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Estate agency regulation is needed to help improve the homebuying and selling process, MPs have been told. The first hearing of the...

MPs are set to begin their inquiry into improving the home buying and selling process today. The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities...

Agents should be more picky about their listings during 2024 and focus on sellers that will help speed up sales by...

The Women in Estate Agency support group has unveiled details of its latest conference. The event will take place at The IET...

The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) is seeking feedback from agents on proposals that it feels will “revolutionise moving home...

The chairman of the Residential Logbook Association (RLBA) has queried the relevance of a new Government-backed property group focused on digital...

The Home Buying and Selling Group (HBSG) has formed an independent industry body, the Open Property Data Association (OPDA), for companies...

Industry analyst and and chair of The Home Buying and Selling Group Kate Faulkner, has called for the Government to stop agents being...

Property market analyst and chair of The Home Buying and Selling Group Kate Faulkner was given an OBE in the New...

Property expert Kate Faulkner has been announced as the host of this year’s Society of Licensed Conveyancers’ annual conference. The event is...

First off, my own quick tribute to the Queen, who died on Thursday afternoon aged 96. Despite her age and declining...

A housing analyst has urged buyers to look beyond average prices. Kate Faulkner, founder of Propertychecklists.co.uk, said she is on a mission...

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

An industry group charged with trying to make house buying simpler and quicker says it’s made a breakthrough on ‘upfront’ information...

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been told to avoid a stamp duty holiday cliff-edge next March at any price - because it...

The government is jeopardising the success of the housing market relaunch through the inflexibility of the furlough scheme, claims a group...

We know that the tenant fee ban has cost letting agents dearly, with an estimated loss of £300 million paid to...

The Property Ombudsman’s annual conference is to hear from the chair of the government’s ‘Property Agents Working Group’ - just days...

There’s nothing new about identifying 10 figures who have helped shape an industry over the past year, but that doesn’t mean...

Outspoken property commentator and buying agent Henry Pryor has made a scathing attack on some of the main house price indices. In...

The creators of a website using market data to define postcodes as hosting a seller’s market or a buyer’s market have...

Leading housing analyst Kate Faulkner says the current low transaction level is “a little scary” because with so few sellers, buyers...

The proportion of first time buyers in the market is still 11 per cent below the level seen before the 2008...

Representatives from estate and lettings agencies as well as professional organisations have formed The Home Buying And Selling Group with a...

Leading independent property expert Kate Faulkner says the current row regarding the accuracy of Purplebricks’ sales figures should be the trigger...

Pressure continues to mount on Purplebricks to reveal its sales data after a weekend during which claims about its effectiveness continued...

A housing market expert says agents should be more pro-active and explain to the public that contrary to popular belief, some...

An industry analyst says some agents may find it tough to survive in 2018 if they’re hit by a double whammy...

When a tenant failed to pay any rent after the first month his tenancy last year, the landlord did not expect...

A prominent housing expert says estate agents must not merely sell homes but should become “lifelong consumer property advisors.” Kate Faulkner -...

A leading housing market analyst has made a stout defence of the growing trend of young buyers relying on their parents...

Only a week to the Christmas break and still our industry goes above and beyond the call of duty to raise...

One of the country’s most outspoken critics of estate and letting agents is quitting his role as chief executive of Shelter...

CRM software provider Reapit, has teamed up with Agency Mentors to provide training programmes for agents.  Reapit says its agent customers who...

One of the country’s leading property experts says she expects buyers to hold off over the summer as a result of...

Property expert and housing analyst Kate Faulkner says estate agents have 'learned their lesson' from the property market slump in 2007-2008. In...

Respected housing analyst Kate Faulkner is accusing campaigning charity Shelter of ignoring key facts and scaremongering about the alleged difficulties of...

A respected housing market analyst says “it's a bit cheeky” of housing minister Brandon Lewis to claim credit for figures suggesting...

A body that regulates property searches has criticised some councils for providing “very poor service” which delays transactions. The Property Codes Compliance...