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![PropTech Today - Jackson-Stops builds auction house with Bamboo](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Special%20Logo's/PropTech%20.jpg)
National estate agency, Jackson Stops, has appointed Bamboo Auctions to provide the white-labelled technology behind its new J-S Auctions service. Bamboo Auctions...
30 May 2024
From: Breaking News
!['A muted win' – leasehold reform bill passes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill was the final piece of legislation to pass before Parliament closed ahead of the General...
28 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Partnering with Houseful will provide greater connectivity across the industry](/upload/images/4%20--%20Proofed%20--%20Partnering%20with%20houseful%20by%20Travis%20Scholes.jpg)
Last week, the UK’s leading conveyancing services provider, LMS, announced a five- year strategic partnership with software, data and insight business,...
25 May 2024
From: Features
![Mastering Tenant Deposits: A Guide for Letting Agents](/upload/images/240508%20-%20Mastering%20Tenant%20Deposits_A%20Guide%20for%20Letting%20Agents%20by%20Gill%20Waller.jpg)
Managing tenant deposits is a crucial part of any letting agent’s responsibilities. Ensuring compliance with regulations and safeguarding both landlord and...
08 May 2024
From: Features
![MPs demand scrapping of ground rents on leasehold properties](/upload/images/shutterstock_385772824.jpg)
Sky News is reporting that up to 30 Conservative MPs are threatening to rebel against the government’s approach to ground rents...
02 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Looking for a client account? Five steps to better lettings banking](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/PayProp/Letting%20agent%20today_640x460px.jpg)
You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...
19 April 2024
From: Sponsored Content
![Connells Group becomes first estate agency to be NHQB accredited supplier](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AgentsWorking-400x310.png)
Connells Group has become the first estate agency brand to be named an accredited supplier by the New Homes Quality Board...
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Government's leasehold reform proposals come under the spotlight](/upload/images/5%20proofed%20-%20Government's%20leasehold%20reform%20weekend%20feature%20by%20EAT%20team.jpg)
The complexities of the government’s leasehold reform proposals affecting millions of homeowners came under the spotlight at a seminar organised by...
02 March 2024
From: Features
![Top tips to generate more leads on Facebook](/upload/images/adv-2021/Guides%20%26%20Tips/top-tips-EAT.png)
If you saw our recent article, you’ll know that one in five (19.24%) ValPal leads generated via Facebook ads actually went...
26 February 2024
From: Marketing & Social Media
![Take advantage of a better market](/upload/images/4%20ESTAS%20EAT%20Feature%2017th%20Feb%20by%20Simon%20Brown.jpg)
Reading the news on Estate & Letting Agent Today every day (as I’m sure you all do, too), there appears to...
17 February 2024
From: Features
![Property Natter - Marching bravely forward with eyes fixed firmly on the past](/upload/images/Property%20Natter.jpg)
Everyone’s a pundit these days, aren’t they? And January is pundit season – when a New Year starts, out come the...
20 January 2024
From: Features
![Overseas property ownership register hits 30,000 milestone](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/New%20opportunities%20for%20UK%20investors%20-%20PIT%20%20OverseasMarket.png)
The Register of Overseas Entities has hit the 30,000 registration milestone. The register, which is administered by Companies House, came into force...
03 January 2024
From: Breaking News
The private rental landscape has been undergoing a profound transformation, with technology playing a pivotal role in shaping the way tenancies...
13 December 2023
From: Features
![How investing in a CRM is the best way to NTS compliance](/upload/images/Ricardo%20Dawson.png)
I think we can all agree that the National Trading Standards Material Information reforms are a good thing for the property...
06 December 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![Why property firms should prioritise open banking in 2024](/upload/images/shutterstock_2224707903.jpg)
SmartSearch looks at the importance of incorporating Source of Funds checks into KYC processes It is no secret that the UK property...
29 November 2023
From: Features
![Long-awaited leasehold reform laws to be unveiled today](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The long-awaited Leasehold and Freehold Bill is set to be unveiled in Parliament today. The Bill aims to make it cheaper and...
27 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revolutionising leasehold -the road ahead for owners and managers of blocks of flats](/upload/images/__thumbs/3%20--%20%20Proofed%20--%20Revolutionising%20Leasehold%20The%20Road%20Ahead%20for%20Owners%20and%20Managers%20of%20Blocks%20of%20Flats%20FINAL%20by%20Robert%20Poole.jpg/3%20--%20%20Proofed%20--%20Revolutionising%20Leasehold%20The%20Road%20Ahead%20for%20Owners%20and%20Managers%20of%20Blocks%20of%20Flats%20FINAL%20by%20Robert%20Poole__400x268.jpg)
The United Kingdom stands on the precipice of a historic overhaul in property ownership. With the King's speech unveiling the anticipated...
