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The jargon and complicated house moving process is deterring as many as 2.2m owners from entering the market, claims Zoopla.  The portal...

The cost and time consuming nature of the house moving process is deterring older owners from downsizing, it’s been alleged. An upfront...

Home-moving platform the GoTo Group has been announced as a key partner of the Relocation Agent Network (RAN). RAN agents will gain...

In assessing the outlook for property auctions in 2024, it's crucial to look beyond interest rates. The real driving force behind...

Around half of sellers would highly recommend their estate agent, new research suggests. Coaching platform the Property Academy’s latest Home Moving trends...

Home-moving platform MoveReady has launched a new game to raise awareness of new material information rules and help agents, buyers and...

The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) is seeking feedback from agents on proposals that it feels will “revolutionise moving home...

Agency software provider Alto has announced a new partnership with home setup provider Just Move In. Customers of the Zoopla-backed firm will...

Buyers are facing higher costs when moving home, research shows. Analysis by Barrows & Forrester found the costs associated with moving home,...

Open Property Group has carried out research which looks into where UK homeowners are moving to and if there is a...

OnTheMarket has become the first major UK portal to allow agents to promote their own revenue generating partnerships on listing pages. Agents who...

OnTheMarket is to launch a six-part podcast series aimed at demystifying the home moving process for less experienced property seekers. It comes...

Fortune favours the brave, as the saying goes. So, when you consider how upfront material information can and does make the...

The Guild of Property Professionals has recognised the achievements of its members during its 30th anniversary celebration and awards ceremony. The awards,...

OnTheMarket has launched a new financial services arm. The portal has unveiled OnTheMarket Money, an umbrella brand providing consumers with access to...

The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) has formed an independent industry body, the Open Property Data Association (OPDA), for companies...

Landmark Information Group has partnered with payment processor Shieldpay. The partnership aims to provide faster and more transparent conveyancing payments. Shieldpay’s digital platform,...

The Building Safety Act will cause further delays to the home moving process, a senior industry executive has warned. Rob Hailstone, chief...

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

‘Social proof’ will be an agent’s most important tool during the tougher property market, it has been claimed. Industry trainer and founder...

Home-movers have been identified as one of the most attractive consumer groups during the cost-of-living crisis, contributing an estimated £29 billion...

Rightmove has reported its second highest year for average revenue per advertiser (ARPA) despite agency branch membership dipping slightly. The portal revealed...

A conveyancing firm has put the popular artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT to the test to see if it can rival legal...

Award-winning sales progression platform mio has uncovered the home moving experiences of nearly 200 movers and evaluated what this means for...

Moving home has been identified as the most stressful life event, with buyers and sellers citing waiting to exchange as the...

An outline agenda for National Conveyancing Week has been released with the event just eight weeks away. National Conveyancing Week has been...

Property market analyst and chair of The Home Buying and Selling Group Kate Faulkner was given an OBE in the New...

As economic signs increasingly point to a contraction in the property market, competition for new business will inevitably heat up. But...

Almost a fifth of home-movers would choose a different conveyancing firm or estate agent for their next property purchase, research claims. The latest...

Recent political changes – and there have been quite a few in recent weeks – have brought about something of a...

Despite the nation feeling the pinch of living costs, the number of home moves are actually rising as TwentyCi reports a...

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

Propertymark’s partnership with MoveIQ has already attracted attention from more than 250,000 consumers and potential property buyers and sellers. The agency trade...

It was announced back in February this year that PEXA, the Australian FinTech/PropTech that enabled the world’s first fully digitised property settlement...

Another piece about conveyancing? Seems like it's been a bit of free-for-all in the last couple of weeks on the woes...

Yesterday’s publication of Purplebricks’ annual results – which made for very difficult reading for the troubled brand – came as part...

Automation is the direction the industry is moving in and it’s gathering pace every day. Forward-thinking agents are using automation and...

Proptech firm iamproperty has surpassed £1bn of sales using the Modern Method of Auction (MMoA) in the past 12 months. Its iamsold...

I look back on when my dad helped me buy my first car and shared his pearls of wisdom on what...

Propertymark has announced an extension of its working relationship with property expert and TV presenter Phil Spencer. The agency trade body will...

Proptech firm iamproperty has overhauled its movebutler platform with more material information features and a Love Island theme. The end-to-end onboarding and...

OneDome has launched a new platform for agents to monitor and manage referrals made and earned through the challenger portal. The platform,...

A proptech startup launched by former Conveyancing Association chairman Eddie Goldsmith has secured a second round of investment. YouConvey, which aims to...

A record 600 firms and individuals have been shortlisted for the 2022 ESTAS Customer Service Awards. Sponsored by blockchain property network Coadjute,...

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

The shortlists for this year’s much-coveted ESTAS awards will be revealed from the end of this week. The ESTAS Customer Service Awards,...

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

I attended a forum in London a couple of weeks ago, which for the first time brought estate agents and conveyancers...

