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Local authority searches are taking up to 60 days in some parts of the country - holding up the sales process. Analysis...

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

Mortgaged buyers have continued to drive the property market even in the two years since mortgage rates peaked, research suggests. Property brand...

One key point of difference in the parties’ housing policies during the recent general election campaign was that the Conservative Party...

At last! Well, they say small is beautiful and, if you’re in the property sector right now, you’d better believe it! The...

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

The new Government’s plan to ‘Get Britain Building’ is ambitious, to say the least.    And it is central to their mission, not...

Complete guidance on Material Information parts A, B and C has been live in the property industry since last November. While...

We all know what defines a successful community: not just a range of homes to address a range of requirements, but...

Extra paperwork, poorly-resourced solicitors and a lack of upfront material information have all been cited as factors contributing to delays in...

New research reveals nearly half a million homes could be built across London on land that currently lies derelict amid a...

Building and development plans Recently, Carter Jonas has marketed development sites which have attracted multiple bids, higher offers than had been anticipated...

Barratt London is extending its deposit contribution scheme to thousands more key workers.   The Key Worker Deposit Contribution Scheme has been extended...

Housing minister Jacob Young recently scotched rumours that the property portal proposed in the Renters (Reform) Bill would remove the need...

Home-buying and property part exchange service Spring has partnered with developer McCarthy Stone. The partnership will enable Spring to offer its part...

Local property market performances vary from 12% gains to price reductions of as much as 24% since the pandemic house price...

UK house prices may be broadly static but sales volumes are up 12% year on year according to Zoopla data out...

A property industry group has called for a reduction in the discounts available for council tenants buying their own home, after...

Almost one in five vendors admit to having failed to disclose disputes with neighbours to prospective buyers when selling their home,...

If you want to hear of a tale for our industry’s times - featuring housing shortages, planning disputes, rampant  inflation and...

Last week the Government published new housing data which has largely gone unreported.  The vacuum was probably linked to the Budget, and...

Zoopla is rolling out more branded taxis as it recorded a record January for unique vendor leads, the portal claims. The property...

Building on brownfield sites may not be the silver bullet it is made out to be, the government has been warned. Housing...

From medieval castles to Elizabethan manor houses, Georgian townhouses and Victorian terraces, the UK’s historic buildings are central to our country’s...

A new upfront information provider has launched, promising to shorten the homebuying and conveyancing process. Home Sale Pack has said it will...

The news in September that Birmingham City Council (‘Europe’s largest local authority’) had been forced to issue a Section 114 notice...

House prices may have slumped for most of the year but some areas have bucked the trend. Analysis by Halifax shows that...

More than 70 local authority areas have seen average house prices rise over the last year, bucking the national trend, Halifax...

What a waste. Islington council announced in recent days that it will buy back 310 ex-council houses this winter, to add to...

The Government is facing calls to resurrect the Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme. The housing support scheme, which provided a Government-backed...

In recent years, the UK private rented sector has witnessed a significant increase in government regulation aimed at raising standards for...

House prices may be cooling but some local markets are actually heating up with property values increasing by up to 10%,...

It’s not a sentence that I thought I would be writing, but Housing Secretary Michael Gove has indeed finally done something...

It’s the start of what promises - perhaps ‘threatens’ is a better word - to be a challenging second half of...

Two all-party groups of MPs and Peers have called on the government to act to turn empty buildings into good quality,...

Check out some of the latest charitable endeavours from agency and property brands this week. If you have a charitable event or...

Homebuyers in Bolton are waiting as long as 21 weeks for local authority searches new research shows. Analysis by upfront information pack...

In simple terms, as you are probably aware, ‘lenders’ are the organisations who loan you something, in this case money to...

Politicians are to take estate agents to task over what they call “a forest” of For Sale and To Let boards. Local...

Inventory clerks and letting agency staff have been warned to put safety first when lone working or entering tenants’ properties for...

The Government has been urged to revise its plans for affordable housing as MPs warn it is set to fall short...

In this guest feature, Dillon Darbar, counter fraud manager at Network Homes, sets out why estate agents need to be aware...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt warned tough times were coming ahead of his Autumn Statement yesterday and agents were left with plenty to...

In this guest piece, Andy Jones, Corporate & Build To Rent Director at LRG, looks at whether commercial property can help solve...

One of the biggest frustrations people have with the home buying and selling process is the amount of time it takes...

As Britain’s housing boom continues,  SDL Property Auctions has warned of ten ways new homeowners could be fined up to £5,000...

There have been many articles about ‘digitising upfront information’, following the publication of DLUHC’s Levelling-Up white paper and National Trading Standards...

