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A veteran PropTech figure with extensive experience of working at leading estate and sales agencies has told the government to act...

Propertymark has urged the Land Registry to provide more accessible and affordable services to its members.  Responding to a call for evidence...

In his third and final article in this 3-part series, David Beaumont looks at the legal statues of Material Information Guidance. ...

Complete ASAP has launched a new package to help agents provide material information on listings. Agents already using the Complete or Instruct...

Propertymark updates Property Information QuestionnairePropertymark has updated its Property Information Questionnaire (PIQ) in light of the latest part B and C...

A new upfront information provider has launched, promising to shorten the homebuying and conveyancing process. Home Sale Pack has said it will...

There are several pros to cohabitation, and it’s always a wonderful experience when you’re handed your set of keys as a...

The intellectual property of collapsed online agency brand Doorsteps has sold for just £3,666. Begbies Traynor, the liquidator for Doorsteps, sought offers...

Yopa has detailed a restructure of its business after chairman Grenville Turner mysteriously stepped down as a director. Companies House documents last...

The recent cyber attack on CTS left around 80 conveyancing firms across the country commercially paralysed as the harm to their...

Go back a hundred years and property transactions were a much simpler affair. A group of people could get together in...

The Autumn Statement ended up being silent on Stamp Duty reforms and direct housing market stimulus but there were some nuggets...

Digital transformation is now happening at a monumental pace, and dependence on technology is growing to new heights. In fact, the...

In this interview, Riccardo Dawson, Chief Operating Officer at Alto and Chris Hutchinson, CEO of Canopy discuss the benefits of their...

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

Iamproperty has launched what it calls “a new solution” to help agents deal with new Material Information rules. The supplier’s new Enhanced...

As an Estate Agent it’s important to be able to interpret and understand the information that a Title Deed document presents...

OnTheMarket Software has announced an integration with digital ID and source of funds provider Thirdfort. The digital ID, anti-money laundering and source...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has announced Post Partner as its latest affiliate member. Post Partner offers a range of document management tools...

UK homebuyers have expressed support for more digital tools to reduce the administrative burden of purchasing a property yet few have...

For most people, buying a house or flat is the largest financial commitment they will ever make. Which is why many...

Agency reviews website allAgents.co.uk has revamped its certified reports to help agents secure new business. The documents provide agents with a downloadable...

Agents are being urged to increase their efforts when it comes to checking documents to avoid potential claims. Paul Offley, compliance officer...

The Residential Logbook Association (RLBA) has produced a first specification for a ‘Digital Deed Pack’ that can be used for any...

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

Tackling economic crime is part of the day job for estate agents. But how can the latest digital ID tools help...

Barriers to entry are a big concern for any sector, particularly those who need a greater number of technology innovations to...

Step right up and witness the extraordinary world of Estate Agents as they embrace the power of biometric checks, turning the...

Ever taken on a property where the sale has got tangled up in problems arising from the title register? It’s a...

Keller Williams UK’s (KWUK) Gatwick market centre is rumoured to have closed but the self-employed agency network’s chief executive Ben Taylor...

Another Keller Williams UK (KWUK) market centre is set to close its doors but it is unclear who made the decision...

An artificial intelligence-powered property due diligence platform that is popular in the commercial market has raised £7.5m to help expand into...

The company behind Keller Williams' Evolve Market Centre - TBF Centres - has entered voluntary liqudation, Companies House documents show. It comes...

A coalition of businesses from across the property industry have united to call on the Government to do more to speed-up...

Property fraud is a significant risk for agents, particularly as fake IDs become increasingly prevalent, and the economic climate remains challenging....

Despite most businesses across industry now adopting some form of digital alternative to traditional work methods, many in the private rental...

The Bank of England last week announced the completion of Project Meridian, a digital synchronised settlement prototype that aims to digitise...

Recent research estimated that up to £100 billion is being stolen in the UK each year, with much of it due...

Landmark Information Group has unveiled a series of open, accessible and standardised digital hubs that aim to connect parts of the...

Sales progression platform mio is set to launch its digital Sellers Information Pack (SIP), designed to make it easy for agents...

I was delighted to read recently about the creation of the first ever ‘register of logbooks’ in the UK, which offers...

Agents are being warned that they risk financial and reputational costs by continuing to rely on manual methods of identity verification. It...

Search Acumen has announced a new partnership that aims to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in conveyancing Property data, insight...

A former estate agent-turned-online auctioneer has launched a new service that aims to speed up and secure sales. Stuart Collar-Brown, co-founder and...

A home linked to Douglas & Gordon chief executive James Evans is currently listed for sale at £3.5m. The property has been...

Mystery surrounds the current position and owner of the Douglas & Gordon sales business as documents reveal the events that led...

National Conveyancing Week has kicked off from today. The awareness-raising week features a series of in-person, online and pre-recorded events aimed at...

As is generally the case, we didn’t start out with solutions, we started with questions…. two, actually. The first was, ‘Why does...

