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Delays with the return of property searches is one key factor for sales taking longer to complete. As conveyancers start to warn...

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

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...

It now takes an average 12 days longer to complete a sale in Britain compared to a year ago - but...

Countrywide has this morning rejected an £80m offer made for it by Connells Group. On November 23 Connells announced that its due...

Annual house price inflation is now running at 6.5 per cent according to the latest Nationwide index after a 0.9 per...

We are on the threshold in December with the pandemic still dominating but we’re delighted there is still positive jobs news...

Property sales take a seriously long time to complete. There are a number of reasons for this, although often delays are...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Vicky Quinn-Campbell – Sales and Marketing Director What is ‘company name’...

The housing market in England and Wales is stabilising, according to analysis of web traffic from a property advice site.  Valuation requests...

Online network love2move - which gives partner High Street agents an option to offer vendors an online sales service - is...

So, we’re back to where we were in the spring, more or less. England is in a national lockdown again to...

You probably don’t have to listen closely to hear estate agents across the country starting to cheer. It’s been a big...

The Guild of Property Professionals is urging the industry - all agents, not just its own members - to lobby MPs...

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

A survey of completion times for house sales over the past four years suggests that the worst performing local authority area...

The mixture of the stamp duty holiday and generally fast-rising house prices has led to a resurgence of flipping. Data released this...

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

The director of a conveyancing technology company has hit out at what he calls “an over-reliance on outdated processes” and “age-old...

Transactions appear to be edging higher than in 2019 for the first time this year - despite lockdowns and concerns caused...

One of the country’s top buying agents is advising purchasers and vendors to avoid online agencies and 'bucketshop' conveyancers. Edward Heaton - founder...

Estate agents can stand out from the crowd and help consumers through lockdown by providing a more secure sales process, a...

Just when you thought the housing market was beginning to calm down... along comes a likely vaccine for Coronavirus. One of the country’s...

A prominent PropTech supplier wants agents to hand over much more information to conveyancers to allow them to make faster progress on...

Asking prices are down for the first time in many months. It’s a small drop - an average of 0.5 per cent...

A law firm wants the government to agree that properties that have exchanged but not yet completed can definitely benefit from the...

One of the industry’s leading commentators says an unintended consequence of a possible Capital Gains Tax increase could be a bonus...

A PropTech platform that says it halves the time taken for transactions has just completed a multi-million pound investment round. Coadjute - which...

A relaunched home buying service says it wants to partner with agents to unlock sales if the housing market deteriorates. The service...

A leading firm of conveyancers will this week tell new clients that their property purchases are likely to miss the stamp...

A London property investment consultancy says 22 per cent of properties it’s advised overseas purchasers on this year have been bought sight-unseen. London...

The national lockdown beginning on Thursday makes the case for an extension to the stamp duty holiday, according to a tax...

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

Figures just released from HM Revenue & Customs show just how much stamp duty buyers pay, at least before the current holiday...

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

The housing market boom looks set to continue for some months yet as mortgage approvals for home purchases hit their highest...

A trading statement from Foxtons this morning provides a rare piece of good news for the troubled London agency. It says business...

A conveyancing firm is blaming councils for delays in transactions. Conveyancers have themselves been sharply criticised in recent weeks as the sharp...

There are 140,000 more buyers waiting to complete on their properties right now than there were this time last year. The claim, by...

One of Britain’s most respected agents is suggesting Chancellor Rishi Sunak could ‘taper’ the stamp duty holiday to avoid a cliff-edge...

Staying on top of the numbers and figures in a constantly changing industry can be stressful. Changing property prices can be...

The outgoing chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents is warning that the sales system continues to struggle with...

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

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the way every industry operates and the property sector is no exception. Following an enforced seven-week...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak is taking credit for saving thousands of agency jobs through increased transactions prompted by the stamp duty holiday. A...

Savills says the shape and size of the housing market in the coming months will be determined by the capacity of conveyancers...

Integration, collaboration and connected platforms – some great buzzwords, but what do they actually mean and do they really help agents? One...

Boomin, the still-to-launch portal created by the founders of Purplebricks, has named another 10 founding member agencies. Like the initial 10 they...

I had a wry smile when I read the article on Monday from the conveyancers complaining about people getting off their...

The country producing the largest number of buyers of prime London properties is not China, nor from north America or the...