In this Q&A, I catch up with Jesper With-Fogstrup, chief executive officer of Smoove (formerly ULS Technology until a very recent...

Law firm Taylor Rose MW has acquired a stake in proptech firm SlothMove in an effort to help combat property fraud. SlothMove...

Conveyancing software company ULS Technology has rebranded. The London Stock Exchange-listed company, which encompasses conveyancing brands eConveyancer, DigitalMove, Legal Eye and Amity...

The sponsor of an industry forum for agents and conveyancers to be held next week says the collaborative event hails the...

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

PropTech supplier nurtur.group - which owns Fine & Country and the Guild of Property Professionals - has acquired Brief Your Market,...

There’s been another large rise in fee earnings for Rightmove this morning, as the portal softens the blow by announcing a...

Blockchain PropTech operator Coadjute is to continue as Headline Partner for The ESTAS for 2022 and 2023.  Coadjute - which took over...

Coadjute, the PropTech platform that aims to slash the length of property transactions, has announced a further £6m investment. Coadjute is a blockchain...

With soaring property prices, supply continuing to be outstripped by demand and overworked and overtired industry professionals; we’re seeing the sector...

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

The stamp duty holiday concluded at midnight, marking the end of the busiest period for the industry - all parts of...

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

The Halifax is reporting a 0.5 per cent monthly drop in house prices, plus a fall in the annual rate from...

Tech is a fantastic enabler but should never be a complete replacement for the human interactions that add real value to...

The current crisis has led to many of us to re-evaluate our lives to ensure that we put ourselves in the...

The UK property market is always evolving but never as quickly as it is now. Traditional estate agents are seriously questioning...

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

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

A former Countrywide agent who is now a leading figure in a PropTech company has signed up two local agencies which...

Propertymark has slammed government energy efficiency proposals as being “unrealistic, too simplistic and could deter people from moving home.” A formal consultation...

Following a turbulent 2020 in which the property market and the professionals working within it excelled in the face of unprecedented...

The second England-wide lockdown is here. The good news is that this time round, the property market remains open for business,...

While England’s national lockdown exempts the housing market and allows agents to operate normally, it’s not been the same in Wales...

Purplebricks recently launched a meditation service to help buyers and sellers manage stress. You might disagree with the idea, but moving...

It’s been an unexpected year for the property market, shaped by the effects of the pandemic. We didn’t quite anticipate the...

We all know that people can’t move to a new house without going through the Conveyancing process. However, with that said,...

Property technology company OneDome, which operates two portals - OneDome and Nethouseprices - has raised another £5m in funding.  It says it...

With the high street open again, and the Chancellor’s temporary stamp duty holiday helping to stimulate the market, estate and letting...

Rightmove’s new chief financial officer has a basic salary of £390,000 plus bonus options coming to a potential total of £1.75m. Alison Dolan has...

Emma Vigus, managing director of sales progression platform mio, in discussion with key suppliers in the residential property industry on operating...

Typical house prices in England and Wales are set to fall over the rest of summer according to home moving service...

It’s been revealed that the home moving advice service set up by Phil Spencer is entering a collaboration with awards and...

Three of the highest profile industry suppliers and house moving services have given government a four-step plan to restart the housing...

Since my last column in April, one could argue that very little has changed for agents in terms of the market...

Hello, this is the final Conquering Corona for the week as we continue to help agents with advice and guidance through...

We are still living in highly extraordinary times, perhaps evidenced best by the fact that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, was...

Hello and here’s the latest daily update to help the industry through these unprecedented times.  If you have any appropriate advice you...

The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...

The two major portals have unveiled their discounts and deals for agents facing a dramatic loss of business because of the...

Property expert Phil Spencer will soon be sharing his unique insight into Move iQ’s engaged consumer audience alongside advice from other...

Rightmove has released another stonking set of results - but there are signs that some agents are defecting from the ever-more-expensive...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Emily Hawthorne, mio Account Manager for the South West of...

Here at sales progression and communication tool mio, we recently caught up with Sarah Edmundson, co-director of The AllStars Group, the...

Rightmove has this morning named Andrew Fisher as its non-executive chairman, stepping into the role on January 1.  He succeed Scott Forbes,...

House prices are forecast to dip as the year ends and stagnate at the start of 2020 according to the latest...

Rightmove has announced that Robyn Perris is to step down as finance director next year after 12 years at the company. During...

ESTAS, the national customer service award scheme which recognises estate and letting agents,  conveyancers and mortgage advisors, has now fully launched...

There’s no doubt that we live in politically charged times and every day appears to bring something new to the ‘party’. For...

Another house price index has suggested the housing market continuing to show great resilience despite the continuing economic and political uncertainty. The...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Eric Woodhams F.N.A.E.A. mio Account Manager What is mio and what...

An analysis of transactions agreed this spring suggests there will be a surge in prices which will ultimately be reflected later...