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The Property Franchise Group (TPFG) has been trialling property blockchain network Coadjute’s digital property data pack and smart forms and has...

Estate agents spend almost half their working day chasing or being chased for issues as a new report highlights concerns about...

Estate agents are missing out on potential clients by not responding to enquiries promptly, new research suggests. A study by lead generation...

Homebuyers in Bolton are waiting as long as 21 weeks for local authority searches new research shows. Analysis by upfront information pack...

The race for space is reversing as more employers are calling staff back into the office. Research by agency brand Jackson-Stops has...

Agents have begun reporting concerns that Barclays has suspended access to their business bank accounts. Vijay Vashistha, co-founder of online agent 99home,...

The ValPal Network's (TVPN) services have generated 1.4m leads for agents over the past 12 months – with most coming outside...

A recent study conducted by the Technical University of Denmark reported that the attention span of people around the world is...

Over the last two years, the property industry has experienced unprecedented change through shifting market conditions and new regulations around compliance. To...

Have you ever noticed that it is much easier to fix other people's problems than your own? Whether it is resolving a friend's...

If there’s not a book called ‘The Art of Collaboration’ then there should be. Update: a quick Google search shows there...

Conveyancers have had their busiest year on record, industry data shows. Search Acumen’s latest Conveyancing Market for the first quarter of 2022...

There are many myths about using virtual tours to sell or let properties. The most common perceptions are that virtual property...

A former letting agent claims to have removed the need for estate agents to use floorplan software. Mark McCorrie, who describes himself...

New portal Boomin suggests it has “thousands” of agents who have signed up on a paid basis. The portal - which launched almost...

In this guest feature, Chris Mason, Operations Director at The Letting Partnership, outlines why agents might want to consider outsourcing client accounting. The...

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

Increasingly rigorous Money Laundering Directives have made regulations in the property industry more stringent than ever, and Estate Agents have a...

The average asking price of homes coming to the market has dropped by over £2,000 in the past month - the...

A cloud-based software provider has claimed that agents need to prepare for the future – and a very different working day...

Demand from buyers is set to be strong for the rest of 2021 as the stamp duty holiday unwinds but uncertainty...

An online conveyancer is on the hunt for a mansion tester. My Home Move Conveyancing is seeking a mansion tester who will...

Homebuyers are suffering huge delays in receiving responses to their search requests to council according to a study of local authorities. Consumer...

A career in property can be fun and rewarding, but it’s a busy world to live and work in. As we...

For the second time in two working days, a report suggests that ever-higher numbers of buying are paying over the asking...

There are just three working days until the end of the stamp duty holiday for most buyers. That’s not even enough time...

In an unusual move, HM Land Registry has issued guidance to agents to help them reassure jittery buyers and sellers ahead...

Agents should prepare for a surge in fall throughs and collapsed sales thanks to the first stamp duty holiday period expiring...

With just hours to go to the start of the Euros, we can announce our squad for writing Agents Reports on...

Thousands of sales are at risk because slow searches by councils may prevent deals completing by the next stamp duty deadline. With just under...

As you’ll know by now, I like to use the Natter to shine a light on independent agents doing things a...

There’s been a huge focus on both the stamp duty holiday and Help To Buy deadlines at the end of March...

We’re now in Lockdown 3.0 and most of us have become used to juggling home-working, home schooling and a million and...

Boomin has denied that it will ever allow direct property sales, cutting out estate agents. Founder Michael Bruce says the new service...

A trade body has called on House Secretary Robert Jenrick to intervene over the growing problem of delays in councils providing...

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

As we embark on another nationwide lockdown, the team at SDL Auctions are keen to help agents ride the storm, beat...

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

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

With no clear end in sight and conflicting Government advice as to whether we should work from home or go to...

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

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

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

Lockdown measures are still in place for another two weeks, at least, with the possibility of them being extended beyond that....

Almost every part of the agency industry is operating remotely these days - and we would love to know how you’re...

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

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

A new online auction service has launched this week, pledging a fairer service for agent partners, as well as buyers and...

A London council admits that it typically takes 50 working days for a search - which means a Local Land Charge...

Carl Hemming, Director from Ginger in Balsall Common explains how mio has quickly proven to be a cost-effective way to simplify...

A leasehold reform campaigner says government proposals risk creating a two-tier market and do nothing to assist leaseholders already hit by...

Of the hundreds of headaches that come with agent territory, worrying about what’s happening to your calls shouldn’t be one of...

For many years, the majority of agents have stuck to the tried-and-tested 9am-6pm opening hours framework. But is this now changing,...

There’s been a dramatic improvement in the speed of searches being completed and returned by local authorities, the government claims. Housing minister...

Hello again and with just two working days before Christmas, there’s no stopping us yet on your festive photos - a...

After gaining my MBA qualification from Edinburgh Business School in 2005, I took careful consideration over my career moves and prospective...

The estate agent who is refusing to abide by a decision of the Advertising Standards Authority is now demanding details of...

Firstly, my sincere apologies - it has now been over a month since my last PropTech blog, doesn’t time fly!  In the...

With the rise of Purplebricks in recent years, many will be eager to know what the hybrid agency’s Local Property Experts...

A critic of the conveyancing process has accused a law firm’s charge of £95 for “exchange and completion within five working...

Alice Hickmott is the perfect advertisement for apprentices in estate agency - especially as we are now in National Apprentice Week.  Essex...

London’s prime central market is turning around at last according to the chief executive of Belgravia estate agency Henry & James. James...

So here it is … a very Merry Christmas from Estate Agent Today and Angels Media, with our very best wishes...

The first residential transaction has taken place under the so-called Conveyancer’s Code for Completion - a new procedure in which the...

Estate agents are angry over delays in processing land searches by a local authority in the south west. The average land search time...

Over 60% of UK consumers think that Estate Agents’ Photos Are Very Poor To Average A recent survey* by dedicated property photo...

Agency telephone answering service Moneypenny says Christmas 2016 is set to be busy if it follows the pattern of the previous festive...

There were some absolutely brilliant figures released recently by telephone answering specialist, Moneypenny.  The highest call volumes diverted from agents to Moneypenny occurred between 10am-11am...

Agents take an average of seven working hours and 11 minutes to respond to email leads - and just over a...

Mystery surrounds the fate of Fresh Chilli, a north of England-based hybrid estate agency that launched with a fanfare last autumn,...

While buy-to-let lenders brace themselves for further interventions as part of proposals currently being drawn up by the Prudential Regulation Authority...

This week, as the title suggests, I turn my attentions to the world of deposit protection schemes. Landlords have been legally obliged...

The government - which controversially launched consultation on its stamp duty surcharge between Christmas and New Year - has now used...

We’ve been facing some pretty adverse weather recently. Gales, storms and terrible flooding in parts of the country have upturned the...

Countrywide has revealed to Estate Agent Today that it is to begin a trial where selected local branch staff will work between 7am...

Miller Metcalfe Surveyors is a centre of excellence, with accreditation from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors for residential surveys and...

Who are you? Steve Gosney. What does it say on your business card? Managing Director of Kremer Signs. How long has Kremer Signs...

Controversy is growing over the government’s surprise consultation period for its proposal to levy a three per cent stamp duty surcharge...

Last month it was announced that the CHAPS payment system will be extended by one hour and forty minutes from summer...

CHAPS has confirmed that its operational hours will be extended from summer 2016, enabling high-value payments to be made until 6pm. The...

Many Councils are now introducing Landlord Licensing within different boroughs, for those that have one of the requirements is a 24...