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Property professionals have called for the Government to allocate its promised £3m towards improving the home buying and selling process to...
04 March 2024
From: Breaking News
A third of Jackson-Stops agents are expecting a “modest decrease” in house prices next year with some offices expecting drops of...
21 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Estate agents spend almost half their working day chasing or being chased for issues as a new report highlights concerns about...
24 November 2023
From: Breaking News
Client onboarding and verification tool LandmarkAgent has announce a strategic partnership with CRM provider Street.co.uk. The collaboration will enable agency users to...
09 August 2023
From: Breaking News
Property data in the UK is mined from a labyrinth of sources such as local authorities, various government departments and private...
05 July 2023
From: Breaking News
Fortune favours the brave, as the saying goes. So, when you consider how upfront material information can and does make the...
01 July 2023
From: Features
When it comes to the usage, and benefits of, providing upfront material information to all those involved in the home buying...
17 June 2023
From: Features
Former LSL boss David Newnes has invested in legal technology startup Collaborative Conveyancing. The brand is currently developing artificial intelligence tools to...
05 June 2023
From: Breaking News
A year-long pilot of using upfront material Information by conveyancer Thomas Legal and search provider Conveyancing Data Services, a part of...
22 May 2023
From: Breaking News
The phrase ‘customer experience’ is bandied around a lot these days, so much so that it’s sometimes easy to think that...
13 May 2023
From: Features
Upfront material information is now firmly on the property industry’s radar, with Trading Standards CPR regulations expected to move towards disclosing...
03 May 2023
From: Features
Sales progression service ASAP has launched a new anti-money laundering (AML) product to help agents comply with due diligence requirements and...
20 April 2023
From: Breaking News
According to the recent industry research report ‘Back to the Future’ from tmgroup, mio and CDS 40% of property transaction delays...
01 April 2023
From: Features
Conveyancing company AVRillo has pledged to further reduce transaction times after scooping a top innovation award. The conveyancer brand picked up the...
27 March 2023
From: Breaking News
We are now well into 2023 and, while there have been a huge number of steps taken towards a digital future...
04 February 2023
From: Features
Agents are being urged to avoid “too much enthusiasm” when conducting market appraisals amid warnings of a house price slowdown. Hybrid agency...
10 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Only 16% of property listings are currently compliant with upfront information rules, it has been claimed. Agents are currently required to include...
19 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Agents have begun trialling a new common technology framework devised by a committee within the Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG)...
07 December 2022
From: Breaking News
As economic signs increasingly point to a contraction in the property market, competition for new business will inevitably heat up. But...
03 December 2022
From: Features
Increased conveyancing fees would speed-up transaction times, it has been claimed. Iain McKenzie, chief executive of The Guild of Property Professionals suggests...
22 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Estate agents could face new transaction delays after the Land Registry and its Scottish equivalent were among Government departments and civil...
15 November 2022
From: Breaking News
Remote working is contributing to transaction delays, a conveyancing veteran has warned. Peter Ambrose, managing director of conveyancing specialists The Partnership, has...
15 November 2022
From: Breaking News
One of the particular characteristics of the property market is how it brings contrasting professions together. From estate agents to conveyancers,...
24 September 2022
From: Features
Homebuyers are deterred from moving again and using the same estate agent due to the stress and increasing length of time...
26 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Estate agents are being urged to be supportive after a LinkedIn post highlighted the current pressures that conveyancers are under to...
11 July 2022
From: Breaking News
Industry veteran Bryan Mansell has questioned why the property sector has allowed transaction times to slow to record levels. It comes as...
06 July 2022
From: Breaking News
02 July 2022
From: Features
In this article, Kristian Stott, Head of New Business at iamproperty, analyses the digital revolution in our lives and in property and why...
08 June 2022
From: Features
Next month will see new rules around upfront Material Information for property sales and lettings come into force in the UK...
18 May 2022
From: Features
Referral fees, lack of trust and too much email have been identified as barriers to greater collaboration between conveyancers and estate...
18 May 2022
From: Breaking News
They say that in fashion, if you wait for long enough, clothes that are hanging at the back of your wardrobe...
02 April 2022
From: Features
Of the many industry buzzwords, I suspect “upfront information” was up there as one of the most widely used in 2021....
05 March 2022
From: Features
Property experts have joined forces to call for faster and more secure transactions. The PropTech and conveyancing voices have united in warning...
09 November 2021
From: Breaking News
Anyone working in residential property knows it is taking longer and longer to get from SSTC (sold subject to contract) to...
10 July 2021
From: Features
ESTAS has announced that SDL Property Auctions has become an executive partner for the 2021 Forum and Awards sponsored by Coadjute. In...
17 June 2021
From: Breaking News
A new home buying platform being set up by a challenger portal has revealed details of its mortgage offer to users. OneDome...
01 June 2021
From: Breaking News
TM Group and sales progression solution mio have signed up as partners for the 2021 ESTAS Forum & Awards, sponsored by...
13 May 2021
From: Breaking News
A new home buying platform set up by a challenger portal will donate £100 to charity for every transaction it fails...
12 May 2021
From: Breaking News
With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...
