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

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

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

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

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

It’s no surprise to hear that the property market has seen a lot of change across 2020, with ups and downs...

Another attempt is being made to introduce property logbooks to the selling and buying process, and agents are invited to play a...

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

The cross-sector group looking at reforming the sales process has agreed a new pledge which it says introduces greater transparency for...

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

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

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...

Rightmove and Zoopla have been working with key figures from government and the agency and conveyancing industries on how to reform...

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

[Estate Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise...

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

Reservation Agreements are the subject of the moment in the agency industry. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is to...

The reform of the buying process is to take centre stage at a special conference called Bold Legal LIVE! taking place...

The modern method of auction is proving to revolutionise the way properties are bought and sold across the UK.  By putting the...

MyBid4It is an online auction platform which has been developed to partner with Estate Agents and revolutionise the way properties are...

When it comes to major issues confronting housing, and in particular the direction that the government would like to take the...

Another new online auction company has launched and is bidding to woo traditional estate agents with the controversial ‘modern method of...

You will perhaps have seen recently that the Government has decided to boost funding to the regulator, the National Trading Standards...

A cluster of conveyancing and legal experts, known as the Legal Sector Group, has published a raft of proposals on leasehold...

The housing market has not been short of a White Paper over the last few months, and while you might just...

They say you can prove anything with statistics, and 115% of the time I suspect they’re right – that was an...

The Conveyancing Association has revised its wish-list of reforms to, in its words, “ensure fewer delays, a less costly process, and...

Conveyancers will debate how various stakeholders – including estate agents – can deliver a more collaborative home moving experience at an...

This week, Storm Desmond has left devastation in its wake. Once again, the nation’s attention is drawn to the threat flooding...