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A cross-industry collaboration aims to showcase how working horizontally across key stages of the home-buying and selling journey can positively impact...

The first councils are finally being signed up to a new logbook partnership between the Residential Logbook Association (RLBA) and the...

On balance, a stable new government with a large majority is good news for the sales market. Labour’s costed spending plans,...

Managing tenant deposits is a crucial part of any letting agent’s responsibilities. Ensuring compliance with regulations and safeguarding both landlord and...

For most of us, estate agents are key when it comes to the biggest sales and purchases of our lives. With the...

The vast majority of negligence claims against conveyancers are for relatively low sums of money, but the financial and reputational costs...

When is a landlord a business, and when is (s)he not a business? I’m not referring to landlords who have gone down...

Knight Frank has launched a bespoke customer portal after 18 months of development. Coined ‘My Knight Frank,’ the firm says it is a digital customer experience platform, accessible...

HOP (the Home Owner’s Passport) has released its upgraded material information report to support agents with Trading Standards compliance. The list of...

There are now less than 40 days until self-employed property professionals will need to submit their self-assessment tax return, and pay...

The conveyancing process has been highlighted as a key pain point among buyers in the property transaction process. Research by anti-money laundering...

Agency software provider Alto has launched a new Partner Hub for proptech firms. The Zoopla-backed brand said proptech firms will be able...

Agents are being urged to increase their efforts when it comes to checking documents to avoid potential claims. Paul Offley, compliance officer...

An estate agent is urging people selling their flats to have building safety documentation in place before putting the property on...

CRM provider Street.co.uk has partnered with Smart Compliance to give agents access to its tools. With the integration of Smart Compliance into...

Property fraud is a significant risk for agents, particularly as fake IDs become increasingly prevalent, and the economic climate remains challenging....

Despite most businesses across industry now adopting some form of digital alternative to traditional work methods, many in the private rental...

As an estate agent, you know that securing the sale is just step one of a successful journey. But with issues...

Considering the cost it takes to get a lead – from advertising to PR to relationship building – could you be...

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

As is generally the case, we didn’t start out with solutions, we started with questions…. two, actually. The first was, ‘Why does...

Award-winning sales progression platform mio has uncovered the home moving experiences of nearly 200 movers and evaluated what this means for...

You are aware of the business benefits of digital transformation. You understand the need for your estate agency to leverage technology to...

A buyers’ market, and a more challenging time for buyers and sellers, could be on the cards as a result of...

Homeowners and prospective buyers considering a move before Christmas should act quickly to increase their chances of a smooth relocation, as...

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

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

A new PropTech platform set up by a major figure in the conveyancing industry claims to slash the typical time for...

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

For all sales and letting agents, accelerating your business to new heights is a number one priority. You can’t be losing time...

Reapit Elements is an open-source, cross-platform design system that gives designers and developers a framework to quickly create responsive, device-agnostic, and...

With tenancy fraud on the rise, landlords are increasingly wary. So, they want to work with agencies who do everything they...

With 2022 swiftly approaching, businesses in the property industry are likely to be reflecting on the trials and tribulations that have...

Estate agents are being urged to ensure their compliance procedures are up to scratch after fraudsters stole a man’s identity and...

The push for greater sustainability, energy efficiency and generally being ‘green’ has existed in the agency world for several years -...

In this article, the team at The Lettings Hub - which aims to offer tech-driven solutions for the rental market - outline...

A BBC investigation has revealed that a man’s house was sold and his furnishings removed without his knowledge, in the latest...

The Modern Method of Auction (MMoA), also known as Conditional auction, can sometimes get a bad rap. However, much of the...

Rightmove - which for some time has linked solely with iamsold to provide the controversial Modern Method of Auction system to...

The recent stamp duty holiday and the subsequent conveyancing logjam this triggered has acted as a wakeup call for the industry....

Zoopla-owned Proptech platform Yourkeys has launched what it calls a first-of-its-kind sales progression service for new-build shared ownership properties. It works like...

A call has gone out for Property Logbooks to receive official recognition as “digital assets” by the Law Commission: the move...

The government and property industry have been talking about it for a long time, and there have been numerous initiatives introduced...

The current housing market frenzy would be easier to deal with if upfront buyers’ packs were available, improving transparency and cutting...

We have more regulations controlling the sector than ever before and we have more ‘regulators’ involved in controlling the sector than...

The TDS annual review 2020 indicates that deposit disputes have remained low over the last year, at around 1%. This is...

Estate agents play a key role in identifying tax savings that can benefit all parties. If a purchaser can benefit from...

The head of a PropTech platform wants financial penalties on conveyancers if transactions miss deadlines. “The only way to accelerate the current...

Estate agents might be expert at advising on buying and selling properties on their books but when it comes to buying...

A PropTech supplier says the conveyancing process is “antiquated” and buyers and sellers would be better served if they were ’shadowed’...

