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The jargon and complicated house moving process is deterring as many as 2.2m owners from entering the market, claims Zoopla. The portal...
18 April 2024
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The cost and time consuming nature of the house moving process is deterring older owners from downsizing, it’s been alleged. An upfront...
18 April 2024
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A house removal specialist and a consumer property group reckon they’ve discovered the busiest day of the year for moving. It’s Friday...
15 August 2023
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A new PropTech platform set up by a major figure in the conveyancing industry claims to slash the typical time for...
16 March 2022
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A law firm is warning that one of the key risks facing that industry this year revolves around professional negligence claims against...
19 January 2022
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The government is clamping down - at least a little - on unvaccinated buyers and tenants in some specific circumstances. New guidelines...
07 January 2022
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A housing market forecast based on conveyancing instructions says average prices will dip this month. Average prices will fall by 1.1 per...
23 December 2021
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Living close to family and friends is a top priority for nearly four in 10 people according to a survey of...
05 October 2021
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A housing expert says the psychology of a population coping with the pandemic lies behind the house moving frenzy of recent...
20 August 2021
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easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou has given his personal backing to the newest recruit of online agency easyProperty - even though...
18 June 2021
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Movebutler, the digital onboarding platform from online auction specialist iamproperty, says it has some 900 agency branches signed up. These include Martin...
28 May 2021
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The ESTAS Group has named a new headline sponsor for its 2021 Forum and Awards, taking over from Zoopla with immediate effect. It’s...
12 April 2021
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A PropTech supplier says the conveyancing process is “antiquated” and buyers and sellers would be better served if they were ’shadowed’...
26 January 2021
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New figures from the Bank of England show that mortgage approvals rose 7.0 per cent in November to reach 105,000 -...
06 January 2021
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Purplebricks is the first estate agency in the country to launch a meditation service to ease “the emotional rollercoaster felt by...
22 October 2020
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A new analysis of searches and leads to agents by Rightmove suggests buyers in London are deserting central locations in favour of...
22 October 2020
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Most agents' branches in Wales are expected to close for just over two weeks from 6pm this Friday, October 23 - moving...
19 October 2020
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Conveyancers are sending a blunt message to estate agents: transactions will take longer than usual and don’t chase us with queries and...
19 October 2020
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Countrywide’s high-end brand John D Wood and Co has launched a new country house department, to take advantage of growing demand...
12 October 2020
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A survey says many people under-estimate the costs of moving with conveyancing and mortgage fees often higher than expected. Some 54 per cent of...
06 October 2020
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It’s about this time of year, pandemic or not, that agents may be asked one particularly awkward question by a vendor...
05 October 2020
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A leading agency says so-called Covid Clauses are being inserted into contracts as buyers become increasingly cautious ahead of a possible...
30 September 2020
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Logjams in the mortgage, conveyancing and removal stages of house moving mean sales are taking much longer than usual, according to...
21 September 2020
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The number of people moving home dropped by almost a third in the first half of 2020, as the global pandemic...
20 August 2020
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It’s probably not a surprise but new research has revealed where people want to move to - as well as where...
06 August 2020
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A new study confirms the growing trend of buyers wanting good broadband links - and the possibility that homes without them...
31 July 2020
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The housing market in Northern Ireland is resuming on Monday after its lockdown because of the Coronavirus crisis. Arlene Foster, first minister...
12 June 2020
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Three of the highest profile industry suppliers and house moving services have given government a four-step plan to restart the housing...
05 May 2020
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The coming week’s stories in the mainstream media - inevitably focused on Coronavirus - will be dominated by two things. Firstly there...
02 May 2020
From: Features
A major consumer survey of existing home owners and potential movers has resulted in a plea to government to allow house...
30 April 2020
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The government of one part of the British Isles has produced guidelines for removal firms. Until now, house moving in an era...
29 April 2020
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The government has at last issued extensive advice on home moving and the activities of estate agents during the continuing Coronavirus crisis. This...