SmartSearch, the UK’s leading provider of digital compliance, has published an agenda-setting whitepaper to highlight the anti-money laundering shortcomings and sanctions...

Agency website designer and marketing provider is starting to use artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT in the products it provides agents. ChatGPT AI...

The Guild of Property Professionals has issued a reminder to agents about the importance of their websites remaining compliant. The property network...

A senior Land Registry executive has insisted he wasn’t blaming conveyancers for transactions delays following a controversial blog last month that...

OnTheMarket Software is to launch a new estate agency automation platform that will feature a sales progression tracker and Home Management...

January was a record month for mortgage searches but mainly for remortgaging rather than home purchase, data from an industry software...

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology could change the way buyers search for property and alter the way portals operate, a proptech boss...

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are making their way into the estate agency sector. Many people will be aware of the ChatGPT AI...

The “red tape ridden” system of buying a home is to blame for transaction delays more than individual conveyancers, agents or...

Conveyancers are being urged to conduct better “quality control” on documents filed to the Land Registry after the body revealed ‘basic...

Trade and representative bodies covering the legal, surveying, estate agency and property management sectors, including the Conveyancing Association (CA), have launched...

You are aware of the business benefits of digital transformation. You understand the need for your estate agency to leverage technology to...

Agents have begun trialling a new common technology framework devised by a committee within the Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG)...

Collapsed challenger portal Boomin has officially named its liquidator as company documents this morning outlined a deficiency of almost £10m in...

In this guest feature, Dillon Darbar, counter fraud manager at Network Homes, sets out why estate agents need to be aware...

HMRC has fined estate agents over £500,000 for anti-money laundering (AML) breaches in the past two months. Yet despite property managers...

Consumer trust in estate agents has declined over the past year, new research claims. The latest Veracity Index from Ipsos Mori, which...

Axel Springer’s investment in beleaguered online agent Purplebricks is now worth half its original value, it has been claimed. An article by...

Collapsed online agent Doorsteps owes more than half a million pounds to company creditors including Rightmove, HMRC and the Treasury, documents...

With the reported increase in agency staff turnover we thought it would be a good idea to look at how you...

Anti-money laundering platform Credas has integrated open banking technology as part of its agent-facing proposition.  Open banking lets consumers securely share their...

Increasing numbers of complaints about agents are being resolved without formal investigation but issues are becoming more complex, The Property Ombudsman...

With UK interest rates on the rise, following the mini-Budget announcement (now since almost entirely reversed), and several lenders pulling mortgage...

If recent headlines are anything to go by, estate agents and the wider property industry are not just feeling the heavy...

New-build buyers will save on average around £2,600 a year in energy bills, research claims. Analysis based on Government’s Energy Performance Certificate...

Over the last five years, the Government has introduced a range of measures to regulate the property market, particularly in the...

A buyers’ market, and a more challenging time for buyers and sellers, could be on the cards as a result of...

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

Regional estate agency Bradley Hall has undergone a rebrand as it looks to expand its presence beyond the North East and...

One of the biggest frustrations people have with the home buying and selling process is the amount of time it takes...

Agents are ‘wrongly’ relying on hard copies of identity documents to verify people’s identities in anti-money laundering (AML) checks, new research...

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) recently published a list of firms that have received penalty notices for failure to meet their...

In a welcome return to a favourite series of mine - and a timely one at that, given the current back...

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

Dye & Durham says it could potentially appeal the decision by the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) to effectively disallow its acquistion...

Anti-money laundering (AML) software provider SmartSearch is warning of a rise in financial crime, particularly targeting smaller property firms. A survey of...

The other day I read a story here on Estate Agent Today, which was both depressing and inspiring. It reported a study...

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

Increasing numbers of women are being flagged during anti-money laundering (AML) compliance checks. AML platform Credas Technologies suggests the main reason for...

Up to 70% of property firms have not changed their approach to onboarding new customers since sanctions were imposed on Russia...

There have been many articles about ‘digitising upfront information’, following the publication of DLUHC’s Levelling-Up white paper and National Trading Standards...

As another round of property firms is fined, named and shamed for breaching anti-money laundering rules, it feels like the road...

Rising property prices in the UK mean that occupiers are renting long past their forties. According to the government’s last English...

Four estate agents have had their anti-money laundering (AML) registrations cancelled by HMRC so far this year. The taxman has published its...

Zoopla is piloting a new data migration tool to quickly transfer agent data from its Jupix to Alto software brand in just...

Anti-money laundering specialist SmartSearch has reached 1,000 clients in the property industry. It comes amid increased scrutiny of money laundering amid sanctions...

We are all acutely aware of the surge in demand for rental properties in and around the capital in the months...

Why the urgency? Because the appetite is strong. Research by the Conveyancing Association reports that 98% of consumers are overwhelmingly in...

OnTheMarket subsidiary teclet has integrated with digital e-signature offering Signable. The partnership will mean agents using teclet’s property management and customer relationship...

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

With Earth Day in April and Environment Day looming in June, all businesses and individuals are becoming more aware of their...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has warned that it may block the merger of two property search firms as it...