28 April 2021
From: Features
A PropTech firm says its new tool allows comprehensive upfront property information to be shared instantly with all parties in a...
16 April 2021
From: Breaking News
The ESTAS Group has named a new headline sponsor for its 2021 Forum and Awards, taking over from Zoopla with immediate effect. It’s...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News
We are just over one year on from the day our lives truly changed, when the UK went into its first...
03 April 2021
From: Features
A new property board game called Gazumped aims to rival Monopoly but reflect a much more realistic view of how the house...
01 April 2021
From: Breaking News
An estate agency says 10 per cent of its sellers have already dropped their asking prices to keep buyers on board,...
05 February 2021
From: Breaking News
A PropTech firm claims its new interactive property reports are “the most comprehensive on any UK property” and reduce the need...
18 January 2021
From: Breaking News
Recent debate about urgent need for reform and better collaboration within the property industry, has once again come under the spotlight...
04 December 2020
From: Sponsored Content
A digital resource hub for estate agents launches a new product today, claiming to shorten transaction times. Sort Move, which has been...
04 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Two prominent suppliers have teamed up to offer customers instant visibility of chain lengths, details of agents connected to properties being...
24 November 2020
From: Breaking News
Searches that are bound by the Search Code, protecting the seller, buyer and lender, are property and not client specific. As...
21 November 2020
From: Features
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been told to avoid a stamp duty holiday cliff-edge next March at any price - because it...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News
The Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday has been a hot topic of conversation for many in the residential property industry –...
24 October 2020
From: Features
In early September, mio achieved an industry first with the release of the mio chain view API. Now, all the parties...
10 October 2020
From: Features
House prices in September were 7.3 per cent higher than a year earlier – the highest house price inflation since June 2016. The Halifax...
08 October 2020
From: Breaking News
New PropTech products continue to appear, many aimed at enhancing transparency in buying and selling, or helping agents adopt new ways of...
24 September 2020
From: Breaking News
A specialist property lender says transactions are being delayed by key staff being furloughed. Gareth Lewis, commercial director of property lender MT...
02 September 2020
From: Breaking News
A digital resource hub for estate agents claims to shorten transaction times. Sort Move, which has been operating since late 2019,...
17 August 2020
From: Breaking News
Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...
18 July 2020
From: Features
The ESTAS Group says it will combine its awards events for agents, conveyancers and mortgage brokers in one ceremony in May...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News
At a recent Conveyancing Association webinar focused on the provision of upfront information in the property sale process, there was a...
11 July 2020
From: Features
Imagine a Zoom call where ten people are discussing the same topic, but everyone speaks a different language and has a...
17 June 2020
From: Features
Tuesday mornings at 6am is usually my time to review all the latest PropTech news. This fires off ideas for my...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News
As we emerge from lockdown, quickly progressing sales to completion is vital to replace lost commission income. What role can mio...
15 June 2020
From: Sponsored Content
A working party of property professionals is being set up to look at whether and how property logbooks could help speed...
15 June 2020
From: Breaking News
If it’s really the case that estate agents’ offices could be in the category of High Street premises first allowed to...
18 April 2020
From: Features
The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve...
28 February 2020
From: Breaking News
Quite a few years ago, I spoke at a conference for auctioneers. It was a traditional affair. Rural location. Nice hotel....
29 January 2020
From: Breaking News
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio What is mio and what...
10 December 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
Here at sales progression and communication tool mio, we recently caught up with Sarah Edmundson, co-director of The AllStars Group, the...
30 November 2019
From: Features
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Jason Wilson, mio Account Manager What is mio and what does...
05 November 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
Who are you and what does it say on your business card? David Masters – Account Manager for the Midlands What is ‘company...
08 October 2019
From: 60 Second Interview
The annual number of property transactions edged down slightly according to the figures released applying to August. However, buyers and sellers email...
25 September 2019
From: Breaking News
A company operating the controversial Modern Method of Auction says it is trying to improve the sector’s image after a series...
30 August 2019
From: Breaking News
A sales progression tool is urging property professionals and consumers alike to do more to speed up typical transaction times, and...
16 August 2019
From: Breaking News
Improved communication and increased transparency throughout the buying process can manage vendors’ expectations, improve satisfaction scores and create long-term clients. That’s the...
18 July 2019
From: Breaking News
New research suggests it takes, on average, six months and 24 days to buy a home. The study, for PropTech virtual tours...
28 May 2019
From: Breaking News
The number of residential property transactions across the UK fell very slightly last month according to new figures from HM Revenue...
22 May 2019
From: Breaking News
With far-reaching reforms of conveyancing and other aspects of house buying high on the government’s agenda, a trade body has revealed...
30 January 2019
From: Breaking News
You will perhaps have seen recently that the Government has decided to boost funding to the regulator, the National Trading Standards...
29 September 2018
From: Features
The latest transaction figures from HM Revenue and Customs make depressing reading - a three per cent drop between May and...
25 July 2018
From: Breaking News
The Conveyancing Association has backed the government’s calls for extensive reform of the buying and selling process, announced at the weekend. The...
12 April 2018
From: Breaking News
Purplebricks has given details of how it intends to use some of its new investment, and in particular is spelling out...