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Complete guidance on Material Information parts A, B and C has been live in the property industry since last November. While...

Estate agency regulation is needed to help improve the homebuying and selling process, MPs have been told. The first hearing of the...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched a new guide to help conveyancers understand and utilise digital signatures, electronic signatures and e-signature...

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

Proptech firm iamproperty is inviting estate agents to a webinar about the latest Trading Standards’ material information guidance.   It will be...

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

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

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

The Conveyancing Association has launched a guidance document for firms that addresses the Building Safety Act and Building Safety (Leaseholder Protection)...

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

The Residential Logbook Association (RLBA) has launched the first iteration of its register, which aims to speed-up transactions and stop property...

The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) has announced a new update to the Leasehold Property Enquiries (LPE1) form, which it...

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...

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

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

As we move closer to the end of the year, we invariably begin to think of what 2023 will bring, how...

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

In tougher times – as is the case now, post-Covid, post-Brexit, cost-of-living crisis, war in Ukraine, etc – reputation and consumer...

It’s fair to say that ours is an industry which has a language of its own, and often revels in the...

The Government is being urged to take the lead on homebuying reform as conveyancers warn that recruitment issues and lawyer burn-out...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) is seeking views about the industry beyond its membership. The trade body has launched a new survey asking...

As the summer draws to a close, and we begin to move towards the final few months of the year, I’m...

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

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

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

Anyone working in the property market should have at least one eye on supply. Of course, it’s a constant issue for...

If there’s not a book called ‘The Art of Collaboration’ then there should be. Update: a quick Google search shows there...

The Conveyancing Association (CA) has launched its 2022 Lender Survey to identify where the industry can collaborate to improve the mortgage...

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

Referral fees, lack of trust and too much email have been identified as barriers to greater collaboration between conveyancers and estate...

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

You will hopefully have seen that the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 has now received its Royal Assent, meaning it...

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

In June, the biggest pilot scheme of a four-day working week anywhere in the world will begin in Britain, with more...

Ben Ridgway and Jamie Cooke, co-founders of iamproperty Group brought together industry leaders in a recent roundtable to discuss the challenges...

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

Leasehold, quite rightly, remains not just an emotive topic given what has happened over the past decade, but it’s very much...

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

Property experts have joined forces to call for faster and more secure transactions.  The PropTech and conveyancing voices have united in warning...

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

A survey of 5,000 agents suggests the slow house selling and buying process is one of the biggest challenges facing the...

A leading conveyancing industry chief says the one factor that would help improve the slow house buying process today would be the...

Two of the most outspoken agents in the industry have criticised those calling for an extension to the stamp duty holiday...

‘Many are in complete denial about the time it takes and still think it’s eight to 10 weeks.’ I won’t tell you...

Conveyancers have considered whether the long-standing ‘caveat emptor’ or buyer beware principle in a property purchase should be replaced by ‘vendor...

Recent figures emanating from the mortgage and housing market suggest that – since lockdown was ended in mid-May – transaction levels...

At a recent Conveyancing Association webinar focused on the provision of upfront information in the property sale process, there was a...

Last week was Mental Health Awareness Week, and there is a great deal of positive things to be said about a...

At the moment, it somehow seems like tempting fate to think too far into the future, especially in terms of the...

Rightmove and Zoopla have been working with key figures from government and the agency and conveyancing industries on how to reform...

The group charged with pioneering Reservation Agreements in the house buying process admits both the industry and the public are split...

First details have emerged of the information vendors may have to provide up-front In future transactions if government house buying reforms...

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

The reform of the buying process is to take centre stage at a special conference called Bold Legal LIVE! taking place...

We now have a new Leader of the Conservative Party and, rather more importantly, a new Prime Minister. That individual is Boris...

It may well seem that the government is pre-occupied with one issue, and one issue alone. While preparations for Brexit take up a...

The issue of ‘intergenerational fairness’ has been raised in recent weeks, some might say somewhat ironically by a House of Lords’...

The leasehold scandal continues to generate plenty of column inches, with fresh stories emerging almost daily of people living in unsellable...

When it comes to major issues confronting housing, and in particular the direction that the government would like to take the...

You will perhaps have seen recently that the Government has decided to boost funding to the regulator, the National Trading Standards...

There has been general support from the industry for the government’s apparent intention to ban new homes in England being sold...

Not only did Theresa May stun everyone with her decision to call a ‘snap election’ but with the campaign now underway...