The number of areas where the average house sale price exceeded £500,000 has surpassed 15% of Great Britain for the first...

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

Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Propertymark, analyses the impact that the lack of available data is having on...

‘Knowledge is power’ goes the old saying, and one variation on that theme is a quote from academic, Robert Boyce, who...

With a Bank of England base rate rise expected as soon as tomorrow, new figures from the government add weight to...

Our Agents Do Charity column each Friday does a fantastic job of highlighting the amazing charitable work of agents up and...

The Nationwide has released data listing the most and least affordable locations in Britain - background information for agents. Some entries are...

The conveyancing technology firm Search Acumen has launched what it calls “an end-to-end solution” in a bid to abolish “antiquated” ways...

The average first-time buyer’s home across Britain has increased in price by approaching £9,000 a year for the past decade. FTBs are...

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

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

Affordability has always been a hot topic when it comes to the property market, and this is doubly true for first-time...

The government has been warned that its much-talked about levelling up agenda is ‘doomed to fail’ without major reform of the...

First-time buyers are £25,000 worse off thanks to the stamp duty holiday, according to estate agent comparison site GetAgent. The website revealed...

A prominent property consultancy is urging the government to ensure that holiday home owners pay more tax.  Colliers claims local authorities are...

At first sight it’s a tough ask to defend holiday homes when there’s evidence that many who want to buy can’t,...

Anyone working in residential property knows it is taking longer and longer to get from SSTC (sold subject to contract) to...

Price renegotiations are underway between buyers and sellers in danger of missing Wednesday’s stamp duty holiday deadline, says Knight Frank. The agency...

Thousands of sales are at risk because slow searches by councils may prevent deals completing by the next stamp duty deadline. With just under...

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

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

A nationalist candidate in next month’s elections claims there is a second homes crisis which may create a “lost generation” of...

A leading analyst has told Knight Frank that the end of furlough this autumn is unlikely to kill off the housing...

For many, the funeral of HRH Prince Philip will be a solemn affair, while for some it will also be a...

New research shared with Estate Agent Today suggest that in areas of the country almost four in 10 homes for sale...

Energy Performance Certificates ought to be scrapped because they are outdated and not fit for purpose. That’s the view of an influential...

From 4 May 2021, your agency could be blocked from charging late fees, compounding interest on missing rent and taking any...

A trade body says it’s been contacted by the government explaining how agencies can get Coronavirus asymptomatic testing for staff. The Guild of...

The stamp duty holiday should be extended to include properties that have exchanged but have yet to complete, a leading accountancy...

Both Rightmove and Zoopla have issued new data showing how the market is changing as buyers’ aspirations alter. Zoopla has looked at where...

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

The government is considering stricter tier structures for the coming weeks as the number of Coronavirus infections continues to rise. There is...

Described on this site as a ‘powerful disruptor’ in March 2020, few would deny that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on...

The design quality of new homes and neighbourhoods across the UK remains stubbornly low, according to a new report by academics.  The...

Delays with the return of property searches is one key factor for sales taking longer to complete. As conveyancers start to warn...

Back in September, Westminster Council launched a new strategy to help 'protect tenants' and 'ensure they live in good-quality and well-managed...

A survey of completion times for house sales over the past four years suggests that the worst performing local authority area...

The mixture of the stamp duty holiday and generally fast-rising house prices has led to a resurgence of flipping. Data released this...

Estate agents can stand out from the crowd and help consumers through lockdown by providing a more secure sales process, a...

A law firm wants the government to agree that properties that have exchanged but not yet completed can definitely benefit from the...

An unidentified estate agency has been threatened with prosecution by a local council after opening its office to the public during...

A conveyancing firm is blaming councils for delays in transactions. Conveyancers have themselves been sharply criticised in recent weeks as the sharp...

Many agents, certainly those in London, will have faced the difficult task of selling a flat with a shorter lease. A...

A woman who bought a London house in 2012 is now suing the conveyancers that worked for her at the time...

The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 have been in place for several months now. While letting...

Vendors spend an average £41 a day for 144 days when selling their home - but some spend a remarkable £140 a...

With the UK officially in what has been described as the single worst national recession in the world, one agency has...

Since June 1, under The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020, landlords in England have been...

The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 - which require increased electrical testing in rental properties...

Conveyancing search provider Searchflow has amended its website after an intervention by the Advertising Standards Authority. A claim on the site stated:...

Agents and in some cases their brokers continue to do battle with insurers in a bid to secure pay-outs on their...

The government has dismissed a request from the NAEA and ARLA Propertymark to review business rates for agency offices on High...

HM Land Registry appears to be making painfully slow progress on digitising land charge search data - contrary to its earlier...