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It was actor Charlies Sheen who said: ‘I have one speed. I have one gear. Go!’ The same might not be said...

A new action group has been formed that is expressing concern about ineffective legal regulation as well as extra responsibilities being...

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

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

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched a new document to help firms benefit from the range of digital services available to...

United Trust Bank (UTB) has become the first lender to sign up to the Open Property Data (OPDA) Association. Additionally, the bank’s...

Two new companies have joined the Residential Logbook Association’s (RLBA)integration programme. Home move tracking platform adoor has integrated with the RLBA register...

The size of the UK property auction house market hit the highest point in a decade in 2022, approaching half a...

The chairman of the Residential Logbook Association (RLBA) has queried the relevance of a new Government-backed property group focused on digital...

Agents are supportive of new rules on upfront material information but there is concern about the administrative burden. While the industry awaits...

House prices may be cooling but some local markets are actually heating up with property values increasing by up to 10%,...

Cooling market conditions and the higher cost of borrowing have resulted in one property market silver lining, Moverly claims. The upfront information...

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

Sellers should be persuaded to make use of upfront information packs in the same way Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) have been...

Parts B and C of Material Information guidance are on the horizon and expected to come into play this autumn. I caught...

Now more than ever, property professionals across the sector need to pull together and collaborate more closely to make business gains,...

Coadjute has launched a Digital Property Data Pack service for its users. The pack is designed to cover the requirements of the...

Almost two-thirds of home sellers who have sold a home within the past year experienced delays when doing so, research reveals. A...

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

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

Increasing numbers of sellers are turning to auction rooms to combat the cooling housing market conditions, research suggests. Upfront information provider Moverly...

Fall throughs are estimated to have cost UK estate agents £1.27bn in 2022, new research suggest. Upfront information provider Moverly looked at...

When it comes to the usage, and benefits of, providing upfront material information to all those involved in the home buying...

A property data firm claims to have evidence showing agents who fail to provide upfront information are more likely to suffer...

Providing material information upfront could help agents charge higher fees and even reduce their carbon footprint, while those not complying could...

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

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

Conveyancing software provider Smoove’s flagship agency product has been “paused.” Smoove Start was launched last year, providing a platform for agents to...

Last week was the first ever National Conveyancing Week, which I hope registered with agents and perhaps you even took up...

The long-awaited Regulation of Property Agents (ROPA) rules will still be introduced but most probably in a different form, it has...

Land Registry analysis tool provider Veya has announced a partnership with home buying and selling platform adoor to help speed-up sales. Clients...

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...

Conveyancing company AVRillo has pledged to further reduce transaction times after scooping a top innovation award. The conveyancer brand picked up the...

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...

Agents are being encouraged to get involved in National Conveyancing Week. The awareness week will start on 20 March and features a...

Industry analyst and and chair of The Home Buying and Selling Group Kate Faulkner, has called for the Government to stop agents being...

Only 11% of property businesses including estate agencies increased staff pay last year, a new report officially launched next week claims. Property...

We are now well into 2023 and, while there have been a huge number of steps taken towards a digital future...

Conveyancers have outlined ways they believe the property transaction process could be improved including shutting down or improving “dabblers” and getting...

Happy New Year! I hope you’ve recharged the batteries and have a shiny list of resolutions to make 2023 as successful...

Only 16% of property listings are currently compliant with upfront information rules, it has been claimed. Agents are currently required to include...

As we get ever closer to 2023, this final Natter of the year is dedicated to the five biggest property moments of...

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

Given their leading role in the recent upfront information revolution, interest in the work of the National Trading Standards Estate &...

Agency proptech supplier Muuvo has made new data available to help agents comply with impending Trading Standards upfront information requirements. The National...

Conveyancing is an integral part of the house buying and selling process. But it is a slow process, with the length...

With reform of the home buying and selling process as crucial as it's ever been, and disrupters like Coadjute and PEXA...