Conveyancers are sending a blunt message to estate agents: transactions will take longer than usual and don’t chase us with queries and...

When letting agents are preparing to migrate from one piece of client accounting software to another, it can sometimes seem like...

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

The government has issued new guidance to estate and lettings agencies on their obligations regarding money laundering issues - and online...

A prominent housing market analyst is warning that in 14 years of studying prices and transactions he has never seen the...

With many transactions now delayed by up to three weeks by slow searches, a body representing local search providers is urging...

A platform which signs up vendors and allocates their sale to a high-performing local agent says it sells property two months...

A PropTech platform wants to find out agents’ views on a range of industry issues - and that includes whether they...

The latest review by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team into referral fees places the outdated practice of...

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

New figures released this morning give weight to calls for the complete scrapping of stamp duty.  The dats shows there have been...

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

A former healthcare executive is the latest convert to become an online agent with easyProperty, the company has announced. Richard Ayres has...

Savills has boosted its forecast for housing transactions this year because the stamp duty holiday has been such a success at...

A veteran agent with 38 years experience of the industry - much of it at Countrywide - has become the head...

The first leading agency to make a 2021 forecast says the market should be stable next year - so long as...

A quick buy firm which typically purchases homes from sellers at below market levels has accused estate agents and the private...

Recent Natters have explored the differences between the UK and American models of agency, and why Purplebricks failed to make a...

The government claims its stamp duty holiday has supported nearly 750,000 jobs thanks to the ripple effect in the economy. A statement from HM...

I’m sure I speak for most in the property industry when I say that back in March and April I had...

The green light for a vacant office building in the capital to be redeveloped into residential housing has been given after...

A tax expert says that there is 'zero likelihood' of the government changing its mind on stamp duty changes for overseas...

Knight Frank says its analysis of the whole housing market across the UK shows that transactions in the final full week...

Rightmove is warning of a conveyancing log-jam that may delay sales, despite the ongoing frenzy of activity and faster transactions for...

The new president of NAEA Propertymark says one of her key objectives for the year ahead is to prepare the industry...

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

Two City consultancies instructed by OnTheMarket have talked up the company’s fortunes after the appointment of its new chief executive.  Shore Capital, which in...

Recent speculation that the so-called Bank of Mum and Dad would be playing a reduced role in the housing market has...

One of the most experienced British estate agents says the new portal Boomin - expected to launch next month, October -...

It’s fair to say that UK estate agents don’t have the best of reputations, often featuring in the lists of the...

The Say No To Rightmove campaign has given a thumbs up to the new Boomin listings service created by the brothers...

The scale of the market bounce back after lockdown is made clear in new figures from HM Revenue & Customs. It registers...

The networking organisation Women in Residential Property has grown to over 300 members - its highest ever total.  Launched three years ago...

One of Countrywide’s biggest shareholders has written a second letter to the company to demand bold action to save the agency...

An online agency says it’s offering its customers a kind of ‘fall-through insurance’ after over 100 deals collapsed between mid-March and...

Rightmove’s latest house price index shows the highest number of sales agreed in a month for over a decade. It’s 20 per...

In my last Natter, I explored the differences between estate agency in the UK and the US with the help of...

The latest market snapshot by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors warns the current boom may not continue as government support measures...

Following the easing of lockdown restrictions on England’s property market in May, NAEA Propertymark reported a sharp increase in business for...

The Guild of Property Professionals is relaunching its online auction brand - Guild Auctions - even though it has already successfully...

One of the main points I’ve had reinforced to me from agent after agent over the last year of hosting a...

“Many hands make light work” – Does John Heywood’s old English proverb from the 1300s apply to modern approaches on how...

A housing market snapshot for prime London shows a fall of over half in the number of £1m-plus properties sold so...

Can technology bring about the lasting change needed to the property industry? The industry has felt the effect of lockdown and...

A PropTech platform that aims to lock-in sellers and buyers via a mutually agreed reservation agreement system is being offered free...

Agents have almost unanimously been reporting a big surge in business since the reopening of the housing market, but new figures...

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

Zoopla has entered into a partnership with an online platform to promote the so-called Modern Method of Auction option to estate...

The new thresholds for the Scottish equivalent of stamp duty come into effect today - a week after the SDLT holiday...

A property law firm is calling on the government to backdate the stamp duty holiday to include those buyers who completed...

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...

