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Proptech firm iamproperty is inviting estate agents to a webinar about the latest Trading Standards’ material information guidance.   It will be...

Long-awaited guidance on material information in property listings was revealed yesterday but policing of the rules won’t be any different, it...

A series of webinars have been unveiled to help agents prepare for new material information rules. Rightmove said it is providing a...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has published the long-awaited Parts B and C of material information...

Rightmove has launched a course for estate and letting agents to help them understand and remain compliant with the Consumer Protection...

A new action group has been formed that is expressing concern about ineffective legal regulation as well as extra responsibilities being...

The majority of agents back parts B and C of material information rules but more guidance is needed on where to...

Trading Standards has insisted it is still on track to introduce parts B and C of material changes rules for property...

A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...

Proptech firm iamproperty is inviting agents to a webinar to help them get ahead of parts B and C of the...

Referral fees for estate agents could be back in the sights of industry regulators. It was reported last week that the National...

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

As an Estate Agent it’s important to be able to interpret and understand the information that a Title Deed document presents...

The Property Ombudsman (TPO) has welcomed two new non-executive directors to its independent board. Louise Baxter, head of the National Trading Standards...

Industry regulator the National Trading Standards & Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has issued a reminder to agents about their responsibilities when it...

Trading Standards has issued new guidance for agents to provide “working definitions” of common property marketing terms. The National Trading Standards &...

Like most parts of the UK, the one I live in has a bit of a beef about parking. More precisely,...

Agents are supportive of new rules on upfront material information but there is concern about the administrative burden. While the industry awaits...

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

The latest material information rules will be introduced this Autumn, the industry regulator has revealed. Speaking at the Propertymark One Conference in...

A property data firm claims to have evidence showing agents who fail to provide upfront information are more likely to suffer...

Providing material information upfront could help agents charge higher fees and even reduce their carbon footprint, while those not complying could...

At the recent Home Buying & Selling Group UFI Roadshow in London, it was gratifying to note that panel members and...

Upfront material information is now firmly on the property industry’s radar, with Trading Standards CPR regulations expected to move towards disclosing...

Sales progression platform mio is set to launch its digital Sellers Information Pack (SIP), designed to make it easy for agents...

The issue of conditional selling in estate agency has hit Westminster. There have been several reports in recent months about agents requiring...

Last week was the first ever National Conveyancing Week, which I hope registered with agents and perhaps you even took up...

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...

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

The Guild of Property Professionals has issued a reminder to agents about the importance of their websites remaining compliant. The property network...

Happy New Year! I hope you’ve recharged the batteries and have a shiny list of resolutions to make 2023 as successful...

Scammers are “bombarding” homeowners with fraudulent offers on green energy or insulation to allegedly boost their property value and cash in...

Only 16% of property listings are currently compliant with upfront information rules, it has been claimed. Agents are currently required to include...

As we get ever closer to 2023, this final Natter of the year is dedicated to the five biggest property moments of...

Propertymark has launched a new compliance service for its member agents. The offering, called Calm about Compliance, will see experienced auditors advise,...

The existence of renewable energy sources and parking facilities look set to be among details that Trading Standards will expect to...

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

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

Agency proptech supplier Muuvo has made new data available to help agents comply with impending Trading Standards upfront information requirements. The National...

The Property Redress Scheme (PRS) has named the members of its new advisory panel. It will replace the PRS Advisory Council and...

Over the last few months, The Letting Partnership has seen an increase in calls from agents who are struggling to open...

A senior agency executive has backed the controversial issue of including broadband and mobile signal in property listings. The National Trading Standards...

It was announced back in February this year that PEXA, the Australian FinTech/PropTech that enabled the world’s first fully digitised property settlement...

There’s a spotlight now on property listings and as with so many changes in our industry, this is a case of...

A mortgage broker has hit out at estate agents for forcing prospective buyers to visit their branches to sell financial services...