25 November 2023
From: Features
![King’s Speech: ‘Disappointing for existing leaseholders’](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/LearningAgents-400x310.png)
Campaigners and commentators have reacted cautiously to leasehold reform proposals put forward in the King’s Speech. The King took part in his...
08 November 2023
From: Breaking News
![Client money accounting made easy with PayProp](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/PayProp_SC_Oct23.png)
A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...
26 October 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![RICS updates Red Book valuation rules](/upload/images/shutterstock_1696735198(1).jpg)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has published an updated UK supplement of its ‘Red Book’ – its master document...
26 October 2023
From: Breaking News
![SmartSearch launches innovative new solution to help estate agents and conveyancers detect dirty money](/upload/images/3%20Source%20of%20Funds%20Article%20by%20SmartSearch(1).jpg)
Leading digital compliance firm SmartSearch has launched an innovative new solution to help professionals working within the UK property sector to...
30 September 2023
From: Features
![Industry executive queries focus of new digital property group](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The chairman of the Residential Logbook Association (RLBA) has queried the relevance of a new Government-backed property group focused on digital...
03 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![One in 10 who have home renovations aren't happy with the outcome](/upload/images/shutterstock_1854684709.jpg)
An improvement is defined by the Cambridge dictionary as ‘an occasion when something gets better or when you make it better’. ...
26 July 2023
From: Features
![The property industry must pull together to stop from falling apart, industry report reveals](/upload/images/4%20shutterstock_1325564924.jpg)
Now more than ever, property professionals across the sector need to pull together and collaborate more closely to make business gains,...
15 July 2023
From: Features
![Education changes mindsets to the power of upfront material information](/upload/images/1%20PropTech2-400x310.png)
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
![Latest Property Data Trust Framework goes live](/upload/images/shutterstock_1559871887.jpg)
The Home Buying & Selling Technology Group (HBSG) has launched the latest version of the Property Data Trust Framework following live...
26 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: Technology provides the key to better customer experience](/upload/images/PropTech%20.jpg)
At the recent Home Buying & Selling Group UFI Roadshow in London, it was gratifying to note that panel members and...
25 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today - What 1,000 homeowners want from their next estate agent](/upload/images/PropTech%20.jpg)
From Google to Uber, convenience is embedded into contemporary culture. As a society, we’re propelled by on-demand living, with instant solutions for...
02 May 2023
From: Breaking News
![Revealed – what estate agents need to know to succeed at compliance in 2023](/upload/images/Emma%20Burdis%2C%20Head%20of%20Compliance%20at%20iamproperty.jpg)
The dreaded ‘C word’ – compliance – has been facing Estate Agents for years now and it’s not going anywhere. Looking ahead...
15 April 2023
From: Features
![Why material information does and should matter to you](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3%20CoupleMakingOffer-400x310.png)
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
![New Homes Quality Board names accredited supplier for property contracts](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropTech2-400x310.png)
Proptech firm Finch has been named as the latest supplier accredited by the New Homes Quality Board (NHQB). It joins other brands...
20 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Pattinson Auction goes international](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Court-UK-400x310.png)
Pattinson Auction has gone international by opening up in Spain. After growing its UK portfolio to almost 3,000 partner agents, it will...
14 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![UK Government has vowed to use ‘all the tools’ to expose the ‘criminals and corrupt elites’ using the UK property market to clean their dirty cash](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AML_400x310.png)
AML experts SmartSearch warn estate agents that, with so many firms still hiding behind ‘opaque corporate structures,’ proper due diligence has...
11 February 2023
From: Features
![Growing Your Lettings Business in 2023](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/AgentOnline-400x310.png)
As another year ends it is essential to take time and reflect on what you have accomplished over the last 12...
18 January 2023
From: Features
![Just 16% of agent listings are compliant - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Compliance-Image-400x310.png)
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
![What To Expect from the Property Market in 2023](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Seasonal%20Photos/HappyNY-400x310.png)
Over the later part of 2022, we have experienced unprecedented economic and political turmoil, which will remain as we head into...
17 December 2022
From: Features
![Why you need a contingency plan within your marketing strategy](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/contingency%20plan400x310.jpg)
What are you going to do when something unplanned, unexpected, and unpleasant hits your brand and business? There’s no point avoiding it...