In the second of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, Managing Director of mio, the Estate Agents Sales Progression platform, explores...

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

An estate agency is warning that the likely rush of transactions when the new stamp duty holiday ends next spring will...

There’s more confirmation this morning that the housing market is enjoying a short-term bounce - and that’s before the effect of...

The number of offers agreed on homes priced below £1m since mid-May is a healthy 41 per cent higher than the...

The Andrew Grant regional estate agency brand is “very much alive” despite the firm which bore the name losing 54 jobs...

The property market has been reopen for almost eight weeks now and during that time demand from prospective buyers has soared. Rightmove...

They are the names we hear about often, pushing for this or seeking clarifications on that. They are the representatives of...

In the first of a series of articles, Emma Vigus, managing director of mio, the estate agent sales progression platform, explores the...

We recently issued our Zoopla House Price Index, which analyses the latest real-time trends from the sales market. In our analysis, we...

Propertymark is calling in the government for agents to be trained in the use of software operating the Unique Property Reference...

With the UK housing market now largely open - there are still restrictions in some areas on home moves to occupied properties...

Agents have remained calm in the light of Nationwide’s house price index which shows the first annual fall for eight years...

Businesses across all sectors have struggled to adapt to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. One group that have bucked...

Collaboration creates a bigger market Iain White, of the Innovation Collaboration Group “the Estate Agency industry must recognise that collaboration will...

Over 50 jobs have been lost as a result of a Midlands regional estate agency falling into administration. The Shropshire Star reports...

With three months of lockdown behind us, commission income is vital, and sales progression is more important than ever. Emma Vigus, Managing...

Buyer registrations and sales enquiries are reportedly back to pre-Covid levels. Completions, however, are lagging behind. This is probably down to...

The post-lockdown surge in housing market activity has continued into its sixth week, as at least one agency’s indicators hit record...

The chief executive of a property information platform says now is a “dangerous time” to buy or sell homes because of...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I'm Darren Loftus and it says Commercial Director on...

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...

The devolved government in Wales - where the housing market is still officially closed - has urged agents to report rivals...

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...

To most people, purchasing a home is the single most significant financial commitment made across a lifetime. Given the impact and...

Covid-19 has placed a spotlight on the impressive variety of fundraising platforms and technologies available – and not often in places...

A survey of estate agents conducted through trade publications has revealed that market uncertainty and the handling of transactions within government...

The housing market is set for long-term recovery, despite dips in the road on the way.  That's the message from the latest house...

The only story that has come remotely close to pushing coronavirus – and its various knock-on effects – off the top...

Lets Bid works in partnership with a variety of Estate Agents across the Uk from big franchise brands like Winkworth /...

Agents’ declining income - the result of the lockdown and the collapse in transaction volumes - has been revealed for the...

The Covid-19 crisis has forced the UK property industry to rethink the way it operates. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the...

A taxation institute is urging the government to delay Capital Gains Tax changes relating to housing transactions until the virus crisis...

Leading estate agents are warning that the sharp fall in house prices reported by the Nationwide may be just the first...

UK house prices fell by 1.7 per cent in May, after taking account of seasonal effects – this is the largest...

The outlook for the housing market is still taking shape, but here I take a look at three market indicators to...

Zoopla’s head of research says a stamp duty holiday could encourage more home owners to move which in turn could help...

The government is jeopardising the success of the housing market relaunch through the inflexibility of the furlough scheme, claims a group...

Research from Zoopla suggests that demand from buyers across England surged 88 per cent shortly after the housing market reopened -...

A specialist legal advisory service is urging conveyancers to use the reopening of the housing market as an opportunity to increase...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? My name is Tom Harrington and I’m the founder and...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has revised its Anti-Money Laundering guidance in the light of Coronavirus. It says the scale of...

During March, the coronavirus pandemic put the brakes on the property market with an enforced period of shutdown. However, almost two...

A respected estate agency has revised downwards its price forecast for the housing market for the second time since the start...

The government has temporarily suspended its official house price index as a result of the Coronavirus crisis. In a long and far-reaching announcement...

“A lot of people have learned that they can work at home, or that there’s other methods of conducting their business......

Three of the highest profile industry suppliers and house moving services have given government a four-step plan to restart the housing...

Virtual viewings are here to stay and will continue long after lockdown eases according to the head of a PropTech group. Babek...

