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The Government may be silent so far on support schemes for first-time buyers but the UK’s largest lender now appears to...

HSBC UK has joined forces with the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) to help improve the homebuying process through the sharing...

Small and medium-sized housebuilders are the key to delivering more new homes, according to Winkworth. Adam Stackhouse, head of developments and commercial investments...

Given the rise of conveyancing fraud, client compliance platform Thirdfort is urging conveyancers, lawyers and estate agents to offer more secure...

Landmark Information Group has launched a new Common Ground campaign to bring the property industry together. The data company hosted an industry...

A new house price forecast by peer-to-peer real estate investment platform, easyMoney, reveals that recent optimism in the UK property market could...

A new senior figure in Purplebricks claims the agency has much in common with selling broadband.  Nick Gunga is the new chief...

If you’re thinking about becoming an Estate Agency franchise or converting your existing estate agency business to a franchise, here we...

Lloyds Bank has issued figures showing a 28% profits plunge for the first quarter of the year - but it nonetheless...

You don’t have to simply accept things as they are when it comes to managing your client accounts. If your bank...

In a recent panel discussion at The Guild of Property Professionals' conference I highlighted the pressing challenges faced by estate agents...

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

SPRING cleaning is an annual ritual for many households, but firms in the property sector would do well to spend some...

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has become the latest member of the Open Property Data Association (OPDA), committing to help speed up...

The level of mortgage approvals for home-movers hit the lowest level since the 1970s amid the cost of living crisis in...

Let's be honest – landlords are the lifeblood of any letting agency. Winning and keeping their business keeps the wheels turning...

Propertymark has urged the Bank of England to cut interest rates “as soon as practically possible” after the trade body noted...

The benefits for letting agents to outsource their client accounting is well documented, however with an increasing number of options available,...

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

One of the most heart-warming parts of my job is having the privilege to be the patron of Agents Giving, the...

SmartSearch looks at the importance of incorporating Source of Funds checks into KYC processes It is no secret that the UK property...

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is seeking feedback on two ‘working papers’ that detail its assessment on the use of...

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

Mortgage arrears and claims for repossession are on the rise as official data shows how much homeowners are still struggling in...

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

Leading digital compliance firm SmartSearch has launched an innovative new solution to help professionals working within the UK property sector to...

Irwin Mitchell has expanded its property practice with an investment in Scotland-based law firm Wright, Johnston & Mackenzie (WJM). The two firms...

Mortgage lending has dropped and buyers are no longer stretching their affordability limits, UK Finance claims. New data from the banking trade...

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

Transactions for the first half of 2023 are at their lowest level since the financial crisis of 2007-09 as a result...

Lloyds Banking Group has issued a slightly more positive house price outlook despite warning of increased pressure on mortgage affordability from...

Mortgage borrowers are facing higher costs but banks are ‘resilient enough’ to withstand a 30% fall in house prices, the Bank...

Jackson-Stops has announced the opening of its newest branch in Colchester, Essex.  This follows the launch of the national agency brand’s virtual office...

Spicerhaart’s non-executive chairman John Spence has received a special achievement award after announcing his retirement from the board after more than...

Toscafund Asset Management chief economist Savvas Savouri has slammed the use of ‘outdated metrics’ when measuring the housing market. The investment firm...

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

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

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

House prices could drop by almost 25% ‘start-to-trough’ or by as much as 40% in severe circumstances, Lloyds Banking Group has...

A senior banking figure has called for Stamp Duty rebates on property purchases to help create greener homes as research shows...

It seems as if optimism is out of fashion right now: just look at the headlines to see what I mean....

Readers of a certain age may remember 1983. The Space Shuttle Challenger made its first flight, Neil Kinnock was elected Labour leader,...

It’s been a year since Housing Secretary Michael Gove declared that was “morally wrong” that leaseholders should pay to fix unsafe...

New year, old worries: what’s happening in the housing market? We’ve asked experts and collated forecasts, 15 in total. On the one...

Harding Green has welcomed its second franchisee. Benjamin Scrace, who joined the broker model estate agency Harding Green in July as a...

The cost of living crisis and rising interest rates will lead to a decline in property transactions and mortgage lending next...

Increasing numbers of property buyers are now taking out mortgages with terms of more than 30 years, new figures show. The latest...

It has been another busy month for job moves in the estate agency sector. Here are some of the latest moves that...

Property professionals, including agents, are being urged to make use of a dedicated small business banking dispute scheme before it closes...

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

And…breathe. For a while back there, the only certainty for the housing market was uncertainty. That isn’t to say the election of Rishi...

