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Regulated firms across all sectors will be well aware of Know Your Customer (KYC) checks and their importance in combatting financial...

As Summer makes way for Autumn, many in the sector are bracing themselves for storm-clouds. But should they be?  Here, in his...

Two all-party groups of MPs and Peers have called on the government to act to turn empty buildings into good quality,...

It has been a busy start to the year for job moves. If you want your jobs or appointments news to feature...

Should commercial properties be converted into homes? I think so. I don’t mean the upscale barns becoming large houses, or the fashionable...

Estate agents have the challenging job of creating relationships and trust with their customers, who will make crucial life decisions such...

In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent Director at LRG, looks at whether commercial property can help solve...

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

Two major regional agents have expanded their geographical presence and sales focus. Midlands-based land and property agent Sheldon Bosley Knight (SBK) has...

Housing Secretary Michael Gove and minister Stuart Andrew are set to be grilled by MPs on their property market plans today. The...

The Queen’s Speech has unveiled proposed overhauls on planning, consumer and economic crime laws that could all have an effect on...

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

An agent working for a Countrywide brand in Lancashire has been given a suspended jail sentence after being found guilty of...

Knight Frank has launched an auction business to give vendors a wider range of sale options as market uncertainty remains because...

Home owners in England will be entitled to add up to two storeys to the height of their home via a...

Businesses across all sectors have struggled to adapt to the changes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. One group that have bucked...

Countrywide's senior management has won overwhelming backing from shareholders for its strategy of selling its commercial arm and consoliating its shares. Today's...

Countrywide's senior management has won overwhelming backing from shareholders for its strategy of selling its commercial arm and consoliating its shares.         Earlier...

Cash-strapped Countrywide has this morning announced that it is selling its commercial business, Lambert Smith Hampton, for £38m. In a surprise statement...

The niche agency Singer Veille has set up its own PropTech consultancy and application development service for the property industry. Singer Veille...

The recent announcement of a clicktopurchase partnership demonstrates some much-needed progression from Rightmove. In doing so, however, it could be said it...

A new website devoted solely to prime off-market properties is looking for agents who will use it to find buyers seeking...

Property portal Rightmove has confirmed that it is trialling an option which allows buyers of commercial properties to submit offers online...

Online auction house BidX1 has launched its first UK online auction following its acquisition of London-based auctioneer Andrews & Robertson. This is...

For a while now, property and technology have been combining seamlessly to offer the industry innovative solutions to often complex problems....

A House of Commons committee has prepared a briefing document on areas of the UK residential and commercial properties sectors most impacted...

Reports in the commercial property industry publication Property Week suggest there may be difficulties concerning the sale of Countrywide’s commercial operation,...

Auctions are a great way to sell property competitively, with a wide range of homes often selling under the hammer, and...

It seems prop-tech is exploding at a scary rate, and the latest brands are all trying to grab our attention by...

Lambert Smith Hampton, the commercial arm of Countrywide, is to be put up for sale. LSH is one of Britain's oldest and...

OnTheMarket is now listing UK commercial properties to rent and for sale.  The portal says this is “closely aligned with its UK residential search...

One of the western world’s ‘hottest’ city residential markets has introduced a near-instant 15 per cent price surcharge on properties purchased...

Property has dominated many of the entries in the Sunday Times’ much-respected Rich List, which names the 1,000 wealthiest individuals with...

In today's budget, the Chancellor, George Osborne, has announced a number of measures which will impact the property industry.  The Chancellor confirmed...

The Resort Group, the developer of the all-suite Llana Beach Hotel and Spa, which is due to open in 2016, has...