There could be a wave of legal disputes as off-plan buyers seek to get out of purchase deals after the lockdown...

The housing market is likely to rebound relatively strongly after the Coronavirus lockdown eases, according to the Nationwide. House prices grew at...

NAEA Propertymark has today launched a campaign for the government to introduce what it calls a Property Sector Support Package. This would...

The online agency network love2move has won a new agency client despite the Coronavirus lockdown. Pinkerton - which covers the North Down,...

Business consultancy TwentyCi is the latest to try to put a value on the potential losses to the property industry and...

There’s a warning today that the housing market could face a wave of legal disputes if buyers of off-plan new builds...

At the moment, it somehow seems like tempting fate to think too far into the future, especially in terms of the...

Estate agents in one small part of the British Isles are reopening their offices this weekend. Agents on the Channel Island of...

PropTech big names Reapit and ViewMyChain are joining up to try to accelerate transactions when the lockdown finally ends and the...

The Property Ombudsman’s office is still receiving 40 to 50 calls a day from the public, even though most transactions with...

One of prime central London’s most respected estate agencies is warning that it could take until spring 2021 for the luxury...

House sales edged down only slightly in March compared with February according to HM revenue & Customs, despite the lockdown in...

The peak of the 2020 sales market is likely to be September instead of the usual early summer - but that...

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

Rightmove and Knight Frank are today both calling for a series of government incentives to kick-start the market after the Coronavirus...

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

An estate agency says it’s using so-called Covid Clauses in contracts to keep transactions on course. Knight Frank says it’s writing ‘Coronavirus...

A high number of agents across the country have been furloughed in recent weeks and are now at risk of losing...

A trade body has reported some council search departments to the government for refusing to provide email details and forcing search...

The last five years have seen unprecedented changes to the property market and agents and their clients have never faced such...

The impact of the Coronavirus crisis is going to reduce agents' revenue into the third quarter finishing in late September warns a leading...

A PropTech firm is reporting a surge in demand for its remote ID verification software products during the virus lockdown. The software,...

A leading estate agency says it has observed that some banks previously opposed to accepting remote and desktop valuations have started...

One of Britain’s leading agents says online viewing and interest in videos for homes on sale continues to be relatively strong...

I won't be the first or last person to say that society and the property industry in which we operate is...

The latest market forecast comes from Knight Frank which says that by the end of the year there will have been...

Based on our historical data over twenty years of nationwide operation and a survey conducted in partnership with YouGov, we estimate...

The Nationwide says government measures mean the impact of Coronavirus on the housing market may be “much less” damaging than many...

One of the industry’s leading automated valuation services says it’s running at approaching 1,000 leads a day for agents even during...

Welcome to the latest edition of our daily service dedicated to advice and guidance on how agents can best cope with...

One of the country’s best known high-end independent estate agencies is marketing a home for £22.5m and hopes it finds a...

Where else to start? Since my last Natter two weeks ago, all our lives have changed more than we could ever...

The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...

New sales agreed have already plummeted by 15 per cent and over the next three months there’s going to be a...

The Law Society says there is still some possibility that those home movers scheduled to complete in the near future might...

Advice to removal companies from their main trade body has put a stop to most transactions not already at a very...

Hello: so much has happened since the last Conquering Corona column . Before we get on with it, a reminder to...

A mortgage broker that’s just become a partner of OnTheMarket is warning that house prices are likely to fall 10 per...

The extraordinary past week of anger over portals’ fees plus early-warning statements like that from Foxtons indicate the anxiety in the...

The two major portals have unveiled their discounts and deals for agents facing a dramatic loss of business because of the...

A trade group wants councils and search companies to co-operate more closely during the virus to minimise delays to the remaining...

Hello and welcome to today’s Conquering Corona, a service we’re running to share official guidance and agents’ advice in a bid...

Estate Agent Today is launching a daily service to help agents facing the Coronavirus threat. This is where you’ll find news, advice...

The three leading portals have rejected an appeal to give the industry a payment holiday to help firms through the Coronavirus...

Savills is the latest agency to warn about the possible threat of Coronavirus to its business activities and success this year. In...

The Bank of England has announced an emergency cut in the base interest rate to shore up the economy during the Coronavirus...

A property portal is making the controversial claim that the Coronavirus has led to an increase in online interest in UK...

