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The expected dip in mortgage rates following the Bank of England’s base rate cut continued this week with NatWest’s lowest price...

NatWest and Santander are the latest mortgage lenders to unveil rate cuts. The lenders have revealed lower mortgage pricing from this morning...

A prominent westcountry agent has joined Moveli, which operates the self-employed broker model. Jonathan Mowday, previously of Stags in Devon, has joined...

The UK’s largest multi-brand property franchise business, TPFG, says a brace of acquisitions in the past six months have been “transformational”. Since...

Six out of the UK’s top 10 conveyancers are now aboard a new transactions platform that aims to speed up property...

A building society is calling for stamp duty reforms to incentivise downsizing. A statement from the Suffolk Building Society says it believes...

A poll of surveyors shows strong support for the idea of pre-sale surveys. When asked whether the new Government should introduce mandatory...

Sprift is to continue as one of the principal sponsors for the 2024 ESTAS Awards. The data firm will present the prestigious...

Zoopla owner Houseful has launched Movemnt, described as a national home transaction infrastructure for all property professionals.  Movemnt joins the Houseful family...

Homebuyers are being gazumped due to lengthy property chains and delays in securing a mortgage, it’s been claimed. Research from Market Financial...

Hamptons has partnered with Singapore Realtors Inc (SRI) to introduce Singaporean investors to prime UK properties. The partnership also aims to boost...

Shortlists for three ESTAS Awards are set to be revealed today. The 21st annual ESTAS Awards ceremony, sponsored for the first time...

Agents should be regulated to achieve the training and education they need to improve the property market as a whole, says...

Yesterday we covered the story of self-employed estate agency brokerage eXp revealing three new agencies to have taken on the corporate...

A survey of homebuyers has found overwhelming support for a legal ban on gazumping. A mortgage lender - MFS - spoke with...

The ESTAS, the customer review and awards platform, has unveiled new headline partners for 2024. Reapit and PayProp will become the Headline...

An agent with 15 years experience at high end agencies Hamptons and Knight Frank has joined a self-employed brokerage brand. Sally Jane...

A US real estate brokerage is heading to the UK, with plans to target those looking for a holiday home across...

Fraud poses a significant challenge for residential conveyancers, with criminals often attempting to exploit the transaction process for money laundering purposes. The...

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

One of the UK’s largest mortgage lenders has reduced its upper age limit in a blow for home buyers . Halifax is...

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

Down-valuations appear to be on the rise and it is shocking agents and mortgage brokers. Property professionals have seen an uptick in...

A variety of charities have received support from the property industry over the past week. If there are charitable endeavours you think...

In 1999 (yep) I set up some websites thinking I could generate leads from everyone in the world. I had an...

The emergence of the Digital property market represents the most profound shift for the industry itself since the advent of the...

TV presenter Phil Spencer announced the winners at the 20th ESTAS Awards in October As most of you will know The ESTAS...

This week saw around 80 conveyancing firms across the UK paralysed by a service outage caused by a ‘cyber incident’ on...

Mortgage brokers have hailed a ‘watershed moment’ as Nationwide became the first lender in months to release a sub-5% home loan...

Mortgage rates could be set to finally fall below 5%, brokers claim. The pricing of home loans has rocketed this year amid high...

Savills has announced the launch of a residential business in Barcelona covering the sales and lettings markets in the city and...

Jamie Lester is set to revive the HAUS Properties brand that he previously founded and quit. Lester, a former contestant on The...

Estate agency has changed. No longer is it required to sit in a high street office working the old way. Provide a...

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

Proptech company OneDome’s mortgage advisory firm CMME is launching a new scheme exclusively designed for self-employed mortgage advisers. The brand wants to...

OneDome has signalled an intention to acquire more mortgage brokers as it reveals its HomeBuyer service has helped return triple-digit year-on-year...

The Labour Party has announced it will be hosting an emergency mortgage summit this week. The summit, happening in London tomorrow, is...

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

The majority of mortgage lenders have committed to showing more flexibility to struggling borrowers but the Government has confirmed that support...

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

Mortgage brokers are trying to get lenders to sign up to a 24-hour Product Withdrawal Pledge in efforts to keep the...

Mortgage brokers have expressed concern about products being removed with little or no notice. Hundreds of mortgages have been withdrawn from the...

It’s a tough old road for today’s first-time buyers, with house prices and mortgage interest rates much higher than they were...

Property industry customer review platform ESTAS is preparing to reveal its regional and national shortlists for their 2023 awards. The nominees for...

A company aiming to “disrupt the conventional homebuying space” has raised £8m in a Series A equity funding round. Wayhome offers a...

