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The new Labour government has pledged to prioritise a ‘brownfield first’ approach to urban planning, as part of its promise to...

Price premiums on waterside properties are at their lowest in five years, according to Jackson-Stops’ annual Waterside Review.  While waterside homes in...

Estate agents remain largely split on whether Labour’s General Election win will be positive for the housing market.  A survey of almost...

The Law Society has postponed plans to make use of its new TA6 form compulsory amid backlash from conveyancers. The new TA6...

Street.co.uk has added new fields directly into its property records to help agents stay compliant following the new material information guidance. It...

County Down estate agency Quinn Estate Agents has officially opened its new Downpatrick office following the devastating floods that impacted the...

Alto is rolling out free Property Valuation Reports for agents.  The tool can be accessed directly from individual property record pages, and...

Only realistic sellers willing to negotiate prices are successful in the current market, says one of the country’s leading estate agents. The...

The Law Society is facing backlash from conveyancers after issuing new property information reforms that take account of Trading Standards’ material...

Vendors could end up spending hundreds of pounds more when selling their home due to Trading Standards material information rules guidance,...

The increased focus on upfront material information could push up estate agency professional indemnity (PI) requirements, an industry trainer has warned. Michael...

Following the release of Material Information Parts B & C, iamproperty’s Product Manager, Tania Bonesi, shares insights on how Estate Agents...

In this latest article from the team at Iceberg Digital, they discuss Uzair, an industry-specific artificial intelligence (AI). Iceberg Digital, the creators...

Sprift has unveiled its solution to help agents cope with material information requirements and collate the property-specific details required prior to...

Some agents still appear unaware about their material information responsibilities, conveyancers claim. The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT)...

As 2023 trundles towards the buffers and we look forward to our Christmas break, it is something of a seasonal phenomenon...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agency Team (NTSELAT) has published the long-awaited Parts B and C of material information...

The Propertymark Trust is offering grants to agents and family members affect by Storm Ciaran. The Met Office has issued almost 200...

Trading Standards has insisted it is still on track to introduce parts B and C of material changes rules for property...

Proptech – it’s a people thing. It might seem like a strange thing to say but the best of tech is a...

Who are you and what does it say on your business card? Graham Paterson. If I had a business card it would probably...

It’s no secret that sea levels are rising, leaving millions of homes at risk globally and according to a recent report,...

Have you heard of the Pareto Principle…? Named after economist Vilfredo Pareto, it describes the imbalance of most work-related events -...

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

Upfront material information is now firmly on the property industry’s radar, with Trading Standards CPR regulations expected to move towards disclosing...

As Tennyson once observed…’.In the Spring, a young man’s fancy turns to thoughts of love…’.but not really. At the moment the...

Homebuyers should be warned about climate-related risks of a purchase, new Law Society guidance suggests. The legal membership body has issued guidance...

From Million Dollar Listing to Selling Sunset, we’re used to seeing real estate reality TV in full force on Netflix. Whilst...

Landmark Information Group has launched a new product that aims to help users understand the current and potential climate-based risks on...

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

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

More than two-thirds of Europeans are willing to compromise on certain features of their future home for the sake of the...

A third of adults are struggling to pay their monthly rent or mortgage payments, new data shows. The figures from the Office...

The Government’s mini budget on September 23 was anything but ‘mini’ with several major announcements one of the most significant of...

After two years of extraordinary activity in the housing market there are signs that the clouds are gathering as RICS reports...

Property buyers should be warned of the climate risks when purchasing a home, a leading lawyer has claimed. Stephen Tromans QC, the...

A few weeks ago, we saw widespread disruption due to record breaking 40°C heat in the UK. The extreme temperatures caused...

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

With green issues on the agenda more than ever, homeowners wanting to learn more about making their homes more eco-friendly have...

Cash buyers may no longer be king in the property market. The level of demand and lack of supply in the current...

Millions of people use online property portals every year to conduct their property search, whether it be for sales or for...

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

Agents and conveyancers have signed up to a new buyers’s and seller’s property information form that is described as having been...

Agents are being advised to revise their processes now to accommodate changes to the information required on property details, which begin...

A prominent industry supplier has produced startling statistics about the numbers of fall throughs in just the first 10 weeks or...

Propertymark is urging agents to respond to a consultation exercise being conducted by the National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agents...

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

A webinar this week is set to see the release of more details of changes to property listings being demanded by...

A PropTech supplier has been quick off the mark to launch a tool which it says will help agents satisfy new...

Property searches are not showing up some new road schemes because they are classified by local councils as planning consent for...

The National Trading Standards Estate and Letting Agent Team has released background information on how it came to make changes to...

Trading Standards and the government have jointly announced compulsory new data which must appear on property listings. A property's council tax band or...