Analysis by an online valuation and lead generation service shows that requests from prospective sellers and landlords are increasingly happening in...

The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted once again how fragile and interconnected our societies have become. We don’t know yet how dangerous Covid-19...

Keller Williams has announced another new market centre, and this time its operating principal is a former Purplebricks territory owner.  JP Downes...

The right wing political magazine that Boris Johnson used to edit has called on him to cut stamp duty. The Spectator says...

The Atlantic Ocean is a vast space – some 4,000 miles eastwards across from the USA until land is met again....

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

Foxtons is warning that 2020 will be yet another difficult year for the agency despite the so-called Boris Bounce helping the...

A PropTech website has broken down the sales recorded by HM Land Registry in 2019 into property types - and apartments...

The property management industry is evolving at a rapid pace, thanks almost entirely to the rise in PropTech. Hundreds, if not thousands...

There’s been a significant rise in the number of transactions recorded in January - another sign of an improving housing market...

Earlier this month, Boris Johnson carried out a reshuffle of his cabinet, telling ministers they must 'repay the trust of those...

A conveyancing firm has launched what it claims to be one of the first ever apps for vendors and buyers in...

The 2010s were a good decade for disrupters. Early on, Airbnb and Uber shook up the holiday lettings/hospitality and traditional black...

The government has been told that raising the stamp duty threshold would both trigger more house moves, and bring the tax...

Annual house price growth increased to 4.1 per cent in January, up slightly from the end of 2019, according to Halifax...

Now we’re well into the second month of the year, we have reached a crucial point in the ongoing plans to...

The Law Society is telling prospective house purchasers to probe flood risks in the light of a new practice note it...

Property auctions – online or otherwise – can be hugely helpful to sellers, buyers and estate agents. Online auctions, in particular, are...

The Law Society has announced that there will be a new TA6 Property Information Form launching next week, on Friday February...

A leading property lawyer is urging sellers not to use online agents because to do so would be “a gamble”. Gillian Wright...

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

Property portals generate revenue from estate agents regardless of the outcome of the transaction. This relationship has resulted in a fundamental...

Some buying agents have batted away the many signs of an improving housing market but one says the Boris Bounce is...

In the field of conveyancing, there’s a new dynamic at play. And that dynamic is customer-driven and customer-focused, using digital technology...

The number of residential transactions rose by 6.2 per cent in December - an unseasonal increase - according to data from...

Figures released this morning by data firm LonRes provide the latest evidence of a so-called Boris Bounce with the market improving...

In its latest State of the Property Nation report, which questions over 650 agents and 6,000 consumers, Zoopla says 55 per...

A new analysis from a financial services trade body shows that gross mortgage lending is expected to rise significantly in the...

Whisper it quietly but the housing market could be significantly stronger in 2020 than in recent years. Two key indicators in the...

Winkworth says it’s achieved a big jump in London sales market share despite “an uncertain and difficult year that was dominated...

Estate agents and others in the property industry have much more to do to deter money laundering. That’s the view of a security...

A survey of readers of Estate Agent Today suggest that the majority believe the Chancellor will fail to honour a pledge...

Yesterday (January 10 2020), the Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) became law. It forms part of ongoing international efforts to tackle...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager for the South West of...

After a year dogged by Brexit deadlock, political turmoil, and slow growth, estate agents’ confidence in the property market hit a...

The scores are in….and it looks like house prices are going to rise gently in 2020 according to forecasts from almost...

A new year dawns - but will 2020 bring new change for the agency industry now that the market appears to...

The number of residential sales rose 1.9 per cent to 102,050  in November compared to the same month last year, the...

Prices in Prime Central London dipped again in November according to the property investment consultancy London Central Portfolio. Monthly average prices fell...

A website has slammed the idea that there is a surge of interest in buying homes on Boxing Day, describing the...

It’s one of the most crucial aspects of the homebuying and selling process but is too often bogged down by frustrating...

A law firm has spoken out about two possible problems in the government’s much-publicised idea of considering Reservation Agreements as a...

As part of its commitment to promoting and enforcing high standards, RICS has launched its Home Survey Standard, which will become...

House prices in England and Wales are set to fall over the next three months according to a price index produced...

Here’s the final part of our questioning of the three portals based on comments and queries from our readers - thanks...

The latest snapshot from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors shows that the UK housing market is still on hold, pending...

