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The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has been trialling property blockchain network Coadjute’s digital property data pack and smart forms and has...

The average time it takes to sell a house from listing to completion has dropped by 0.7% in the past year,...

Property professionals have called for the Government to allocate its promised £3m towards improving the home buying and selling process to...

In assessing the outlook for property auctions in 2024, it's crucial to look beyond interest rates. The real driving force behind...

A third of Jackson-Stops agents are expecting a “modest decrease” in house prices next year with some offices expecting drops of...

Consumer willingness to pay to speed up transaction timeframes is on the rise, research suggests. A survey by iamproperty has found 88%...

It was actor Charlies Sheen who said: ‘I have one speed. I have one gear. Go!’ The same might not be said...

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

OneDome has unveiled a new express conveyancing service following a successful trial period. OneDome Conveyancing Premium Express aims to deliver a swift...

The slower sales market has started hitting high-profile agency and property brands. Agency franchise brand Winkworth’s half year results yesterday showed network...

Client onboarding and verification tool LandmarkAgent has announce a strategic partnership with CRM provider Street.co.uk. The collaboration will enable agency users to...

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

Slow conveyancers could drive estate agents out of business, it has been warned. National law firm Dutton Gregory has issued a warning...

Almost two-thirds of home sellers who have sold a home within the past year experienced delays when doing so, research reveals. A...

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

Property data in the UK is mined from a labyrinth of sources such as local authorities, various government departments and private...

Fortune favours the brave, as the saying goes. So, when you consider how upfront material information can and does make the...

Ever taken on a property where the sale has got tangled up in problems arising from the title register? It’s a...

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

Former LSL boss David Newnes has invested in legal technology startup Collaborative Conveyancing. The brand is currently developing artificial intelligence tools to...

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

The phrase ‘customer experience’ is bandied around a lot these days, so much so that it’s sometimes easy to think that...

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

Sales progression service ASAP has launched a new anti-money laundering (AML) product to help agents comply with due diligence requirements and...

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

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

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

Agents are being urged to avoid “too much enthusiasm” when conducting market appraisals amid warnings of a house price slowdown. Hybrid agency...

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

Agents have begun trialling a new common technology framework devised by a committee within the Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG)...

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

Increased conveyancing fees would speed-up transaction times, it has been claimed. Iain McKenzie, chief executive of The Guild of Property Professionals suggests...

Estate agents could face new transaction delays after the Land Registry and its Scottish equivalent were among Government departments and civil...

Remote working is contributing to transaction delays, a conveyancing veteran has warned. Peter Ambrose, managing director of conveyancing specialists The Partnership, has...

One of the particular characteristics of the property market is how it brings contrasting professions together. From estate agents to conveyancers,...

Homebuyers are deterred from moving again and using the same estate agent due to the stress and increasing length of time...

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

Estate agents are being urged to be supportive after a LinkedIn post highlighted the current pressures that conveyancers are under to...

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

I look back on when my dad helped me buy my first car and shared his pearls of wisdom on what...

In this article, Kristian Stott, Head of New Business at iamproperty, analyses the digital revolution in our lives and in property and why...

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

Referral fees, lack of trust and too much email have been identified as barriers to greater collaboration between conveyancers and estate...

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

The time it takes to complete a transaction is beginning to drop according to an analysis by comparison website GetAgent. The average...

Of the many industry buzzwords, I suspect “upfront information” was up there as one of the most widely used in 2021....

Properties selling without a chain not only sell more quickly, as one might expect, but also appear to attract a substantial...

Property experts have joined forces to call for faster and more secure transactions.  The PropTech and conveyancing voices have united in warning...

It’s a big ask to expect anyone to suddenly change what they have always done, particularly if their results have proven...

Anyone working in residential property knows it is taking longer and longer to get from SSTC (sold subject to contract) to...

ESTAS has announced that SDL Property Auctions has become an executive partner for the 2021 Forum and Awards sponsored by Coadjute. In...