14 December 2022
From: Features
![Broker partners with ViewMyChain to boost sales process transparency](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Acquisition-400x310.png)
The Mortgage Advice Bureau has partnered with property sales progression software provider ViewMyChain to give brokers more transparency during the transaction...
18 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Video or virtual tours? Agents urged to use both in the right place](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/VideoTours-400x310.jpg)
Video and virtual tours have an important place in property marketing but should be used on the most appropriate platforms, FocalAgent...
04 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: how PropTech can ensure compliance within the sector](/upload/images/Site%20logos/ProptechToday-1-400x310.png)
With the ever-persistent compliance hurdles materialising within the property market, Nathan Emerson, CEO of Propertymark, speaks about how the use of...
03 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Conveyancing needs its digital enablement moment](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/PropertyFind1-400x310.png)
Conveyancing is an integral part of the house buying and selling process. But it is a slow process, with the length...
26 October 2022
From: Features
![Q&A with HBSG's Maria Harris - are digital mortgages the future?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/MortgageApplyNow_400x310.png)
With reform of the home buying and selling process as crucial as it's ever been, and disrupters like Coadjute and PEXA...
22 October 2022
From: Features
![Going digital is the answer to sector compliancy woes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Misc/martin400x310.jpg)
If recent headlines are anything to go by, estate agents and the wider property industry are not just feeling the heavy...
15 October 2022
From: Features
![Agency backed AML platform gains B Corp status](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/AML-400x310.png)
Agency-backed risk management platform Thirdfort has received awarded B Corporation status. The certification recognises Thirdfort’s commiutment to goals outside of shareholder profit...
05 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Digital transformation: five tips for success](/upload/images/library/MillennialAgent-Tech-400x310.jpg)
Digital transformation is not a new concept. It has been around for many years in various forms and across multiple industries,...
01 October 2022
From: Features
![Introducing Agency Edition](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/ReapIT/reapit%20360x280px.png)
In the current challenging economic environment, agencies need to ensure more than ever that they’re getting the most out of every...
27 September 2022
From: Sponsored Content
![ViewMyChain integrates with Reapit to reduce fall-throughs](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyChain-1-400x310.jpg)
Chain management tool, ViewMyChain has been integrated with agency software provider Reapit. The integration means Reapit users will have a single sign...
22 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Zoopla boss: 'We are well placed to improve the home buying process'](/upload/images/Logos/ZooplaNewLogo2016-400x310.jpg)
Zoopla chief executive Charlie Bryant has revealed aspirations for the portal to play a key role in the home buying process. Speaking...
13 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![As HMRC reveals almost half of those falling foul of AML regulations are property firms, estate agents are urged to get their compliance in order or face the consequences](/upload/images/Back-link-images/EAT%20-%20August%20Sponsorship%20Image%20360%20x%20280.jpg)
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) recently published a list of firms that have received penalty notices for failure to meet their...
17 August 2022
From: Sponsored Content
![Customers must be at the heart of PropTech solutions, says white paper](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/AgentKeysExchange-400x310.jpg)
The latest White Paper from the Institute of Residential Property Management (now part of The Property Institute) has called for customers...
11 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Upfront information specialists go live on Reapit's AppMarket](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Internet-400x310.jpg)
PropTech platform Gazeal, which specialises in digital reservation agreements and upfront seller information, has announced that it now has an app available...
11 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![How to create check-out reports the right way (without surprises)](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/Inventory%20Hive/360x280px%20channels4_profile%20(1)%20(002).jpg)
The check-out report is a critical point in the tenancy and has the power to make the moving-out process run smoothly...
09 August 2022
From: Sponsored Content
![Revealed - The Benefits of Outsourcing!](/upload/images/library/HappyLandlord-400x310.jpg)
You may be thinking that cost and hassle outweighs the benefits of outsourcing, but read on, you may be surprised! The last...
27 July 2022
From: Features
![Property Auctions on the Rise – Five Common Property Auction Misconceptions](/upload/images/Auctions/PropertyAuctionHome-400x310.png)
With so many benefits including lower fall-through rates and quicker sales, it is no surprise that selling a property via auction...
23 July 2022
From: Features
![Tech and innovation can help tackle the challenges conveyancing faces](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/PropTech-Agent-Hands-400x310.jpg)
The current challenges facing the conveyancing sector have put the industry in the spotlight. Here, property expert Colum Smith, Chief Vision...
16 July 2022
From: Features
02 July 2022
From: Features
![Why haven't politicians listened to our industry?](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/Parliament-Night-400x310.jpg)
It’s often fashionable to criticise trade bodies and official groups, but right now I think that’s absolutely inappropriate. In well over 20...