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

With Brexit still unresolved, the domestic agenda has been pushed from the headlines by the seemingly overwhelming public and political discord...

The Fifth Money Laundering Directive becomes law in the UK on January 10 2020, strengthening the responsibilities placed on private companies...

An online agency which is free to list for vendors says it wants prospective buyers to stay in the property they...

Another estate agency has provided evidence of the problems that continue to hurt the prime central London housing market. Strutt & Parker,...

The man who founded Zoopla is now a second hand car salesman - but with a digital difference. Alex Chesterman, who founded...

A new app is being launched which allows agents to gauge possible interest in a property before it is formally put...

The latest figures from investment consultancy London Central Portfolio suggests new build sales have plummeted in prime areas of the capital...

In just over two weeks, the UK population will head to the polls for the fourth general election since 2010. Of course,...

A PropTech company says the majority of transactions now involve chains and that the issue is becoming more problematic for agents...

The chief of an online auction service says the Conservatives’ controversial proposal for a three per cent stamp duty surcharge on...

Agents have reacted angrily to General Election proposals by all three main political parties to hike stamp duty for foreign buyers. The...

Winkworth says the central London market has picked up from its lows of a year or more ago, but warns that...

Data from HM Revenue & Customs has revealed that residential property transactions have increased by 4.3 per cent year-on-year. In October 2019...

A PropTech firm has calculated the different delays that lead to transactions taking an average 120 days (and often much longer)...

There’s been a significant drop in the number of housing transactions dealt with by conveyancers in the first nine months of...

A new Home Survey Standard is being launched today in a bid to improve and speed up the house moving process. The...

A PropTech company that monitors search times for transactions says only just over two thirds of them are now completed in...

love2move, an online network which allows high street agents to offer a white-labelled hybrid service, has teamed up with the Mortgage...

The latest market snapshot of prime central London suggests that homes there are now 15.2 per cent cheaper than five years...

The National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting Agents have issued their manifesto for next month’s General...

Buyers and sellers changing their minds lie behind almost a third of fall-throughs - the single biggest reason why transactions collapse,...

A survey undertaken for estate agency Jackson-Stops reveals that 55 per cent of people do not believe housing is a priority...

This week’s Natter is dedicated to three contrasting agencies doing things differently, from a recently established hybrid to a design-led, Insta-friendly...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Milton Rodosthenous, Director of Equity and Capital & LetsBid Property.  What...

London Central Portfolio, the investment consultancy which  saw signs of an upturn in the prime market in the capital this autumn,...

Another estate agency has come out in favour of reservation agreements. High-end agency Chestertons says transactions currently fall through too frequently and the...

A former 10 Downing Street adviser says stamp duty on house sales should be scrapped or at least slashed in order...

The number of prime residential housing transactions has increased rapidly in the past two decades and even in the past five...

It has been said time and time again that the uncertainty around Brexit is causing, well, uncertainty. As I write this, the...

There’s been an encouraging increase in property transaction volumes according to new figures from HM Revenue & Customs. The total number of...

One month on from introducing sales progression and communication tool, mio, to her branch in Chippenham (Wiltshire), Michelle Hallas, Residential Sales...

First details have emerged of the information vendors may have to provide up-front In future transactions if government house buying reforms...

A trade body has sharply criticised HM Land Registry for its slow progress on digitising local searches after a promising start...

Stories with good news about the prime central London market seem few and far between but the latest figures from B2B...

An equity release specialist says the scrapping of stamp duty for so-called last time buyers would lead to more downsizing, freeing...

The latest figures from Halifax show annual house price growth has dipped to a six-year low. Average property price growth in...

The property market in prime central London showed some impressive signs of recovery during the summer months, according to Knight Frank. The...

Case study: Connells reaping the time-saving benefits of new sales and communication tool Since adopting mio in September 2018, Josh Lally, Senior...

There’s no doubt that we live in politically charged times and every day appears to bring something new to the ‘party’. For...

A new estate agency, which claims to only hire property experts, has announced a new investment as well as the recruitment...

Purplebricks - which is at the centre of a string of controversies - has joined the growing campaign for stamp duty...

Although property transactions have, unsurprisingly, recently seen a decline which is almost certainly in part due to the ‘B-word’, this doesn’t...

Stamp duty won’t take centre stage at the Conservative Party conference - that’ll be Brexit, quelle surprise. But if the government...