LSL has sold its mortgage, protection, and general insurance brokerage firms Embrace and First2Protect. The brands have been sold to Pivotal Growth,...

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

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

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

Housebuilder Persimmon has signed a multi-year software contract with Zoopla. It follows the launch of Zoopla for Housebuilders in July, a new...

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

An interest rate drop is top of the new year wish list among property professionals, a survey claims. A webinar poll among...

The Federation of Independent Agents (FIA) has launched criminal record bureau and directorship checks for all new and existing members. Graham Lock,...

The Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) has written off its investment in collapsed challenger portal Boomin. The broker entered a strategic relationship with,...

In this feature, Jonathan Daines looks at how landlords can do their bit to make the rental market greener. Global leaders have...

The Mortgage Advice Bureau has partnered with property sales progression software provider ViewMyChain to give brokers more transparency during the transaction...

In this guest feature, Ben Bailey, CCO at Even, a mortgage lender for first-time buyers launched this year, provides commentary on the end...

Property professionals heralded the end of the low interest era yesterday after the latest Bank of England base rate hike. The Bank...

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

The ESTAS Customer Service Awards – which are often described as estate agency’s version of the Oscars – took place last...

Agency-backed risk management platform Thirdfort has partnered with insurance brokers Mint to provide policyholders with access to anti-money laundering (AML) and...

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

First-time buyers and homeowners seeking to sell alike are worried and confused about the current state of the housing market. With the average...

Private Banker Finance has been named as the latest sponsor for the ESTAS Awards. The brand, which specialises in high-end mortgages -...

One of the particular characteristics of the property market is how it brings contrasting professions together. From estate agents to conveyancers,...

Landmark Information Group has been named as the latest sponsor for the ESTAS Awards. The brand, which includes Landmark Estate Agency Services,...

Home hunters are increasingly searching for eco-friendly homes amid concerns about rising energy bills, figures suggest. New data from Legal & General...

Property professionals and commentators have begun pondering an official definition of a house price crash. It comes amid forecasts that house prices...

In this latest Day in the Life of...Natter, I get an insight into one of the most vital cogs of the...

As uncertainty, apprehension and anxiety increasingly infiltrates every aspect of our professional and personal lives, to ‘keep calm and carry on’...

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

Recent months have seen interest rates rise from historic lows back closer to pre-financial crisis levels as the Bank of England...

Legal experts are warning that the rush to beat interest rate rises could lead to “ill conceived” and “rushed transactions.” The Bank...

OnTheMarket has partnered with flexible workspace platform Instant Offices to boost commercial listings. The deal will increase the flexible office space listings being...

Long-term 50-year mortgages that can be passed on by parents to their children appear to be the latest idea from the...

The Bank of England has confirmed plans to withdraw the requirement for lenders to conduct interest rate stress tests on mortgage...

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

In this latest ‘Women in Property’ edition of the Natter, I check in with Collette Allen, who was recently appointed as...

Agents may be gearing up for this year’s ESTAS Customer Service Awards but there is another accolade that you could aim for next...

Fundraising frolics by agents and property professionals this week include bike rides and triathlon challenges, plus the charity award season returns. Remember,...

Mortgage brokers have warned that an increase in downvaluations is starting to hit the property market. Lenders and their valuers are cutting...

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

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

A leading conveyancing network that works closely with estate agents has signed up to property blockchain platform Coadjute. The blockchain technology provided...

Mortgage search platform Twenty7Tec is predicting there could be one million searches for home loans this month. The technology company, which lets...

In a new column, solicitor Colum Smith, an expert in combating fraud at Taylor Rose MW Solicitors, explains why those looking...

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

Connells-owned Countrywide has announced a major deal in which 49 of its brands will use the ESTAS customer review platform. The deal...

Coadjute, the blockchain network for the UK property market that claims it can radically simplify home purchasing, has revealed that PropTech...

The PropTech network Coadjute, which says it will ultimately slash the time it takes to move house by as much as...

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

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...

A London agency has undergone what it calls a ‘genteel’ rebrand with a subtle change of name - but a major...

Relocation Agent Network, the network of primarily independent agencies, says it’s looking at global options for growth thanks to its relationship...

The ESTAS – often known as the property world’s version of the Oscars – returns as an in-person event this Friday...

Some 1,100 guests are expected to attend the ESTAS awards tomorrow - the first time agents, conveyancers and brokers will gather...

ESTAS has announced that FocalAgent, a visual content supplier to estate agents, has signed up as an executive partner for the...

It may be the final day of August but Propertymark has first out of the blocks with advice for agents to...

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