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Proptech firm Gazeal is working on buyer-focused product that can be used to show a seller they are serious about a...

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

A senior industry figure has called for upfront information changes to move faster to boost market confidence amid the cost of...

Millions of people use online property portals every year to conduct their property search, whether it be for sales or for...

The property industry is fortunate in including many great people, doing great work across a range of businesses – from traditional agency...

The debate within estate agency on upfront information rumbles on and now there are calls for greater levels of transparency from...

Buyers are happy and ready to pay for more upfront material information when it comes to purchasing a property. It comes as...

In this week’s Natter, I carry out a Q&A with Lisa Knight, who has taken the impressive journey from barmaid to...

You’re probably up to your neck at the start of a busy spring market but I’d hope there’s one thing most...

Agents and conveyancers have signed up to a new buyers’s and seller’s property information form that is described as having been...

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

A number of pro-active conveyancers are joining a new conveyancing directory being set up by one of the leading figures in...

More vendors are wanting to use property logbooks in a bid to speed their sales and reduce the risk of fall-throughs. That’s...

A prominent industry supplier has produced startling statistics about the numbers of fall throughs in just the first 10 weeks or...

Those aficionados of the Sound of Music will recognise the tag line above. It came to my mind when thinking about...

Phil Spencer is teaming up with a PropTech supplier to help buyers have the maximum volume of upfront information. Spencer’s Move iQ...

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

A webinar this week is set to see the release of more details of changes to property listings being demanded by...

In the last two years digital Property Logbooks for our homes have moved from concept to reality with almost a quarter...

A leading property lawyer says some agents will struggle to meet the demand for more ‘material information’ put forward by Trading...

‘Knowledge is power’ goes the old saying, and one variation on that theme is a quote from academic, Robert Boyce, who...

A leading estate agency figure has hit back at a lawyer’s claim that agents who use exclusivity agreements are “shysters”.  Last week...

A survey suggests that an overwhelming proportion of estate agents believe the government should make the provision of upfront property information...

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

A webinar in mid-January will help agents get an edge on securing leads and ensuring transactions are not lost. That’s the claim...

A probe by the Competition and Markets Authority has led housebuilder Taylor Wimpey to make changes for the benefit of leaseholders.  Taylor...

Despite the progress made in so many areas, particularly in terms of leasehold reform – although we are calling upon the...

Some 14 trade bodies in the estate agency, conveyancing, property management and surveying industries have jointly launched new upfront documents which...

We have been speaking with many agents over the past months and the story appears the same with them all. There...

In this guest editorial, experienced property solicitor Lorraine Richardson argues that reservation agreements - designed to reduce the number of fall-throughs in...

The estate agents’ trade body has set out three ways conveyancers can further help the sales process. Propertymark has made the suggestions...

A prominent advocate of a reformed transaction process says more secure moving systems can help agents maintain high business levels when...

In this week’s In Conversation Today, we have another industry big-hitter and one of the most high-profile female leaders in property...

Ben Ridgway gives his views on the current market, material information and PropTech for agents. What is your current view of the...

The government and property industry have been talking about it for a long time, and there have been numerous initiatives introduced...

By any measure, the housing market has been unprecedently busy in recent months, fuelled not just by the stamp duty holiday...

The Competition and Markets Authority has struck a deal with house builders over leasehold abuses. Aviva has committed to remove certain terms...

The current housing market frenzy would be easier to deal with if upfront buyers’ packs were available, improving transparency and cutting...

Digital marketing agency Angels Media and digital platform Gazeal have announced an exclusive strategic partnership to help improve and speed up...

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

Momentum is building for agents to provide more information on property details and portals - not wait until a prospective buyer...

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

A survey of 5,000 agents suggests the slow house selling and buying process is one of the biggest challenges facing the...

A leading conveyancing industry chief says the one factor that would help improve the slow house buying process today would be the...

A surveyors group has launched a new ‘Home Review’ service which it claims will identify structural problems which create an immediate...

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

The Law Society is to pilot upfront conveyancers’ information for home buyers and sellers. This will involve the TA6 form which contains...

Later this year, on October 22, the ESTAS 2021 will take place in London. The glittering ceremony will welcome property professionals...

One of the companies at the heart of the campaign to provide more upfront information to prospective buyers has struck a...

An industry group charged with trying to make house buying simpler and quicker says it’s made a breakthrough on ‘upfront’ information...

An estate agency is this month launching packs of up-front information for buyers in a bid to speed sales and reduce fall-throughs.  Miles...

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...