25 June 2022
From: Features
![Time is running out for legacy customer checks](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/FemaleInvestor4-400x310-min.jpeg)
As another round of property firms is fined, named and shamed for breaching anti-money laundering rules, it feels like the road...
18 June 2022
From: Features
![The art of collaboration - why it can help benefit the home buying and selling process](/upload/images/Back-link-images/hand%20shake%202.jpg)
If there’s not a book called ‘The Art of Collaboration’ then there should be. Update: a quick Google search shows there...
11 June 2022
From: Features
![PropTech Today - Let’s get moving with digitising the upfront information agenda](/upload/images/Site%20logos/ProptechToday-1-400x310.png)
Why the urgency? Because the appetite is strong. Research by the Conveyancing Association reports that 98% of consumers are overwhelmingly in...
01 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter: ‘the only way to bring about change is to be proactive’](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...
28 May 2022
From: Features
![Agents urged to go 'further and faster' on upfront information](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-MagnifyingGlass--1-400x310.jpg)
A senior industry figure has called for upfront information changes to move faster to boost market confidence amid the cost of...
13 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property portals gear up for material info changes](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Property-MagnifyingGlass--1-400x310.jpg)
Property portals are preparing to support agents in complying with a new era of upfront material information. From the end of May,...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Upfront info debate: What about buyer transparency?](/upload/images/library/Documents-400x310-min.jpeg)
The debate within estate agency on upfront information rumbles on and now there are calls for greater levels of transparency from...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - how can agents and conveyancers work better together?](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Interview-Speaker-400x310.jpg)
In this Q&A, I catch up with Jesper With-Fogstrup, chief executive officer of Smoove (formerly ULS Technology until a very recent...
23 April 2022
From: Features
![Estate agency veteran joins fast sale firm](/upload/images/library/MergerAcquisition-1-400x310.jpg)
Estate agency veteran Robin Paterson has joined new ‘quick buy” service UPSTIX. Paterson, a former chief executive of Hamptons and managing director...
05 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Rental reform - why it'll make inventories more important than ever](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Surveyor-Tablet-400x310.jpg)
In this weekend feature, inventory expert and chair of the AIIC, Daniel Evans, sets out why rental reform changes will make...
02 April 2022
From: Features
![Agents worry over new ownership transparency initiative](/upload/images/library/Sad-Tenants-Evicted-400x310.jpg)
The introduction of a register of land owners has triggered concern from the agents’ trade body Propertymark. A Register of Persons Holding...
31 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Agents and conveyancers in new era of partnership, says PropTech chief](/upload/images/library/PropTech-4-400x310.jpg)
The sponsor of an industry forum for agents and conveyancers to be held next week says the collaborative event hails the...
25 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![PropTech Today: The barriers of non-communicating PropTech](/upload/images/Site%20logos/ProptechToday-1-400x310.png)
PropTech solutions have continued to ingratiate themselves in both the forefront of an agency within advertising mediums and in the backend...
16 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Review row over company making allegations about OnTheMarket](/upload/images/Logos/OnTheMarketLogo-New-2022-400x310.jpg)
A row has broken out over a company which has made allegations about Trustpilot reviews of OnTheMarket. A company called KwikChex says...
07 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Will The Lights Go On Again In Central London?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/london-property400x310.png)
Almost exactly a decade ago I wrote a blog on the back of a spate on mainstream news stories about prime...
05 March 2022
From: Features
![Phil Spencer: Time for agents to grab the gavel as market slows](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PhilSpencer-MoveIQ-EATLAT-400x310.jpg)
The market’s likely to slow this year as the rising cost of living saps some buyer confidence, so agents are understandably...
04 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Government may seize homes of key Russians without compensation](/upload/images/library/MoneyLaundering-1-400x310.jpg)
The government is considering seizing British property owned by Russian oligarchs on the sanctions list without paying compensation. The Financial Times says Housing...
03 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Russian property sanctions will only hit prime central London](/upload/images/Locations/russia%20ukraine%202.png)
A leading surveyor in London says the likely introduction of a register of overseas property ownership and sanctions making it difficult...
02 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Law to reveal foreign owners may apply 20 years retrospectively](/upload/images/library/Law400x310.png)
It is claimed by Propertymark that the government’s Economic Crime Bill - to be debated in the House of Commons today -...
