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The vast majority of negligence claims against conveyancers are for relatively low sums of money, but the financial and reputational costs...

Fraud poses a significant challenge for residential conveyancers, with criminals often attempting to exploit the transaction process for money laundering purposes. The...

Property blockchain network Coadjute has secured a £10m investment from Lloyds Banking Group, Nationwide, Natwest, and Rightmove.  This is the first time...

UK property professionals should look to Norway when assessing how to improve the home buying process, a housing minister has claimed. Speaking...

Sprift has unveiled its solution to help agents cope with material information requirements and collate the property-specific details required prior to...

Mortgage lenders are expecting a quieter year for home loans in 2024. Forecasts from banking trade body UK Finance suggest lending for...

When Chancellor Jeremy Hunt gets to his feet on Wednesday to deliver his Autumn Statement, he should consider offering support to...

Three firms run by the same family have merged to create one of Derbyshire’s largest independent estate agency brands cope&co. Husband and...

In his latest column Jonathan Rolande explains how those working in the property can best navigate the challenges the market is...

Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...

The term mixed-tenure development usually refers to residential developments where different residential tenures are provided on the same site. Typically, tenure was...

Keir Starmer’s announcement about building on the Green Belt attracted some contentious headlines. It immediately thrust housing and planning into the...

Time is running out for agents to submit their final customer reviews for consideration in the prestigious 2023 allAgents Customer Experience...

By adopting a top-notch Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution, you're not only opening doors to acquiring new customers and nurturing existing...

Parents are compromising their own financial situation to help their children cope with the cost of living crisis, research shows. The latest...

Agents have been showing there is more to being charitable than just donating money. This weeks charitable exploits have a big focus...

The past seven days have seen a string of stories across the media relating to the property sector.  Reports have revealed how...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? I’m Heather Staff and it says Co-Founder of Street Group...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

As another year ends it is essential to take time and reflect on what you have accomplished over the last 12...

Agents should use their market position to advise town halls about local housing needs, a senior MP has suggested. Labour and Co-op...

Agents have been showing there is more to being charitable than just donating money. This weeks charitable exploits have a big focus...

With the ever-persistent compliance hurdles materialising within the property market, Nathan Emerson, CEO of Propertymark, speaks about how the use of...

South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire estate agency Redbrik has launched a campaign to help the public cope with the rising cost of living. The...

The Government’s mini budget on September 23 was anything but ‘mini’ with several major announcements one of the most significant of...

A significant number of estate agents are planning cutbacks in the coming months to cope with the cost of living crisis,...

A green premium based on energy efficiency is emerging in the UK’s property market, according to a new report by high-street...

A land agent has called for the planning process to be privatised as it hits out at the Government’s focus on...

The worst cost-of-living crisis in generations is everywhere we look and agents – and the property industry more widely – are...

The Bank of England increased interest rates to their highest level since the financial crisis yesterday, prompting fears of higher cost...

The results are finally in, and to no-one’s surprise Liz Truss has been named the new leader of the Conservative Party...

Conveyancing software provider Smoove is set to rollout a new flagship estate agency product following a successful trial phase. Smoove Start was...

A few weeks ago, we saw widespread disruption due to record breaking 40°C heat in the UK. The extreme temperatures caused...

The right investment can help agents to thrive even during the current cost-of-living crisis. That’s according to cloud-based CRM solution Openview,...

Agents have shown their support for helping junior staff with the cost of living crisis. The rate of inflation hit 9.4% during...

Agency bosses are being urged to do more to help staff with the cost of living crisis if they want to...

The ongoing debate about how to boost agent and conveyancer relations, and improve the homebuying system for all, continues to rage,...

The Bank of England has confirmed plans to withdraw the requirement for lenders to conduct interest rate stress tests on mortgage...

Agency trade body Propertymark has called for the government’s housing market reforms to go further and has even suggested targeted stamp...

A best-selling author and ex-military wellness culture revolutionary have been named as headliners for this year’s NAEA Propertymark conference. Dr Andy Cope...

Industry charity and mentoring group Agents Together is planning to help firms prioritise mental wellbeing. It has developed a checklist that agents...

More than 30 agents and property firms such as auction houses and valuers were reprimanded by HMRC for anti-money laundering breaches...

Agents helped vendors sell homes at 97.9% of asking price on average last year, research claims. Analysis of portal and Land Registry...

OnTheMarket has revealed it is expanding the scope and scale of its successful Town Hall initiative in response to growing demand...

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

Agents are preparing their businesses for the cost of living crunch, with considerations on fuel use, heating and window display lighting. Much...

Fifteen businesses which had bought freeh­olds from housing developer Countryside have now given formal undertakings to remove terms that cause ground...

Franchise giant Belvoir has snapped up one of the earliest British estate agencies to adopt the model of using self-employed or...

These are undeniably darker days as news comes through of a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine - we have the first agency...