27 March 2020
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*** Please see this story for the latest news on house moving, updated 12 noon on Tuesday March 24 *** The property...
24 March 2020
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The head of a firm that has been creating digital property log books for well over a decade says the house-moving...
06 March 2020
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The group charged with pioneering Reservation Agreements in the house buying process admits both the industry and the public are split...
27 January 2020
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The hugely-respected Phil Spencer is to write a regular column for the industry on Estate Agent Today under the auspices of...
24 January 2020
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HM Land Registry appears to be making painfully slow progress on digitising land charge search data - contrary to its earlier...
17 January 2020
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The typical house move in 2019 turned out to be just nine miles - and large numbers of buyers moved within...
08 January 2020
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A new Home Survey Standard is being launched today in a bid to improve and speed up the house moving process. The...
18 November 2019
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A new league table of High Street agents’ charges published over the weekend reveals the locations where agents charge an average...
28 October 2019
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There are many adjectives that can be applied to Boris Johnson, probably very few of them complimentary, but there’s one that...
26 October 2019
From: Features
The typical estate agency fee paid by a seller has actually fallen one per cent in the past year according to...
13 September 2019
From: Breaking News
This is the busiest week of the year for house moves, with the single busiest day being Friday according to a...
27 August 2019
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Homeowners will be able to extend properties more easily instead of moving home. In a surprise announcement this morning - less than...
25 May 2019
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Half of first time buyers say they made expensive mistakes during their process of purchasing their home, with mortgage brokers, removal...
13 March 2019
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An annual study of transaction charges shows that house moving costs are now at a record average high of almost £10,000...
05 February 2019
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Hard-pressed buyers who try to minimise house moving costs by doing their own conveyancing have been warned of the disastrous consequences...
15 November 2018
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A digital conveyancing platform says a lack of transparency in the house moving process - particularly regarding legal costs - is...
09 November 2018
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A call has gone out for conveyancers to have all monies - including mortgage funds - in place the day before...
01 October 2018
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Some conveyancers must publish some price and service information on their websites and in other media from December 6, according to...
28 September 2018
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Buyers spent £9.7 billion on moving house in 2017 with the average individual move costing £9,580 according to comparison website Compare...
10 January 2018
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A conveyancers’ trade body has told the government that it wants the house buying process to be modernised by having estate...
18 December 2017
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A survey released this morning shows that estate agents’ fees have risen only four per cent in real terms since 2007...
15 December 2017
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Some 62 per cent of current home owners feel that moving house has become more difficult over the past 10 years...
12 December 2017
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A company supplying the conveyancing industry claims that new research reveals 55 per cent of home-movers are frustrated by a lack...
08 December 2017
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The HM Land Registry has revealed more details of long-term plans to improve and speed up conveyancing processes in a five...
06 December 2017
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A survey suggests that over 10 per cent of existing homeowners have been deterred from selling thanks to the recent interest rate...
24 November 2017
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The Conveyancing Association says some of its members are piloting HIPs-style Digital Home Reports in a bid to reduce fall-throughs and...
24 October 2017
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Conveyancers and the speed of local council searches have come in for criticism as details have emerged of the government’s consultation...
23 October 2017
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Pressure is continuing to build on the government to reform stamp duty in next month’s Budget. Firstly a group of senior financial...
20 October 2017
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Another senior industry analyst says the time is fast approaching for Rightmove to either shift its focus to take account of...
03 July 2017
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The Conveyancing Association wants the creation of a ‘log book’ and ‘Home Reports’ for each home on sale - reminiscent in...
15 March 2017
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A sales progression tool claims to have reduced the average transaction time for a property from around 94 days to around...
27 February 2017
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The Conveyancing Association has revised its wish-list of reforms to, in its words, “ensure fewer delays, a less costly process, and...
07 December 2016
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Leaseholds Solution - the company behind the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners - says it wants recent proposals to modernise the...
28 November 2016
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The Conveyancers' Association has called for sweeping changes to the house buying and moving system to create a "more certain and...