01 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Seize Putin’s Properties: Mayor wants drastic response to Ukraine](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/SadiqKhan-400x310.png)
London mayor Sadiq Khan says he supports the seizure of property assets connected to the allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The...
28 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Natter – meet the blockchain network quietly taking agency by storm](/upload/images/Site%20logos/PropertyNatter-2019-400x310.png)
Until a few years ago, you would have been forgiven for not knowing who or what Coadjute was. But the company, founded...
26 February 2022
From: Features
![Q&A with the RLBA - what are property logbooks and why are they important?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyDataGraphic-400x310.jpg)
In the last two years digital Property Logbooks for our homes have moved from concept to reality with almost a quarter...
26 February 2022
From: Features
![Opinion: The property sector should take action now, not wait for the Economic Crime Bill](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/ParliamentView-400x310.jpg)
The outcome of the Ukraine crisis is far from certain, but one thing has become abundantly clear. The long-overdue Economic Crime...
26 February 2022
From: Features
![London property may feature in sanctions against aggressive Russia](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/BorisJohnson-BlackandWhite-400x310.jpg)
It appears that new controls on property ownership may feature in future sanctions against Russia in response to its aggression in Ukraine. Prime...
23 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Reform of properties listings welcomed by industry leaders](/upload/images/library/OnlinePropertySearch-400x310.jpg)
Industry figures have come out in favour of the long-term programme of new compulsory information to be contained on property listings. From...
22 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![A Lesson for Agents from the Ukraine Crisis](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/ParliamentView-400x310.jpg)
If the UK and its allies have been played by Russia over the Ukraine ‘invasion’, and it’s beginning to look that...
19 February 2022
From: Features
![Insight - an estate agents’ guide to AML](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-20-400x310.jpg)
The UK property industry has long been a target of fraudsters due to the low levels of transparency and the fact...
12 February 2022
From: Features
![Labour call for foreign-owned properties register](/upload/images/library/Labour-logo400x310.png)
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants the government to put a stop to the capital being used for international money...
07 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![OnTheMarket subsidiary joins Coadjute Blockchain platform](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Digital-Online-400x310.jpg)
Coadjute, the blockchain network for the UK property market that claims it can radically simplify home purchasing, has revealed that PropTech...
03 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Trading Standards want public to quiz agents on referral fees](/upload/images/library/Referrals-400x310.png)
The most senior Trading Standards officer policing the agency industry says he hopes the public will ask about referral fees in...
31 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Let the good times roll – PayProp predicts continued lettings strength in 2022](/upload/images/Seasonal%20%26%20Holidays/2022Begins-400x310.png)
The lettings sector looks set to steam ahead in 2022 after a record-breaking 2021, despite the financial and mobility challenges of...
22 January 2022
From: Features
![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
![Portal targets ‘eager movers’ in bid to end stock supply shortage](/upload/images/Logos/ZooplaLogo2021-400x310.jpg)
Zoopla’s chief operating officer says the portal has made progress for agents in 2021 but recognises there’s more to do next...
29 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Leasehold is here to stay - so here's what is being done to help](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/BusinessWomen3-695x395-min.jpeg)
Leasehold, quite rightly, remains not just an emotive topic given what has happened over the past decade, but it’s very much...
18 December 2021
From: Features
![Investigation opens into Purplebricks as agency hit by latest crisis](/upload/images/Logos/Purplebricks-2019Logo-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark is to probe Purplebricks over its lettings fiasco - and as the agency becomes a subject of ridicule in the...
14 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Are reservation agreements the future of agency? These agents think so!](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyInformationKeys-400x310.jpg)
You’ve heard me bang on about the wonder of reservation agreements for some time now, but it’s definitely the case that...
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
![Top industry company will run New Homes Ombudsman](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Houses-Row-2019-400x310.jpg)
The Dispute Service has been selected to operate the New Homes Ombudsman scheme, following what has been called ”a fiercely competitive...
03 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![RICS names veteran ex-civil servant to lead independent review](/upload/images/Logos/RICS-logo400x310.png)
RICS has appointed Lord Michael Bichard to lead a wide-ranging independent review into the governance and purpose of the institution. The review...
02 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government must help agents meet AML obligations - expert](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/Homes-MaginifyingGlass-400x310.jpg)
The perception of the housing market, especially in London, being awash with ‘dirty’ money is a problem that needs to be...
29 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Build To Rent - why is it so cold and unfriendly?](/upload/images/BTR%2C%20PBSA%2C%20Co-living/BTR-Block-400x310.jpg)
Let’s begin with total transparency from this author: I believe there’s a place for Build To Rent in the wider portfolio...