A new home buying platform being set up by a challenger portal has revealed details of its mortgage offer to users. OneDome...

TM Group and sales progression solution mio have signed up as partners for the 2021 ESTAS Forum & Awards, sponsored by...

A new home buying platform set up by a challenger portal will donate £100 to charity for every transaction it fails...

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

A PropTech firm says its new tool allows comprehensive upfront property information to be shared instantly with all parties in a...

The ESTAS Group has named a new headline sponsor for its 2021 Forum and Awards, taking over from Zoopla with immediate effect. It’s...

We are just over one year on from the day our lives truly changed, when the UK went into its first...

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

It now takes 43 days longer to sell a home than it did a year ago. Comparison site GetAgent, which makes the...

An estate agency says 10 per cent of its sellers have already dropped their asking prices to keep buyers on board,...

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

A PropTech firm claims its new interactive property reports are “the most comprehensive on any UK property” and reduce the need...

Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...

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

Two prominent suppliers have teamed up to offer customers instant visibility of chain lengths, details of agents connected to properties being...

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

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been told to avoid a stamp duty holiday cliff-edge next March at any price - because it...

The Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday has been a hot topic of conversation for many in the residential property industry –...

In early September, mio achieved an industry first with the release of the mio chain view API. Now, all the parties...

House prices in September were 7.3 per cent higher than a year earlier – the highest house price inflation since June 2016. The Halifax...

New PropTech products continue to appear, many aimed at enhancing transparency in buying and selling, or helping agents adopt new ways of...

A specialist property lender says transactions are being delayed by key staff being furloughed. Gareth Lewis, commercial director of property lender MT...

A PropTech platform that claims to halve the time a transaction takes has received a huge cash injection from investors for...

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

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

The ESTAS Group says it will combine its awards events for agents, conveyancers and mortgage brokers in one ceremony in May...

At a recent Conveyancing Association webinar focused on the provision of upfront information in the property sale process, there was a...

There’s no doubt that Covid-19 has had a huge impact on the UK’s property market, after hundreds of thousands of house...

Imagine a Zoom call where ten people are discussing the same topic, but everyone speaks a different language and has a...

Tuesday mornings at 6am is usually my time to review all the latest PropTech news. This fires off ideas for my...

As we emerge from lockdown, quickly progressing sales to completion is vital to replace lost commission income.  What role can mio...

A working party of property professionals is being set up to look at whether and how property logbooks could help speed...

The National Association of Estate Agents is urging its members to use the lockdown as an opportunity to train on its...

If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could be in the category of High Street premises first allowed to...

The head of a firm that has been creating digital property log books for well over a decade says the house-moving...

The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve...

Quite a few years ago, I spoke at a conference for auctioneers. It was a traditional affair. Rural location. Nice hotel....

A digital platform claims its taken “a massive step” towards speeding up property sales with what it says is the first...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio What is mio and what...

Here at sales progression and communication tool mio, we recently caught up with Sarah Edmundson, co-director of The AllStars Group, the...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card?  Jason Wilson, mio Account Manager What is mio and what does...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? David Masters – Account Manager for the Midlands What is ‘company...

The annual number of property transactions edged down slightly according to the figures released applying to August. However, buyers and sellers email...

Continuing political uncertainty over Brexit and now a significant chance of an autumn or winter General Election makes the case for...

A company operating the controversial Modern Method of Auction says it is trying to improve the sector’s image after a series...

A sales progression tool is urging property professionals and consumers alike to do more to speed up typical transaction times, and...

Improved communication and increased transparency throughout the buying process can manage vendors’ expectations, improve satisfaction scores and create long-term clients. That’s the...

New research suggests it takes, on average, six months and 24 days to buy a home. The study, for PropTech virtual tours...

The number of residential property transactions across the UK fell very slightly last month according to new figures from HM Revenue...