The Bank of England has issued a consultation on changing the affordability tests for large mortgages introduced in the wake of...

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

If the UK and its allies have been played by Russia over the Ukraine ‘invasion’, and it’s beginning to look that...

Research based on questioning almost 1,000 estate agents suggests that around 70 per cent are set to expand their business this...

The ESTAS Forum scheduled for March says its aim is to encourage agents and conveyancers to work more closely together.  “There doesn’t...

In this guest feature, James Dilgul, Head of Marketing at Fixflo, the market-leading repairs and maintenance management software provider, looks at how...

Propertymark, the main industry trade body, has this evening updated its guidance on Covid safety for estate and letting agents in...

High-value properties were the top-performers in the country house market in 2021, according to an agency that majors in this sector.  In...

A new report wants the government to consider slapping Capital Gains Tax on profits made from appreciating house values for all...

The last 18 months have been full of ups and downs, but the property market has coped remarkably well during the...

HM Revenue & Customs is consulting on how it can clamp down on property professionals and buyers who allegedly try to...

Annual house price growth hit 10.0 per cent last month - and is now tracking close to the level seen before...

A family franchise agency that prides itself on saving costs associated with traditional High Street premises has nonetheless opened a new office...

The average price of a house in the UK has hit £250,000 for the first time as the  market shows no...

Increasing house prices has encouraged HM Revenue and Customs to launch huge numbers of probes into Inheritance Tax payments. According to law...

Disclaimer: This article is intended for information only and does not constitute legal advice. As part of its 2020 budget, the UK...

The ESTAS Forum scheduled for the morning of the annual awards ceremony on October 22 has been postponed - but the...

Luke Thirkettle heads up the lettings division at Stratfords, a single-branch lettings and sales agency based in Milton Keynes. Here, he speaks to...

House prices rose by just 0.1 per cent in September - but they are still increasing by 10 per cent a...

An online operator called Nested is to spend £5m to promote the self-employed estate agency concept in 100 parts of the...

Being able to show proof of funds in a quick, transparent and simple way is more crucial than ever to keep fall-throughs...

The property market over the last 18 months has seen unprecedented activity - as a result of changed priorities, the stamp...

Drone technology has come on a long way in recent years, with different use cases across various industries. New developments in...

What estate agency is going to look like in the post-pandemic world, and what the role of the physical branch will...

A surprise statement from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says the stamp duty holiday, which goes on until the end...

Things can change. For those who remember, it’s no secret that I became one of the industry's strongest critics of OnTheMarket (OTM). My reasons...

My neighbour had been seeking to move home for some time. Suggestions that he wanted to get away from his neighbours...

One of the biggest trends since Covid, in the property world and elsewhere, has been a shift towards more hybrid, flexible...

Following a month in which the number of property transactions was the highest since records began, it might seem a little...

A leading tax expert is advising investors to “plan your disposals” after new Capital Gains Tax figures have raised speculation of...

The already-high fall-through rate for transactions is likely to be supercharged by the impending end of the tapered stamp duty holiday...

A group of MPs has suggested the government consider a “proportional property tax” to replace the current council tax, in a...

The property market was expected to struggle to recover after the first lockdown, but, thanks to the stamp duty holiday and...

Average house prices have risen by £29,000 over the course of the stamp duty holiday as house price annual inflation hits...

It’s been another terrific week for good deeds by our industry - so often under-reported but so important for agents and...

ESTAS has announced that SDL Property Auctions has become an executive partner for the 2021 Forum and Awards sponsored by Coadjute. In...

House prices have soared 10.9 per cent in the past year - the highest level since 2014 - according to the...

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

It’s now over a year since the property market officially reopened after an unprecedented two-month shutdown at the height of the...

With property fraud on the rise and an ever-increasing number of transactions taking place in the lettings sector, having strict anti-money laundering...

Some sellers are suffering cash flow issues as a result of glitches in the Capital Gains Tax reporting system, according to...

TM Group and sales progression solution mio have signed up as partners for the 2021 ESTAS Forum & Awards, sponsored by...

In the first of our revamped PropTech Today series - which will see six industry experts discussing a range of issues...

House prices are 7.1 per cent above their level a year ago as the boom continues. The latest house price index, from...

Hello and welcome to Agents Do Charity as we are on the threshold of May why not get on to the...

Britain’s second largest estate agency has outlined radical new plans to shift direction, making financial services and not sales or rentals...

The private treaty process has been in need of modernisation for a long time. When we open an account with a...

The estate agency industry is besotted with digital canvassing to try to win business - but that’s the wrong approach to take...

As London plays catch-up with the buoyant housing market seen in the rest of the country, two agencies have announced new...

Potential house buyers may be fine with virtual tours during lockdown periods, but as the country opens up, people are going...

With March marking one year since the beginning of the first national lockdown across all four nations of Britain in response...