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HSBC UK has joined forces with the Open Property Data Association (OPDA) to help improve the homebuying process through the sharing...

It’s so good to see housing at the top of the government’s agenda for change. Finally! The housing crisis has been met...

A mixture of buyer reluctance to take on high mortgage rates, the availability of home loans and inefficiencies in the homebuying...

The task of obtaining material information is more difficult than it appears for estate agents, Rightmove has warned. The portal revealed in...

OneDome has launched a new advertising campaign along the theme of  '#PaperbagorOneDome'.  The campaign will feature mini campaigns that aim to humorously...

Northern Ireland property portal Propertynews.com has launched a bespoke artificial intelligence assistant to improve the homebuying process for both buyers and...

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) has become the latest member of the Open Property Data Association (OPDA), committing to help speed up...

Most agents agree that providing upfront information at the very start of the homebuying process would improve the buying and selling...

The Autumn Statement ended up being silent on Stamp Duty reforms and direct housing market stimulus but there were some nuggets...

With reform of the home buying and selling process as crucial as it's ever been, and disrupters like Coadjute and PEXA...

Zoopla chief executive Charlie Bryant has revealed aspirations for the portal to play a key role in the home buying process. Speaking...

The Land Registry has set out ambitious plans to automate up to 70% of all updates to its register by 2025...

Conveyancing software provider Smoove is set to rollout a new flagship estate agency product following a successful trial phase. Smoove Start was...

In the third part of this exclusive series with Homesearch’s chief operating officer, Sam Hunter, Angels Media’s Lee Dahill questions him...

First-time buyers have admitted to feeling overwhelmed or scared to talk to estate agents about the homebuying process. A study of 2,000...

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

Despite the vast amount of publicity given to the concept of virtual viewing, a survey suggests relatively few properties on sale...

A new home buying platform set up by a challenger portal will donate £100 to charity for every transaction it fails...

With property transactions taking longer than ever and many people operating at capacity, it is easy to overlook the progress made,...

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

A senior regional estate agent says the appliance of PropTech has helped his company streamline communications, reduce sales times, and generate...

As part of its commitment to promoting and enforcing high standards, RICS has launched its Home Survey Standard, which will become...

A new tie-up between Coadjute, a network for decentralised workflow and data sharing within the property industry, and banks including NatWest...

28th NOVEMBER 2019: Christopher Watkin’s recent thought-provoking interview with Dan Marsden sheds light on the property industry today and offers an...

What a credit to the industry so many agents, surveyors and suppliers are: this week’s ADC shows the diverse range of...

The city of Norwich has become the sixth part of the UK to switch from council Local Land Charges to digital...

In the second part of my exploration of startups, I talk to a number of people with lived experience of creating...

The director of strategy at the Council for Licensed Conveyancers says “the onus is very much on estate agents” to respond...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says it wants to simplify the system of surveys by scrapping the three current options...

You will notice that there is a new author for this regular column for Estate Agent Today. Last month I was...

The consumer group Which? says some estate agents are misleading buyers about in-house mortgage services.  The consumer group has issued a number...

A property portal that describes itself as free-to-list has launched today, taking the industry by surprise - however, at least one...