For the third year running, mio, tmgroup and Conveyancing Data Services (CDS) are inviting property professionals to share their successes and...

Estate agents selling rural homes have been urged to provide better levels of upfront information regarding homes in the countryside that...

Now that the industry has had the weekend to digest Kwasi Kwarteng’s short and dramatic mini-Budget, more reaction has been filtering...

First off, my own quick tribute to the Queen, who died on Thursday afternoon aged 96. Despite her age and declining...

The Land Registry has set out ambitious plans to automate up to 70% of all updates to its register by 2025...

I am somewhat disappointed, yet not surprised, when I see the headlines ‘blaming’ various fractions of a property transaction as the...

Estate Agent Today's good friend Christopher Watkin recently carried out a video interview with Glynis Frew, the well-known former managing director...

PropTech platform Gazeal, which specialises in digital reservation agreements and upfront seller information, has announced that it now has an app available...

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

The relationship between estate agents and conveyancers is undoubtedly a complex one and has certainly had ‘its moments’ over the years,...

There has been so much coverage recently over how painfully slow conveyancing is at the moment - 18-20 weeks is now...

Issues with property titles and borrower affordability have been revealed among the main reasons why mortgage offers have been withdrawn. The results...

Industry veteran Bryan Mansell has questioned why the property sector has allowed transaction times to slow to record levels. It comes as...

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

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

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

Portals are aiming to boost consumer awareness of new material information rules rather than refusing non-compliant listings. Agency listings have been required...

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

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

Proptech firm Gazeal is working on buyer-focused product that can be used to show a seller they are serious about a...

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

A senior industry figure has called for upfront information changes to move faster to boost market confidence amid the cost of...

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

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

The debate within estate agency on upfront information rumbles on and now there are calls for greater levels of transparency from...

Buyers are happy and ready to pay for more upfront material information when it comes to purchasing a property. It comes as...

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

You’re probably up to your neck at the start of a busy spring market but I’d hope there’s one thing most...

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 number of pro-active conveyancers are joining a new conveyancing directory being set up by one of the leading figures in...

More vendors are wanting to use property logbooks in a bid to speed their sales and reduce the risk of fall-throughs. That’s...

A prominent industry supplier has produced startling statistics about the numbers of fall throughs in just the first 10 weeks or...

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

Phil Spencer is teaming up with a PropTech supplier to help buyers have the maximum volume of upfront information. Spencer’s Move iQ...

Of the many industry buzzwords, I suspect “upfront information” was up there as one of the most widely used in 2021....

A webinar this week is set to see the release of more details of changes to property listings being demanded by...

In the last two years digital Property Logbooks for our homes have moved from concept to reality with almost a quarter...

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

‘Knowledge is power’ goes the old saying, and one variation on that theme is a quote from academic, Robert Boyce, who...

A leading estate agency figure has hit back at a lawyer’s claim that agents who use exclusivity agreements are “shysters”.  Last week...

A survey suggests that an overwhelming proportion of estate agents believe the government should make the provision of upfront property information...

As this is the first Natter back since the Christmas break, I should like to first wish all our readers a...

A webinar in mid-January will help agents get an edge on securing leads and ensuring transactions are not lost. That’s the claim...

A probe by the Competition and Markets Authority has led housebuilder Taylor Wimpey to make changes for the benefit of leaseholders.  Taylor...

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

Some 14 trade bodies in the estate agency, conveyancing, property management and surveying industries have jointly launched new upfront documents which...

We have been speaking with many agents over the past months and the story appears the same with them all. There...

In this guest editorial, experienced property solicitor Lorraine Richardson argues that reservation agreements - designed to reduce the number of fall-throughs in...

The estate agents’ trade body has set out three ways conveyancers can further help the sales process. Propertymark has made the suggestions...

A prominent advocate of a reformed transaction process says more secure moving systems can help agents maintain high business levels when...

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