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

The share of homeowners struggling to repay their mortgages could hit the same peak levels of the 2008 financial crisis by...

First-time buyers are set to wait up to two years longer to get on the property ladder due to the cost...

Lower income households and homebuyers could start seeing their mortgage options dwindle as interest rates rise and the cost of living...

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

The new owner of easyProperty has promised changes and expansion at the hybrid agent. It comes after Evolve – which acquired easyProperty...

A new lender is preparing to enter the mortgage market with long-dated fixed rate mortgages in a move seen by some...

It’s taken Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for the UK to finally take a much-needed step in the right direction to stop...

Thanks to a relentless market, the property market has enjoyed a purple patch over the past few years. But now that...

Anti-money laundering (AML) platform Thirdfort has secured funding from three high profile estate agents. Knight Frank, Chestertons and Savills’ proptech subsidiary Grosvenor...

Property firms are still failing to make basic anti-money laundering checks (AML), and some may even unwittingly be helping politically exposed...

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

A former chairman of challenger bank Monzo has joined OneDome’s board. Tim Brooke Thom has been appointed as non-executive director of the challenger...

Many people in recent years will have become familiar with challenger banks such as Monzo, Starling and Atom. Many will have...

One of the biggest names in agency has been appointed as chairperson of the board at BidX1, one of Europe’s leading...

Lomond Group, which says it is the UK’s fastest-growing estate agency network, has appointed Ed Phillips as its new Group Chief...

Until a few years ago, you would have been forgiven for not knowing who or what Coadjute was. But the company, founded...

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

Imagine a world where you, as an agent, could focus on what you do best. Building and managing relationships, showing properties,...

An estate agency owner who is also a qualified independent mortgage adviser has hit out against the suggestion that lenders may...

Property fraud is on the rise and early in 2022 agents will have an opportunity to attend a webinar featuring a...

The phrase ‘time is money’ is particularly pertinent for estate agents. Since the stamp duty holiday ended, the forecast drop in...

An alert has gone out to sales and lettings agents to be more diligent with their checking of data, and to...

There is no denying that managing properties is labour intensive. As real estate agents you are responsible for administering and addressing...

Controversial London agency Foxtons is to review its policy on top management bonuses. This follows a shareholder revolt at the agency's AGM...

In this latest exclusive video interview, EAT’s video reporter Chris Buckler – an agent himself – chats with Peter Grant, chairman of the board at...

A PropTech firm backed by Zoopla founder Alex Chesterman has launched a new anti-money laundering (AML) tool for estate agents. Thirdfort has...

A leading planning consultancy has claimed that ‘the myth’ that housing developers are hoarding land after gaining planning consent in order...

There are a huge array of products and services covering the entire journey of lettings, from prospecting all the way through to...

First-time buyers are shifting to online-only banks to help get a mortgage. A survey by personal finance website NerdWallet found that with...

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

Over the last three years there has been a quiet revolution in the tenant referencing market. Starting with the 2019 tenant...

The housing market could be in for a financial boost of an unusual kind as a High Street bank plans to...

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

Propertymark has welcomed the move by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick to help make certain leasehold flats more attractive to would-be buyers...

easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has given his personal backing to the newest recruit of online agency easyProperty - even though...

In the third part of this series, Neil Cobbold – Chief Sales Officer at rental payment automation provider PayProp – explores...

The growth of the internet and technology has transformed virtually every aspect of our lives, including how we approach the property...

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

Banking has gone through radical changes in the past few years, in step with technology and the sheer amount we can...

An assessment by a risk solutions firm shows that estate agents are on average just 53 per cent of the way...

Rightmove is to roll-out two-factor authentication within Rightmove Plus to try to protect agents against attempts by fraudsters to steal leads and...

Controversial Foxtons chief executive Nic Budden is to pocket a bonus package of around £1m - despite a huge shareholder rebellion at...

The founder of Zoopla has returned to the property market with a new proposal to disrupt how agents buy and sell homes. Alex...

With one of the world’s most successful vaccine rollout programmes under way in the UK, the chances of a complete lockdown...

This time out, I’m in conversation with one of the big three established portals. Since it was founded in 2007, Zoopla...

Ever since the initial ripples of innovation in the 1990s, PropTech has proceeded to reshape our market beyond recognition; going on...

Start-up letting agents looking to enter the market are finding it increasingly difficult to set up in business as banks point...

Hello - and here we are nearing the end of the strangest of years.  With agents and industry suppliers rushed off their...