’s property section of The Times about the long-running Simplify saga, which has...
13 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Six Things We DIDN’T See In 2021](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Homes-MaginifyingGlass-400x310.jpg)
We all know what did happen in 2021 - Covid and more Covid, the stamp duty holiday frenzy, a soaring rental...
11 December 2021
From: Features
![Ban Referral Fees For Agents - petition demands government action](/upload/images/library/Referrals-400x310.png)
A petition is being started, urging the government to ban the payment of referral fees to estate agents. It’s reported to have...
06 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![How my predictions on agency and PropTech from recent years have come true](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HouseSearch-400x310-min.jpg)
The last 18 months have been full of ups and downs, but the property market has coped remarkably well during the...
04 December 2021
From: Features
![Conveyancing IT Attack: gradual improvement reported by Simplify](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/OnlineAgents-1-400x310.jpg)
The Simplify Group’s latest statement on the ongoing IT problem suggests a gradual improvement in services to agents and other clients. It...
23 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Police probe conveyancing cyber-crash as it begins third week](/upload/images/library/Digital-Online-400x310.jpg)
The police have been called in to investigate the ongoing cyber-security incident which has led to many firms in the Simplify...
22 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Purplebricks apologises over conveyancing problem for customers](/upload/images/Logos/Purplebricks-TeamGB-Board-400x310.jpg)
With the conveyancing crisis at the Simplify Group now approaching two weeks old, it appears Purplebricks has been the worst affected...
19 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancing Crash - update on security and using other conveyancers](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/LandlordStressed-400x310.png)
The conveyancing IT crash plaguing the Simplify Group of companies continues into its ninth day; however there is an update for...
18 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancing Crash: Mystery surrounds how and why it's ongoing](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-MagnifyingGlass--1-400x310.jpg)
Conveyancing firms in the Simplify Group, hit by a massive systems crash for much of this week, say they are working...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancing Crash - update on how to contact affected brands](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Digital-Online-400x310.jpg)
There’s been an update this morning on the dramatic systems crash that has hit the conveyancing services operated by the Simplify...