A new family-run estate agency in Cornwall claims to be the first in the county to focus on green thinking, championing...

Tenancy deposit disputes are messy and often frustrating for all involved. While the number of formal disputes remains low, the pandemic...

The Stamp Duty Land Tax holiday has been a hot topic of conversation for many in the residential property industry –...

Tenant enquiries and property viewings unsurprisingly slowed this spring, due to the necessary government restrictions brought in to manage the pandemic....

We all know that people can’t move to a new house without going through the Conveyancing process. However, with that said,...

A new PropTech startup is giving prospective buyers the opportunity to receive due diligence at a fraction of the time and...

National Crime Agency officers working as part of a Paramilitary Crime Task Force have searched a home in Belfast and have...

The managing director of a Winkworth branch is threatening to report a senior member of a nearby Countrywide office to the...

The Covid-19 crisis has forced the UK property industry to rethink the way it operates. With little warning, the pandemic disrupted the...

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick - accused by some of breaking the lockdown some weeks ago - is now in more hot...

It’s back to work today for England’s estate agents and the housing market - but it’s the start of a new...

The demand for mortgages in April was scarcely a quarter of what it was in March - but the figures show...

The government is being urged to allow estate and lettings agents to return to work as soon as possible when the...

Hello and here’s the next batch of guidance and advice from different sectors of the industry, many from influential trade groups. It’s...

The head of a firm that has been creating digital property log books for well over a decade says the house-moving...

By now, most letting agents and landlords will have heard about the draft legislation laid in Parliament concerning a mandatory minimum...

The National Association of Estate Agents has launched its Sales Protocol Toolkit, in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and dramatically improve...

Quite a few years ago, I spoke at a conference for auctioneers. It was a traditional affair. Rural location. Nice hotel....

When we launched Reapit’s Foundations Platform as a Service (PaaS) in November, it may have seemed like a recent development in...

The boss of a 15+ branch estate agency group has explained how he thinks regulation could 'ruin' the estate agency industry. Simon...

The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) keeps deposit money safe for letting agents, landlords and renters during the course a tenancy....

MyBid4It is an online auction platform which has been developed to partner with Estate Agents and revolutionise the way properties are...

It’s easy to understand why people are hesitant towards processes becoming digital. It is the fear that the digital world is...

The UK property market can be seen by criminals as an effective vehicle to conceal the proceeds of economic crime. Criminally...

Reforms to the house buying process in England and Wales to bring it more into line with Scotland could slash the...

With the home buying and selling process firmly on the news agenda of late – everything from a possible ban on...

The government has moved to crack down on money laundering in the UK with a new campaign focusing on the accountancy,...

A new portal called YourMoov and describing itself as “the UK’s first decentralised property listing database” is to launch shortly. In an...

More speculation has swirled around the future of Emoov as it appeared that company chief executive and founder Russell Quirk had...

People now expect a streamlined, digital-first experience from every single service they interact with - and the lettings industry is no...

In 2014 The Properties Misdescriptions Act was repealed and replaced with the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations, otherwise known as...

We are currently engaged in consultations with our members to help to find a practical solution to the concern of the...

The Advertising Standards Authority says its compliance team is considering its next steps following the refusal of estate agency PDQ Estates...

Automated search companies have heaped praise on HM Land Registry following the digitisation of local land charge data - the LLC1...

The director of an estate agency has been ordered to pay more that £1,800 for failing to dispose of waste properly. Adebayo...

The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...

Gone are the days of having to rush back to your office every time you win an instruction to market the...

Coming into force on May 25, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - which replaces the Data Protection Act 1998 -...

With reports continuing to focus on a slowing property market and an understanding that not enough properties are being marketed for...

As noted in Estate Agent Today’s news pages, OnTheMarket’s (OTM) recent dire share performance (at time of writing the price is...

What do you need to know if you are considering selling your sales or lettings business?  Here’s ten top tips to think...

It’s been a trend developing in the past few months - estate agents increasingly flirting with the idea of selling homes...

Conveyancers and the speed of local council searches have come in for criticism as details have emerged of the government’s consultation...

There has been a wide range of views from trade bodies and individual agents on the government’s surprise ‘call for evidence’...

Last week was MIPIM PropTech Summit 2017 in New York, and it was the most oversubscribed to date - proof of the...

Savills is remaining silent on the issues surrounding the apparent filing of a High Court order that may oblige the agency...

  You’ll see a lot of 10th anniversary stories in the property industry and consumer media in the coming days: early August...

The political ebb and flow continues - seemingly with all the subtlety of a Boris Johnson rugby tackle on a 10-year...

The detailed paperwork accompanying the Queen’s Speech includes the Conservative party manifesto pledge to streamline house buying - but gives no...

A conveyancing expert is calling for sellers to complete and return their property information questionnaire to their conveyancer before there have...