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

Trading Standards has indicated that non-compliant listings will eventually be rejected from portals as it urges agents to use their “professional...

Agents are being reminded that they still have an obligation to provide all material information as the sector awaits Part B...

More than half of agents disagree that mobile phone signal should be treated as material information in listings. James Munro, head of...

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

New estate agency listings that don’t display a price can no longer be uploaded to Rightmove from today. The portal giant has...

Agents may have to include the broadband speed and mobile signal for a property on listings in the next round of...

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

Portals are aiming to boost consumer awareness of new material information rules rather than refusing non-compliant listings. Agency listings have been required...

The head of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has suggested the material listings rules should be...

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

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

Why the urgency? Because the appetite is strong. Research by the Conveyancing Association reports that 98% of consumers are overwhelmingly in...

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

Agency proptech supplier Muuvo has partnered with Canopy to provide its RentPassport and RentTracking products. Muuvo provides software for agents to help...

Millions of people use online property portals every year to conduct their property search, whether it be for sales or for...

Agency trade bodies have backed the “clarity” provided by Trading Standards after it deemed “price on application” listings unlawful. It comes as...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) deemed yesterday that the use of POA or “price on application”...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has deemed that the use of POA or “price on application”...

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

Property portals are preparing to support agents in complying with a new era of upfront material information. From the end of May,...

Buyers are happy and ready to pay for more upfront material information when it comes to purchasing a property. It comes as...

Propertymark has given its backing to the ban on ground rents for new leasehold properties and has reminded agents of their...

From the beginning of April, long-awaited rules from the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) came into effect....

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has said it may consider complaints about ‘misleading SSTC listings’ on portals but suggests it may...

Trading Standards has advised agents to update listings once they reach the "sold subject to contract" (SSTC) stage. It comes after legal...

Agents and conveyancers have signed up to a new buyers’s and seller’s property information form that is described as having been...

They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...

A number of pro-active conveyancers are joining a new conveyancing directory being set up by one of the leading figures in...

Agents are being advised to revise their processes now to accommodate changes to the information required on property details, which begin...

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

Propertymark is urging agents to respond to a consultation exercise being conducted by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents...

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

Ben Ridgway and Jamie Cooke, co-founders of iamproperty Group brought together industry leaders in a recent roundtable to discuss the challenges...

A webinar this week is set to see the release of more details of changes to property listings being demanded by...

A PropTech supplier has been quick off the mark to launch a tool which it says will help agents satisfy new...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent Team has released background information on how it came to make changes to...

A leading property lawyer says some agents will struggle to meet the demand for more ‘material information’ put forward by Trading...

Industry figures have come out in favour of the long-term programme of new compulsory information to be contained on property listings. From...

Trading Standards and the government have jointly announced compulsory new data which must appear on property listings. A property's council tax band or...

The most senior Trading Standards officer policing the agency industry says he hopes the public will ask about referral fees in...

Propertymark conducts spot checks on agents to ensure they are compliant - but perhaps gives too little publicity to its role. The...

The work of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team is “vital” it claims - and the case of the...

A banned West Midlands estate agent has today been sentenced to a custodial sentence of six weeks, suspended for two years, and fined £4,000 at Wolverhampton Crown Court after pleading guilty...

The controversial proposal by a PropTech start up to charge potential viewers of properties to let or for sale has been...

A former estate agent has accused the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent Team of trying to discredit him. Chris Wood,...

Propertymark says a new pay-per-viewing service is “interesting” but warns agents to protect themselves by abiding by consumer protection regulations. The warning has come following...

Ben Ridgway gives his views on the current market, material information and PropTech for agents. What is your current view of the...

No fewer than seven estate and lettings agencies have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme today. Most of them are now...

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

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

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

The controversial demands of Trading Standards for more “material information” to be provided upfront in property details have been criticised by...

Local elections rarely set the pulse racing and this year’s poll on Thursday faces a similar problem. But this time, it’s a...