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Following the release of Material Information Parts B & C, iamproperty’s Product Manager, Tania Bonesi, shares insights on how Estate Agents...

Some agents still appear unaware about their material information responsibilities, conveyancers claim. The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT)...

The property and construction sector is falling behind most other industries in website performance, analysis suggests. CMS provider Zengenti analysed the performance...

Anti-money laundering platform (AML) Credas Technologies has launched a material information function, helping estate agents to get ahead of the latest...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has published the long-awaited Parts B and C of material information...

The majority of agents back parts B and C of material information rules but more guidance is needed on where to...

The conveyancing process has been highlighted as a key pain point among buyers in the property transaction process. Research by anti-money laundering...

In his latest column, Jonathan Rolande, founder of House Buy Fast, explains how those working in the sector can beat the...

According to the latest English Housing Survey, there were 495,000 second homes in the UK in 2018/19 – a figure said...

The latest material information rules will be introduced this Autumn, the industry regulator has revealed. Speaking at the Propertymark One Conference in...

Trade and representative bodies representing the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors have launched the fourth iteration of the...

According to the recent industry research report ‘Back to the Future’ from tmgroup, mio and CDS 40% of property transaction delays...

So next week we get to know how high housing is on the Government’s list of priorities. As we wait to see...

It has been another busy month for job moves in the estate agency sector. Here are some of the latest moves that...

As inflation passes the 10% mark, it’s no surprise that many landlords are hurriedly reviewing the health of their buy-to-let portfolio. You...

Inflation remains a bigger concern to homeowners than house prices but potential vendors may get sensitive if prices drop, research suggests. A...

Last weekend, Nat Daniels' latest Property Natter column focused on the average day in the life of a conveyancer. In this feature,...

In this Guides & Tips piece, Brian Murphy, Head of Lending at Mortgage Advice Bureau, offers insight into what rate rises...

The check-out report is a critical point in the tenancy and has the power to make the moving-out process run smoothly...

Recent months have seen interest rates rise from historic lows back closer to pre-financial crisis levels as the Bank of England...

Trading Standards has indicated that non-compliant listings will eventually be rejected from portals as it urges agents to use their “professional...

Agents are being reminded that they still have an obligation to provide all material information as the sector awaits Part B...

The head of the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has suggested the material listings rules should be...

Today’s consumers judge a business not just on the quality of its products, but also on their experience in using them....

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

More than half of properties across England and Wales only meet insulation standards of 1976 or older. The startling figures, based on...

Agency franchisees with brands such as Hunters, Martin & Co, Belvoir and EasyProperty are being given the chance to sign up...

Local residents are to be given the final say on changes to the name of their street under new government plans. The...

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 PropTech supplier has been quick off the mark to launch a tool which it says will help agents satisfy new...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent Team has released background information on how it came to make changes to...

There’s been a surge in the number of sellers who resort to using quick buy firms, according to the sector’s trade...

In this article, the team at The Lettings Hub - which aims to offer tech-driven solutions for the rental market - outline...

Some two thirds of agents and other property professionals who have worked alone have suffered an incident endangering their safety, according to...

Many agents working in the industry, whether for large corporates or smaller independents, might one day have ambitions to branch out...

Veteran retail chief executive John Browett is joining home setup service Just Move In as chairman. Browett has been chief executive of...

It’s nearly two years since The Tenant Fees Act came into force for tenancies in England. On 1 June 2019 it...

Boomin founder Michael Bruce says his new site has enjoyed a stronger start than any other portal in terms of visits, viewings,...

An estate agency is to link with a home set-up service and says it will give its referral fees to an...

The six brands that make up The Property Franchise Group are the latest signings for yet-to-launch portal Boomin. TPFG’s brands are national...

What are the best ways for a letting agency to generate additional revenue and stay ahead of the competition? Management fees are...

Fledgling portal Boomin - launching later this month - has announced another 10 independent regional agencies as founder members. This includes its...

Advanced information released today about Boomin suggests it will seek a much closer relationship with agents than existing portals, with lifetime...

The proliferation of free and accessible digital services has - at face value - brought us many great things: same-day deliveries,...

Agents in some parts of the country may be able to make use of data from utilities comparison service uSwitch, which...

Propertymark, which will from later this year combine both the National Association of Estate Agents and the Association of Residential Letting...

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

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

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

Hello and welcome to the first Property Jobs Today of 2020 - and we’ve plenty to report even with the New...

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...

It has been a long time coming, but the tenant fees ban, which forbids landlords and letting agents in England from...

Who are you? I’m the Director of Sales for both the well-known industry leading Today publications and The ValPal Network. Leading publications: Estate...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Beccy Moore. Office Manager for Nicholas Humphreys Tell us more about Nicholas...

It’s time to think about planning the 2019 events calendar. This year, there are more PropTech conferences scheduled than ever before,...

Has no one told the industry that it’s December and things are supposed to be slowing down? This week’s Property Jobs...

Given that online property portals, dominated by a handful of websites, are by far the most popular home search method, it...

1.             Who are you and what do you do? HeyJuno Property is a business dedicated to empowering estate and letting agents throughout...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Marco Ferrara, Director of Tili What is Tili and what does...

Tili does all the work to deliver a smooth home move for customers and income for agents. An innovative and easy to...

A decade ago we were still years away from Purplebricks, Countrywide was a colossus in the industry, no one had thought...

Letting agents are being advised to think seriously about how they can recoup costs to help compensate for the introduction of...

Industry suppliers Landmark Information and The ValPal Network have entered what they call “a strategic relationship” to provide the firms’ respective...

Parliament is sitting again and the entire lettings industry is waiting with bated breath for more detail on the government’s proposal...

Are you protecting your data right? This may sound like the sort of direct warning you get from cold callers or...

We’re used to stories on how the buying and renting of ‘formal’ accommodation - flats and houses - has become increasingly...

Sheffield in South Yorkshire, which was once one of the leading industrial cities in Britain and is still recognised for its...

A new survey suggests that it is the other fees associated with moving house - not estate agents’ charges - that...

The company behind Homeshift, an online tool which helps home-movers, says it aims to build on its current 200 estate and...

Stephen Moss, CEO of Pring.co.uk the UK’s leading property investment search engine, takes a look at the impact of ‘Corbynmania’ on...

Zoopla Property Group, which earlier this year snapped up comparison website uSwitch, is launching a new marketing scheme allowing agents to...

A house is pretty much the largest investment a person will make in their lifetime, and it’s natural to want the...