A leading buying agency says that while prime central London’s property market shows clear signs of recovery, a weak area remains...

While the Christmas season is usually heralded by an influx of terrible Christmas adverts, the launch of Starbucks’ gingerbread lattes, Adam...

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

The government should reset planning policy and scrap proposals for thousands of new homes in high-risk flood areas. The think-tank Localis, in...

Hello and welcome to the latest Agents Do Charity, your weekly opportunity to salute those in our industry doing so much...

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

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

We have all heard the terrible forecasts and listened to Sir David Attenborough’s speeches on the environment and the “we still...

New research shows that despite media attention and new government policies, better energy efficiency is not a key issue for the...

The stamp duty holiday concluded at midnight, marking the end of the busiest period for the industry - all parts of...

A  mortgage expert says surveyors should improve their standard services to cover the threat of climate change.  This comes after a summer...

OnTheMarket’s new market appraisal guides - first announced some months ago - have this morning gone live.  In June OTM announced a...

A bulk quick buy company has surveyed purchasers who have been deterred from continuing their transactions to discover what the biggest...

A survey suggests that almost half of first time buyers have at some time pulled out of deals because of environmental...

It was never going to be easy for Scotland - and there was no sense of jeopardy for an already-through England. Yet...

The finance arm of a leading estate agency has taken the unusual step of warning about delays in the conveyancing process. “The...

Buyers are not told the true scale of flood risk in many properties - and the rush to beat the stamp...

OnTheMarket has signed an exclusive commercial partnership with property data specialist Sprift, to provide free market appraisal guides. These can be customised...

On 28 April 2021, Fixflo ran the first in a series of quarterly legal update webinars with David Smith, Partner at...

The estate agency industry is besotted with digital canvassing to try to win business - but that’s the wrong approach to take...

Two leading agencies and an agent network have signed up to the UK’s first dedicated portal for those finding, researching, buying...

A PropTech firm says its new tool allows comprehensive upfront property information to be shared instantly with all parties in a...

We’re officially transitioning to summer – marked by the clocks going forward and warmer weather – just as restrictions start to...

We are just over one year on from the day our lives truly changed, when the UK went into its first...

The Law Society is to pilot upfront conveyancers’ information for home buyers and sellers. This will involve the TA6 form which contains...

The online petition which prompted a debate by MPs has now won the support of around 150,000 signatures. Typically public support for...

Despite the booming housing market the whole property sector - a key indicator of the economy's performance - has seen 11,000...

A PropTech firm claims its new interactive property reports are “the most comprehensive on any UK property” and reduce the need...

A mortgage lender says it will now accept ‘no-search indemnity insurance’ for residential purchases in a bid to speed up the...

A not-for-profit group of government and insurance industry representatives wants a Flood Performance Certificate to be issued for every home. The group,...

A new survey has been launched by the Residential Property Surveyors Association. The RPSA - which wants to rival the RICS as...

Clear communication and common-sense actions by landlords, letting agents and students at the start of a tenancy can drastically improve the...

Estate agents are increasingly using low-key ‘grey’ marketing to avoid too many prospective buyers swamping them when homes go on sale. That’s...

One of the victims of a notorious estate agency price fixing cartel has spoken out against one of the offenders.  Christina Davis...

The proportion of the asking price achieved on average in the past year is 95.8 per cent according to a new survey. Comparison...

The phrase ‘game-changer’ has been hugely overused. But when applied to how Covid-19 is changing the way estate agents will work...

A new analysis of the simmering Rightmove crisis says there is now “no clear downside” stopping agents leaving. The Financial Times says that Rightmove’s...

A second prominent agent has broken cover to say Coronavirus is slowing the market. Jess Simpson - an ex-Savills and ex-Strutt and...

Buying agents are making waves about the hit on asking prices suffered by properties that have been flooded or are at...

The Law Society’s new TA6 Property Information Form has just launched, as previewed on Estate Agent Today 10 days ago.  “The TA6...

The Law Society is telling prospective house purchasers to probe flood risks in the light of a new practice note it...

The Law Society has announced that there will be a new TA6 Property Information Form launching next week, on Friday February...

The Fifth Money Laundering Directive becomes law in the UK on January 10 2020, strengthening the responsibilities placed on private companies...

Here at sales progression and communication tool mio, we recently caught up with Sarah Edmundson, co-director of The AllStars Group, the...

It’s on - although judging by the early lack of enthusiasm amongst the British public, you might be forgiven for thinking...

The topic of introducing rent controls in London crops up time and time again in our industry. But it’s been hitting...

The proliferation of big data is paving the way to improving our economy on almost every front as entrepreneurial digital companies...

Instagram (or, as the younger generation would have it, Insta) is, by any measure, massive.  Only launched in October 2010, it’s a...